Lower East Side Archives - Page 22 of 22

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The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center is a cavernous schoolhouse crammed with theater, painting, sculpture and dance. Where else can you catch a genuine Punch-and-Rudy show, or the first New…

ByRobin Epstein 0Comments

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Aug 1997

Uncategorized

Good Works… Without Pay

City agencies can’t find enough clerical jobs or brooms to keep workfare workers busy. That’s why Mayor Giuliani’s planning to export thousands of them to neighborhood nonprofits.

ByJames Bradley 0Comments

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Jul 1997

Uncategorized

LOISAIDA DEMOLITION

Citing structural damage, the city has demolished a Lower East Side SRO, leaving unanswered the question of what comes next for the site.

BySteven Wishnia 0Comments

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Apr 1997

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA LAWYERS CAN'T KILL EAST SIDE TENANT PROTEST

Several legal hearings later, the city housing agency has lost its attempt to stop a tenant street protest against a proposed deregulation scheme.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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Apr 1997

Government

KOCH GETS BRUNO'S O.K. ON QUICKIE DEAL TO END RENT WARS

State Senate Joe Bruno has been talking a lot lately about getting rid of rent regulation, and last week he floated another idea on Ed Koch’s radio show.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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Apr 1997

Uncategorized

Jail-In Vote

A Harlem group is hoping to ensure that people who are locked up aren’t unfairly locked out of their voting rights.

BySasha Abramsky 0Comments

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Feb 1997

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NYCHA's Abusive Policy

A New York City Housing Authority policy designed to prevent convicted criminals from moving into apartments may be putting battered women at risk.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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Feb 1997

Uncategorized

Housing Funds Dry Up

There’s a one-word explanation for why there are far fewer mentally ill men and women living on the streets today than there were just five years ago: Housing.

ByAndrew White 0Comments

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Jan 1997

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

LAWSUIT: NYCHA EXPOSES WOMEN TO DOMESTIC ABUSE

A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of thousands of women who are forced to tell abusive partners their whereabouts in order to qualify for public housing.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

Loisaida’s Next Stage

Good Works… Without Pay

LOISAIDA DEMOLITION

NYCHA LAWYERS CAN'T KILL EAST SIDE TENANT PROTEST

KOCH GETS BRUNO'S O.K. ON QUICKIE DEAL TO END RENT WARS

Jail-In Vote

NYCHA's Abusive Policy

Housing Funds Dry Up

LAWSUIT: NYCHA EXPOSES WOMEN TO DOMESTIC ABUSE

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