NEWS AND ISSUES
Recent Updates
- UPDATED Guide to Post St. Vincent's Health Care Services (.pdf)
- Latest Community Report
- Advising Against Co-location of Success Charter Network in District 2 Schools
- Opposing NYU's 2031 Plan
- Advocating for UWS Enhanced Commercial Districts
- Testifying with Assemblymember Glick Against the Proposed Redevelopment of the St. Vincent's Hospital Campus (.pdf)
- Calling for Bi-partisan Action on a New York State Insurance Exchange(.pdf)
- Calling for Reforms to City's School Phase-Out Policy
- Testifying before the City Council in Support of Storm Surge Barriers
- Speaking Out Against Child Sexual Abuse
- Demanding a Statewide Prohibition on Fracking
Community Reports
- April 2012 Community Report
- March 2012 Community Report
- February 2012 Community Report
- January 2012 Community Report
- December 2011 Community Report
- November 2011 Community Report
Public Testimony
- Opposing NYU's 2031 Plan
- Testifying with Assemblymember Glick Against the Proposed Redevelopment of the St. Vincent's Hospital Campus (.pdf)
- Testifying before the City Council in Support of Storm Surge Barriers
- Supporting Increased Fines for Illegal Hotel Operators
- Opposing Old Law Tenement Variance Request at 514-516 East 6 Street
- Demanding a Statewide Prohibition on Fracking
- Opposing the Proposed St. Vincent's Redevelopment (.pdf)
- Urging Further Study of Proposed Hudson Square Rezoning
- Recommending Conditional Approval for NS-LIJ's Proposed Center for Comprehensive Care
- Supporting Stronger Governance of City-Aided and Supervised Limited-Profit Housing Companies
- Expressing Concerns about NYCHA's 2012 Draft Annual Plan
- Urging Further Study of St. Vincent's Redevelopment Proposal's Impacts
- Calling for Designation of the West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension
- Commenting on the Pier 57 Redevelopment Proposal Scope of Work
- Fighting the Rent Guidelines Board's Proposed Rent Increases
- Seeking a More Appropriate Residential Building on the General Theological Seminary Campus
- Insisting on a Contextual Fan Plant at Mulry Square
- Calling for Designation of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I
- Seeking to Prohibit Hydrofracking in the Delaware River Basin
- Supporting the Clinton Commons Affordable Housing Development
- Opposing DOE Proposal to Open a Charter School on Brandeis HS Campus
- Submitting Testimony to Protect New York City's Vulnerable Waterfronts
Letters
- Opposing Co-location of Success Charter Network in District 2 Schools
- Calling for Reforms to City's School Phase-Out Policy
- Calling for Bi-partisan Action on a New York State Insurance Exchange(.pdf)
- Urging Denial of Variances at 514-516 East 6 Street
- Seeking a Rent Reduction to Save St. Mark's Bookshop
- Opposing a Proposed Charter High School in Lower Manhattan
- Supporting Designation of the East Village Historic District
- Urging Immediate Designation of the Entire South Village Historic District
- Demanding Fair Calculation of Reregulated Rents in Illegally Deregulated Apartments
- Seeking Answers to Questions Raised by the St. Vincents, Rudin Family and NS-LIJ Proposal, Which Includes a Stand-Alone 24-hour Emergency Room in the O'Toole Building
- Calling for the Designation of 35 Cooper Square as a New York City Landmark
- Urging the Port Authority to Reallocate ARC Funds toward a Much-Needed Bus Garage
- Seeking Cost-Efficient Solutions to School Overcrowding
- Supporting the East Bowery Preservation Plan
- Continuing the Fight to Rid our Schools of PCB Contamination
- Seeking Sin Sin's Closure and a More Responsive SLA
- Honoring Harry Wieder's Legacy
- Supporting New York City Legislation Regulating Sound Reproduction on Open-Air Sight Seeing Buses
- Thanking City University of New York for its New System-Wide Mandate on Sexual Assault Education
- Letters from DHCR Working Group Regarding Implementation of Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Decision [.pdf]
- Urging SLA Denial of Alteration Application for the Establishment at 56 3rd Avenue
- Seeking More Details on 100 West 77 Street's Ability to Accommodate Three Co-located Schools
- Urging Mayor Bloomberg Not to Appeal Ruling Striking Down "Poor Tax" Imposed by the RGB
Press Releases
- Speaking Out Against Child Sexual Abuse
- Introducing Legislation to Ban the Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in New York's Horseracing Industry
- Hailing the New York State Senate's Passage of Historic Marriage Equality Legislation
- Introducing a Single Payer Health Care Plan for all New Yorkers
- Fighting for Stronger Rent Regulation
- Fighting to save NYC's Senior Centers
- Opposing DOE Proposal to Open a Charter Elementary School on Brandeis HS Campus
- Condemning Carl Paladino's Homophobic Remarks
- Denouncing Governor Paterson's Veto of HASA 30% Rent Cap Legislation
- Addressing North Shore-LIJ and VillageCare's Announced Urgent Care Center
- Praising Latest Court Ruling for ST/PCV Tenants
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