BY BRAD HOYLMAN  |  COMMUNITY BOARD  |  “ULURP,” which stands for uniform land use review procedure, is one of those bureaucratic acronyms known to junkies of local government. Over the last year or so, however, it’s received much wider cachet in Greenwich Village as our community has reviewed two major development proposals. This year, 2012, read more here »

BY KEEN BERGER  |  DISTRICT LEADER  |   At least a dozen issues grab my attention – the need for a hospital, the horror of fracking, the perversion of the 1 percent, and much more. As I walk down the street, I yell at pedestrians throwing trash, at cyclists on the sidewalk, at drivers in the read more here »

BY ANDREW BERMAN  |  PRESERVATION |  As the old saying goes, when it rains it pours. Our neighborhoods have either just finished, are in the middle of, or are about to embark upon no less than four rezonings. Rezonings change the rules regarding what can or can’t be built in an area and how big it read more here »

[media-credit name=”Photo by Matthew Sussman ” align=”aligncenter” width=”600″][/media-credit] Tim Marshall. BY TIM MARSHALL  |  THE NEW SCHOOL |  Since The New School’s founding nearly a century ago, we have embraced values that have long made Greenwich Village a haven for artists and free thinkers. From the university’s beginnings as a site of publicly engaged higher learning, read more here »

[media-credit name=”Photo by Tequila Minsky ” align=”alignleft” width=”300″][/media-credit] A young environmentalist in Washington Square Park at Friday’s mass march and rally against the N.Y.U. 2031 mega-development plan. BY RICH CACCAPPOLO  |  C.B. 2 PARKS  |  Ours is a park-starved district. We rank second to last in the city in terms of green space per 1,000 read more here »

BY TERRI CUDE and  MARTIN TESSLER  |  ACTIVISM  |  When NYU first presented its 2031 expansion plan, we knew this would be a fight — a fight that can only be won with a strong and united front to stop the destruction of Greenwich Village. Many of us joined the Community Task Force on N.Y.U. read more here »

[media-credit id=1 align=”alignleft” width=”300″][/media-credit] Corey Johnson. BY COREY JOHNSON  |  Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen are changing. As the residential populations in our communities continue to grow, a host of city and state agencies, alongside the private sector, are addressing the logistical concerns of getting New Yorkers around town. There will be so many new options read more here »

[media-credit id=1 align=”alignleft” width=”300″][/media-credit] Dr. Marjorie Hill. BY DR. MARJORIE HILL  |  HEALTH |  GMHC has had a year of great success and transformation. As the AIDS epidemic entered its 30th year, we have made great strides in our mission of combating H.I.V. and uplifting the lives of all affected. H.I.V. and AIDS are no longer a read more here »

[media-credit name=”Photo by Christopher James ” align=”aligncenter” width=”600″][/media-credit] Jumpstart N.Y.U. is part of a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring every American child enters school prepared to succeed. Jumpstart N.Y.U. brings university students together with Lower East Side preschoolers for a full school year of mentoring and tutoring. BY CHRISTOPHER JAMES  |  NYU:  New York University read more here »