Category: Politics

Game of Greed

Until recently, almost all West Village residential buildings were conversions. With decades of constant conversions and building new residences, why isn’t there enough affordable housing already?

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Input Needed on Affordable Housing

Plans are being formulated to construct a 100 percent affordable housing development on a vacant city-owned lot at 388 Hudson Street at Clarkson Street. Input is needed on key elements of the plan

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Village Lawyer Takes on Trump

Since launching her own firm six years ago, Kaplan has initiated a constellation of cases against powerful, often intimidating forces: white supremacists, major Hollywood players, the president of the United States. Legal writer Dahlia Lithwick calls her “an attorney general for the resistance.”

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Crack Down on Neighborhood Scaffolding

Ask New Yorkers what gets on their nerves, and a lot of them will say it’s the sidewalk scaffolding that seems to be on nearly every block. Over 280 miles of New York City’s sidewalks are covered by scaffolding!

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Striving for Equity for the Disability Community

The 504 Democratic Club began 40 years ago and continues to push for equity for the disability community in New York City. Led by Mike Schweinsburg, an East Villager, the club works with officials and civil rights groups to increase awareness of the disability community and enact protective laws.

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Another Park Taken Out of Service

The Battery Park City Authority, as part of a major climate resilience plan, will tear down the park and elevate it by 10 feet to “protect the neighborhood from flooding, storm surge and rising sea levels.” The construction follows years of protests and litigation by downtown residents who object to the agency’s plan and who offered an alternative.

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