NEWS AND ISSUES ARCHIVE
Archived Community Reports
- November-December 2010 Community Report
- October 2010 Community Report
- August-September 2010 Community Report
- June-July 2010 Community Report
- May 2010 Community Report
- April 2010 Community Report
- March 2010 Community Report
- February 2010 Community Report
- January 2010 Community Report December 2009 Community Report
- November 2009 Community Report
- October 2009 Community Report
- August-September 2009 Community Report
- July 2009 Community Report
- June 2009 Community Report
- May 2009 Community Report
- April 2009 Community Report
- March 2009 Community Report
- February 2009 Community Report
- January 2009 Community Report
- December 2008 Community Report
- November 2008 Community Report
- October 2008 Community Report
- August – September 2008 Community Report
- July 2008 Community Report
- June 2008 Community Report
- May 2008 Community Report
- April 2008 Community Report
- March 2008 Community Report
- February 2008 Community Report
- January 2008 Community Report
- December 2007 Community Report
- November 2007 Community Report
- October 2007 Community Report
- September 2007 Community Report
- August 2007 Community Report
- July 2007 Community Report
- June 2007 Community Report
- May 2007 Community Report
- April 2007 Community Report
- March 2007 Community Report
- FY 2008-2009 Member Initiatives (.pdf)
- FY 2007-2008 member initiatives(pdf)
Archived Press Releases
- Urging Continued Vigilance in Opposing Risky Gas Drilling
- Calling on NASA to Permanently Display a Space Shuttle at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
- Robocalling to Boost the 29th State Senate District Census Response Rate
- Challenging MTA's Proposed Access-A-Ride Cuts
- Expressing Anger and Disappointment about the Marriage Equality Vote in the NYS Senate
- Commenting on Results of Maine Referendum on Marriage Equality
- Statement Re: Hiram Monserrate
- Hailing the NYS Court of Appeals Decision in Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties
- Urging Governor Paterson to Sign Prison Health Oversight Legislation
- Demanding that New York Protect its Troubled Youth
- Addressing Adverse Event Reporting by NYS Hospitals
- Facilitating $3M Biotech Tax Credit
- Passing Family Health Care Decisions Act
- Responding to Alleged Homophobic Attacks During Pride Month
- Requiring Access to Flu Vaccines for Parents of NICU Newborns
- Working to Expand Testing and Treatment for HIV
- Seeking to Protect Journalist Bloggers
- Mourning the Death of Rodger McFarlane
- Weighing in on Governor Paterson's Proposal to Make Timothy's Law Permanent
- Statement on Assembly's Passage of Marriage Equality
- Introducing Medical Marijuana Legislation
- Seeking to Restore the Commuter Tax
- Praising $350 Million For Film And TV Production Tax Credit
- Hailing Iowa's Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
- Announcing Agreement on NYS Health Budget
- Joining Assembly Member Micah Kellner in Seeking Paratransit Fare Equity
- Celebrating Landmark Legal Victory with Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants
- Naming Soffel, Bearden to Key Health Committee Posts
- Demanding NYC Hearing on Gas Drilling
- Responding to the Proposed M8 Bus Elimination
- Proposing Legislation to Aid Wrongly Accused Tenants
- Praising New NYC School Anti-Bullying Regulations
- Hosting an Albany Performance of The Castle
- Joining other Area Elected Officials in Celebrating DOE Agreement to Test For and Remediate PCBs at P.S. 199
- Statement on Governor Paterson's marriage recognition directive
- Statement on the California Supreme Court striking down ban on civil same-sex marriages
- Advancing State quality certification trademarks for rBGH-free milk
- Applauding unanimous passage of Senate bill extending real estate tax abatements for co-op and condo owners
- Proposing major reform of rent board system for rent-regulated apartments
- Seeking Reinstatement of the NYC Commuter Tax
- Releasing Results of Community Survey on St. Vincent's Hospital Redevelopment
- Commenting on the MTA's Selection of a Hudson Yards Developer
- "College Goal Sunday" Helps New York Families Plan and Pay for College Education
- Recycle Your Ink Jet Cartridges and Cell Phones
- Bills to Appropriate Funds to MTA Could Halt Fare Hike if Passed
- Applauding the MTA's Decision to Make Public Proposals for West Side Railyards Development
- Marking Columbus Day with Call for South Village Historic District
- Demanding Full Disabled Access to Farley Post Office
- Cooper Square Committee wins $125,000 New York Main Street Grant
- NYS Court of Appeals Upholds Duane's Law Protecting Section 8 Tenants
- Calling for a Moratorium on Affordable Housing Buyouts
- Introducing Same-Sex Marriage Legislation in the Senate
- Duane Joins Push for HIV Education Geared Towards Older Adults
- Speaking Against Reinstating the Death Penalty
- Applauding Governor Spitzer's Introduction of Same-Sex Marriage Legislation
- Introducing Legislation to Restore the New York City Commuter Tax
- Hailing OTDA's Reversal on HASA Rent Increases
- Urging the GOP-controlled Senate to Reform its Rules
- Denouncing Proposed Closing of St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital
- Demanding Port Authority Stop Discriminating Against Transgender People
Archived Public Testimony
- Urging Conditional Disapproval of Riverside Center Land Use Applications
- Supporting the Rezoning of the East Village's Third Avenue Corridor
- Expressing Concerns about NYCHA's 2011 Draft Annual Plan
- Urging the Rent Guidelines Board Not to Implement Rent Increases
- Insisting on a High-Capacity K-8 School in Riverside Center
- Commenting on Phase I of the Newest Plan for Moynihan Station
- Supporting the Creation of PS 452 on the Upper West Side
- Recommending Denial of a Liquor License for the Sports Bar at 296 Bleecker Street
- Speaking out on the Surrender of Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village to its Creditors
- Testimony Before the New York City Landmarks Public Housing and General Welfare Committee Hearing on the Suspension of NYCHA Section 8 Vouchers
- Statement on the State Senate's Passage of the Family Health Care Decisions Act
- Testimony Before the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Regarding the Landmark Designation of Westbeth
- Testimony before the New York City Council Subcommittee on Landmarks Regarding Designation of the Lamartine Place Historic District
- Testimony Before the District 3 Community Education Council on the DOE's Amended Capital Plan
- Testimony Before the NYC Department of Education Regarding Creation of the Frank McCourt High School for Communications and Civic Engagement
- Testimony before the New York City Planning Commission Regarding the P.S. 51/Gotham West Development with Reservations
- Testimony Before the New York City Council Regarding the Land Use Applications Related to the Western Rail Yard Development
- Testimony Before the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Regarding the South Village Historic District
- Floor Speech Before the New York State Senate on Legislation to End the Rent Disparity for NYC HIV/AIDS Services Administration Clients
- Testimony before the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Regarding the Proposed Designation of the IRT Powerhouse
- Statement before the New York City Department Of Education Regarding a New School on Brandeis High School's Campus
- Testimony before the New York City Housing Authority Public Hearing on the Draft 2010 Annual Plan
- Testimony before the New York City Rent Guidelines Board Hearing on Proposed Rent Increases
- Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Zoning & Franchises Regarding Two Trees Management Company's Development Proposal for 11th Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets
- Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Zoning & Franchises Regarding The Text Amendments to Zoning at the Eastern Rail Yards
- Joint Testimony before the New York City Planning Commission on Fordham's Lincoln Square Plan
- Testimony before the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Regarding the Proposed Designation of the Lamartine Place Historic District
- Testimony before the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regarding the Title V Permit Renewal for Con Edison's East Side Steam Power Plant
- Testimony before the New York City Planning Commission and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority regarding the proposed Western Rail Yard project
- Testimony before the NYS Assembly Social Services Committee hearing on the NYC Department of Homeless Services plan to move its men's homeless intake center
- Testimony before Landmarks Preservation Commission on granting landmark designation to the Baumann Brothers Furniture Store
- Testimony before New York City Planning Commission regarding the proposed Hudson Square Consolidated Sanitation Facility
- Testimony before NYCHA regarding its Draft 2009 Annual Plan
- Testimony before New York City Planning Commission regarding the East Village/Lower East Side Rezoning Plan
- Testimony before NYS Division of Housing And Community Renewal on proposed demolition regulations
- Testimony before Landmarks Preservation Commission on St. Vincent's revised redevelopment plan
- Testimony before New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development opposing the petition by Clinton Towers Housing Company to raise maximum permissible rents
- Testimony before Landmarks Preservation Commission urging designation of the West Chelsea Historic District
- Testimony regarding the rise in HIV/AIDS among young men of color in New York City
- Testimony before the New York City Planning Commission on the proposed Hudson Square North Rezoning
- Testimony before Landmarks Preservation Commission on St. Vincent's Hospital Redevelopment
- Regarding the Expansion of the NoHo Historic District
- Regarding a NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Certificate of Appropriateness for the Proposed Building at 145 Perry Street
- Regarding Congregation Shearith Israel's Second Application for Zoning Variances
- Regarding the New York City Council Resolution Calling for the Repeal of the U.S. Department of Defense's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy
- Regarding Cooper Square Hotel Liquor License Application
- Regarding the Proposed Moynihan Station Redevelopment
- Regarding New York City Council Legislation Imposing Stiffer Fines for Illegal Hotels
- Regarding Zoning Variances for Congregation Shearith Israel
- Regarding East River Realty Corp.'s Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
- Regarding Sentencing Reform in New York State
- Regarding Increasing Access to Health Insurance Coverage in New York State
- Regarding the City Council Legislation to Protect Tenants from "Phony Demolitions"
- Regarding the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles' Recent Administrative Policy Change
- Regarding MTA New York City Transit's Proposed Mulry Square Fan Plant
- Regarding New York City Housing Authority's 2008 Draft Annual Plan
- Regarding New York City Parks Department's proposal to redevelop the North End of Union Square Park
- Regarding the concept of congestion pricing
- Regarding General Theological Seminary's proposed buildings
- Regarding City Council legislation regulating landlords' use of electronic access systems
- Regarding the Department of City Planning's proposed East Village/Lower East Side rezoning
- Regarding the Rent Guidelines Board's proposed rent increases
- Regarding the New York City Board Of Standards And Appeals Variance Application For 8 St. Marks Place
- Regarding U.S. Postal Service's transfer of air rights to NYU Dorm
- Regarding the New-York Historical Society facade renovation
- Regarding a proposed Off-Track Betting facility at 143 West 72nd Street
- Regarding the proposed Hudson Square consolidated sanitation facility
- Before NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal on proposed rules amendments
- Before NYC Council Task Force on Operations and Improvement of the Department of Buildings
- Before NYC Board of Elections on proposed voting systems
- Before NYC Council Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management on proposed Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station
- Before the NYC Planning Commission on the redevelopment of the former Con Edison power plant sites
Archived Letters
- Supporting Protected Bike Lanes on Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues
- Urging the NYC Department of Buildings to Uphold Objections to Plans Submitted for a New Building at 178 Bleecker Street in Manhattan
- Urging the NYC Department of Buildings to Pursue the Violations and Fines it Levied Against Equinox Gym
- Asking NYS Housing Agencies to Help Preserve Stuyvesant-Town/Peter Cooper Village as Well-Maintained, Middle Class Housing
- Expressing Outrage Over Approval of General Theological Seminary?fs Commercial Hotel
- Opposing an Unsuitable Newsstand on Seventh Avenue and 15th Street
- Urging the MTA to Relinquish its Claim to Office Space in Western Rail Yard's Off-Site Affordable Housing
- Speaking on the Floor of the New York State Senate In Support of Leandra's Law
- Urging the NYC Department of Education and School Construction Authority to resume PCB remediation at P.S. 199
- Commenting on the State of the Senate
- Advocating for a Summer Playstreet on West 17th Street
- Supporting Designation of the Tammany Hall building as a New York City Landmark
- Expressing Concerns About DOT's Green Light for Midtown Project
- Calling on DEC to Extend Comment Period on Gas Drilling
- Addressing Upper West Side Helicopter Traffic
- Calling on Congress to Include Supplemental Assistance for the Public Housing Capital Fund in the Stimulus Package.
- Urging Governor Paterson to save program for severely disabled children in foster care
- Urging the NYC Board of Elections to remove barriers that disenfranchise disabled voters
- Calling on the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles and Board of Elections to work together to ensure "Motor Voter" registrations are counted
- Seeking a South Village Historic District
- Opposing the Conversion of GHI/HIP to the for-profit EmblemHealth
- Calling on NYC Economic Development Corporation to Revisit its Lease with New York Skyports and Pursue the $6.1 million Skyports owes the City
- Calling on Mayor Bloomberg to Preserve NYCHA's Vital Community Services
- Thanking Governor Paterson for his Historic Marriage Recognition Directive
- Seeking a Change in Management Policies at Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town
- Advocating for the Construction of a Commuter and Charter Bus Storage Facility in Clinton/Hell's Kitchen
- Calling on Mayor Bloomberg to Keep Preservation and Expansion of Public Day Care Centers a Top Priority
- Encouraging DHCR to Adopt More Rigorous Demolition Standards and Stipend Methodology
- Echoing CB2's concerns About NYCT's proposed fan plant around Mulry Square
- Expressing concerns about NYC Department for the Aging "modernization"
- Calling for a swift and comprehensive designation process for the South Village Historic District
- Seeking DHCR's intervention on behalf of the tenants of One Bank Street
- With other area representatives, sharing views with the Hudson River Park Trust on the development of Pier 40.
- Following up, along with Assemblymember Rosenthal, on DOE commitments to address overcrowding at P.S. 199
- Regarding recent reports of dogs apparently ingesting toxins at the Chelsea Waterside Park dog run
- Requesting a list of New York City buildings required to accept Section 8 Rental Vouchers
- Requesting an opportunity for public review of the responses to the MTA's West Side Yards Request for Proposals
- Requesting additions to the proposed West Chelsea Historic District
- Opposing the Department of Environmental Conservation's proposal to remove parking provisions
- Countering City claims that Gansevoort Peninsula only option for waste transfer
- Urging the Governor to sign S4329/A7905 creating parity in shelter rent allowances
- Raising concerns about expanding New York State's DNA databank
- Seeking restoration of the Fifth Avenue bus stops on the M23 Line
- Opposing City plans to amend the Hudson River Park Act
- Appealing to Red Apple Group not to close the Gristedes on First Avenue and 20th Street
- Urging Hotel Gansevoort to abandon its ill-conceived billboard project(pdf)
- Supporting the designation of the South Village Historic District
- Calling for increased Department of Buildings oversight(pdf)
