Lower East Side Archives

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"Now, longtime neighborhood residents across the city, people who put up with dangerous housing conditions for decades because they had no choice, but who fought to improve their neighborhoods, finally…

ByHarriet Cohen 2Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: To Protect Chinatown and the LES, Pass the Two Bridges Community Plan

“It’s easy to cast all opposition to developments as NIMBY, but this ignores crucial racial and economic differences between neighborhoods and disparities in who has the power to decide the…

ByChris Walters 0Comments

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Jun 2021

Government Health

Crowded City Council Race in Lower Manhattan District Devastated by COVID

Nine Democratic candidates are running in the City Council District 1 primary for a seat based in Lower Manhattan, replacing term-limited Councilmember Margaret Chin.

ByEmma Seiwell / Gotham Gazette 0Comments

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Feb 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice Land Use and Development News

Lawsuits Seeking to Stop Two Bridges Development Overturned in Appellate Court

A panel of appellate judges on Tuesday reversed an earlier injunction halting the contentious Two Bridges project — a major setback for Lower East Side community groups, which have been…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Jan 2021

Housing and Homelessness

City Looks to Appeal Decision Halting Two Bridges Towers — Again

The city’s Law Department argued their second appeal in court Wednesday against two lawsuits which resulted in an earlier injunction stopping the project, which would build four new skyscrapers on…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Jul 2019

Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Regulating Development is the City Council’s Job. Let Them Do It.

‘Last winter another agency, the New York City Department of City Planning deliberately circumvented the Council’s oversight when it told the City Planning Commission that it had to approve four…

ByMarc Richardson 1Comment

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Jan 2019

ARTS and CULTURE

Using Electronic Music to Shrink the LES’s Digital Divide

The Lower East Side boasts a rich artistic past and present cut off from traditional cultural support. A program for area youth hopes to change that.

ByGiulia Hjort 0Comments

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Nov 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Factcheck: Harsh Language and Overstated Charges in a Council Race Flyer

A flyer containing incendiary charges is circulating in a Lower Manhattan district where there’s a tight Council race. Many of the charges appear overstated or include falsehoods, while the accuracy…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 17Comments

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Oct 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

To Stop LES Waterfront Towers, Board to Support Community Groups’ Rezoning Effort

Three community groups convinced Manhattan Community Board 3’s Land Use Committee to join them in applying for a rezoning to block the controversial towers planned in the Two Bridges area.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Oct 2017

News

District 1: The Race Not to Displace

Councilmember Chin and Borough President Brewer announced a new measure to protect the Two Bridges neighborhood—the same day the Lower East Siders for Christopher Marte announced a march to oust…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

Opinion: With Community Land Trusts Back in the Spotlight, Lessons from 1970s NYC