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…
City Council Passes Sweeping Tenant Protections
Yesterday the City Council passed a sweeping package of pro-tenant legislation long advocated by tenants’ rights groups, activists, and sympathetic city officials. One of the…
East Broadway Subway Station Is F-ing Disgusting, Pols Say
A group of city officials and local residents gathered today at the East Broadway subway station as part of a publicity tour calling attention to…
Bowery Tenants Hit the Streets Again to Protest Dr. Jay’s Owner Joseph Betesh
Tenants of 83 and 85 Bowery poured into the streets of Chinatown yesterday afternoon to protest their landlord Joseph Betesh, again, who they say is…
LES Residents at De Blasio Town Hall: Don’t Let High-Rises Push Us Out
Over 300 residents of the Lower East Side and Chinatown gathered in a Bowery gym for Mayor de Blasio’s 27th town hall Wednesday, and we…
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…
Protesters Urge Council Member to Curb Luxury Housing in Chinatown and LES
Perhaps you thought that the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side sounded angry earlier this year when about 60 activists associated with…
Budding Olympians Will Soon Be Able to Play Volleyball at Two Revamped LES Parks
If the Olympics put you in the mood for serving and spiking, here’s some good news: The Henry M. Jackson Playground is getting a volleyball area.…
Downtown Leaders Flocked to Trump Building, Gave GOP Candidate the Bird
Most New Yorkers don’t like to be reminded that the current orange-hued Republican presidential nominee is technically one of us. Yes, it’s true. Say it…
Hundreds Rally for the Right to Refuse Stop and Frisk
In 2013 Mayor Bill De Blasio was voted into office with pledges to reign in police violence and stop-and-frisk policing targeted at blacks and latinos. (Remember that…