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Letters, Week of Feb. 7, 2013

February 7, 2013 3 Comments

Menin is the most progressive To The Editor: Re “B.P. race: Lappin meets and greets; Post blasts Menin” (news article, Jan. 31): I am supporting Julie Menin because she is the most progressive candidate in the race. Her opponents all voted for Chelsea Market and the N.Y.U. 2031 expansion plan and thus against the interests [...]

Soho street vendors

February 7, 2013 5 Comments

At its January full board meeting, Community Board 2 unanimously passed a resolution calling on Mayor Bloomberg and the city to take steps toward dealing with chaotic street congestion caused by the massive number of street vendors along Broadway in Soho. The board wants Bloomberg to finally convene the Street Vendor Review Panel — something [...]

Noho and Soho’s firewall against N.Y.U. is at risk

January 31, 2013 4 Comments

BY ANDREW BERMAN | The mantra from the New York University administration throughout the public approval process for the school’s massive expansion proposal was “We’re making our plans transparent and predictable.” Even if you didn’t like the university’s overwhelming proposal, its argument went, at least you knew exactly what it was planning. Apparently, the N.Y.U. [...]

Letters, Week of Jan. 31, 2013

January 31, 2013 No Comment

Groove isn’t in landlords’ hearts To The Editor: Re “Creative pioneers under assault on the new L.E.S.” (Clayton, Jan. 24): It’s not just the East Village. I remember when my landlord doubled my rent in the East Village because my building had less than five units. I wrote them a letter asking about artists adding [...]

Landmark, then rezone

January 31, 2013 No Comment

The City Planning Commission’s recent approval of a major rezoning of Hudson Square means the clock is now ticking until the City Council takes up the application for a vote — in about a month and a half from now. An extremely serious concern is the impact that approval of a residential rezoning for the [...]

Scene, Week of Jan. 31, 2013

January 31, 2013 No Comment

Wrapped in plastic, a huge wreath was ready to be recycled on Varick St. near Franklin St. last week.

Scene, week of Jan. 24, 2013

January 24, 2013 No Comment

Obama vs. guns: This may prove to be his finest hour

January 24, 2013 2 Comments

BY JERRY TALLMER | When Hitler completed the murder of Europe with the April 1941 invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia, a Dartmouth College senior named Charles Guy Bolté wrote an open letter to F.D.R. that began: “Dear Mr. President… Now we have waited long enough… .” It was a cry for F.D.R. to step free of the [...]

Letters, week of Jan. 24, 2013

January 24, 2013 No Comment

I don’t hear politicians on Sphere To The Editor: Re “Some 9/11 tiles come home, but others set to go on tour?” (news article, Jan. 17): I have been familiar with this memorial since shortly after 9/11 and always appreciated it. I have taken tourists to it, including a visiting group of Danish college students [...]

Open space needs

January 24, 2013 No Comment

On Tuesday the City Planning Commission approved a major rezoning for an 18-block area of Hudson Square. Propelling the rezoning is Trinity Real Estate, which feels legalizing residential use in the currently manufacturing-zoned former “Printing District” will create a better, more balanced neighborhood. Trinity projects the rezoning — creating a 25 percent residential enclave — would [...]