BY ELIZABETH RUF-MALDANADO | About a decade ago, a friend who was leaving his apartment here in Loisaida for an apartment in Brooklyn rationalized: “In five years you won’t want to live here, either.” Though I knew he was wrong, I understood where he was coming from — the pub crawl of young nonresidents with [...]

BY A.J. PIETRANTONE | Re “Is NID really needed, and who asked for it anyway?” (talking point, by Eileen Stukane, Feb. 21): The main priority of Friends of Hudson River Park and the Hudson River Park Neighborhood Improvement District Steering Committee is to find a means to help the park and its numerous challenges. The [...]

BY H. CLAUDE SHOSTAL | Re “Is NID really needed, and who asked for it anyway?” (talking point, by Eileen Stukane, Feb. 21): As a residential property owner within the boundaries of the proposed Hudson River Park Neighborhood Improvement District, I fully support the formation of the NID. Hudson River Park and the other waterfront [...]

                                    BY TOBI BERGMAN On clear and crisp Saturday morning in April, 27 years ago, I walked with my family along Clarkson St. past J.J. Walker Field, a dust bowl that had long been the exclusive home of [...]

BY EILEEN STUKANE  |  The Hudson River Park is in a financial fix with about $40 million in repairs needed to keep Pier 40 stable, plus the costly rebuilding of park structures damaged from Hurricane Sandy. And as noted in this newspaper, the Hudson River Park Trust was already operating at about a $7 million [...]

The Hudson Square rezoning currently before the City Council presents a rare case where a win-win is possible. Done right, the outcome could please everyone — developers and community groups, residents and businesses. Unfortunately, the rezoning plan also presents the possibility of a lose-lose for the community. One person will decide which of these outcomes we get [...]

BY FURY YOUNG  |  I’m a bus organizer for 350.org’s Forward on Climate rally. I’ve been on board with the protest for months now. “Why is it important to protest climate change?” you might ask me. Because I feel it’s my civic duty as an earthling. Whether or not you believe in global warming, it’s [...]

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. [...]