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Save Beth Israel coalition holds ‘victory march’ after recent wins
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Chanting “Save Our Community Hospital!” activists with the Campaign to Save Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary braved...
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Police arrest suspect in brutal sucker-punch of young woman in Greenwich Village
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A 6th Precinct detective recently arrested a man accused of randomly punching a young woman in Greenwich Village — so hard...
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‘Blank ballot’ protest scores 15% in NYC in Dem presidential primary
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Showing the ongoing divide among Democrats over the Israel-Gaza conflict, 15 percent of the party's New York City voters submitted...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center...
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Erik Bottcher unveils ‘fang-tastic’ rat-control plan
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | One of Erik Bottcher's top issues is sanitation, so perhaps it's not so surprising that he is proposing a groundbreaking...
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Posts tagged as “REZONING”

A Soho artist’s plaint: Up against the city’s upzoning and a greedy co-op board

The writer, Harry Pincus, chose this illustration of his about high-rise development, "Empire State," to run with this column. Pincus sees the city's push to upzone Soho as part of a trend that has been going on for years, as wealthy nonartists — who are not even legally supposed to be living in the district — seek to force out longtime certified artists. (Courtesy the artist)

A Soho artist’s plaint: Up against the city’s upzoning and a greedy co-op board

October 18, 2020

BY HARRY PINCUS | As a certified artist, who bought a space in an old harpsichord factory in 1975, I am concerned about the recent…

Blaz revives Soho/Noho rezoning, hopes to pass it before leaving office

A map of the Soho/Noho rezoning study area with yellow areas representing what the city sees as so-called "housing opportunity areas" for new development.

Blaz revives Soho/Noho rezoning, hopes to pass it before leaving office

October 8, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | The Soho/Noho rezoning push is suddenly back on, to the chagrin of many local residents of the neighboring Downtown enclaves.…

Affordable housing as Trojan horse in Soho and Noho

A map showing the study area of the Soho/Noho rezoning proposal.

Affordable housing as Trojan horse in Soho and Noho

September 17, 2020

BY ANDREW BERMAN | The future of New York City seems more uncertain now than perhaps any time since the fiscal crisis of the 1970s.…

We’ll displace YOU, rezoning foes cry outside Johnson’s home

We’ll displace YOU, rezoning foes cry outside Johnson’s home

September 10, 2020

BY JEFFERSON SIEGEL | Labor Day was no holiday for housing activists who turned out in large numbers to protest the displacement of communities of…

Divisions over Envision Soho/Noho rezoning

Divisions over Envision Soho/Noho rezoning

January 21, 2020

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A new “envisioning” process for Soho and Noho has longtime artist residents foreseeing a looming disaster for the famed district. But…