In another installment of “the rent is too damn high,” Two Bridges residents are demanding that the city increase its oversight of the mega-towers coming…
Ralliers Try to Seduce Mayor Into Blocking East Village Dorm
https://vimeo.com/204107539 Residents, activists, community groups and their elected representatives gathered at the steps of City Hall yesterday afternoon with a Valentine’s Day message for Mayor…
Newly Signed Law Will Help Keep OId Folks Homes From Becoming Rich Folks Homes
It’s too late to save Rivington House, the former HIV treatment facility that a non-profit nursing home operator unexpectedly flipped to a luxury developer after…
Pols Outraged Over Rivington House, Seek to Keep More Non-Profit Spaces From Being Flipped
Public officials are demanding, in louder and louder voices, to know why and how the city quietly allowed a Lower East Side building once reserved…
Advocates of Small Business Protection Ponder Ways to ‘Take Back NYC’
“Right now there are banners up all over the city that say ‘New York City: real estate capital of the world,’ and that pretty much…
Community Board 3’s First 16-Year-Old Member Has Friends in High (School) Places
Community Board 3 has long been known as a hotbed of liquor licensing debates, among other things — but its new member isn’t even old…
In Parody Video, ‘Share Better’ Coalition Throws Roaches and Bedbugs in Airbnb’s Face
With its fight against the New York Attorney General simmering, a new campaign has been launched to fight Airbnb. is a group of community activists,…
Is Airbnb a ‘Bully’ That Drives Up Rent? Or Are Lawmakers ‘Attacking’ New Yorkers?
Should Airbnb pay hotel taxes? The issue is still causing the kind of drama you wouldn’t want in your home — and lawmakers are now…