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Canal St. building continues to slowly crumble
Around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, an old, steel, roll-down gate partially detached from the vacant building at the southwest corner of Canal and Greenwich Sts. However, it was a sign of a more serious...
View ArticleCheers in Chinatown on Grand St.
BY HEATHER DUBIN | At Tuesday night’s Community Board 3 meeting, City Councilmember Rosie Mendez announced $5.3 million in funding had been secured with Speaker Christine Quinn and the Manhattan...
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Change is needed for Downtown’s council seat
Four years ago Margaret Chin told us she would have said no to the deals to get beloved schools like P.S. 234 decades ago, and Spruce Street School more recently because the community was giving away...
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Spirit of 9/11 keeps flying with heroic Hester flag
Photos by Heather Dubin John Casalinuovo put on a harness to prepare to drop the 1,800-square-foot flag over the building’s side. BY HEATHER DUBIN | The unfurling of an enormous American flag down...
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Chin doesn’t want to gamble on Chinatown casino buses
Councilmember Chin is chipping in on the effort to restrict casino buses, saying they masquerade as normal city buses but “they don’t respect the community.” By SAM SPOKONY | New permit applications...
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‘Mayor of Chinatown,’ Paul Lee, dies at 63; An outspoken leader
A 38-year-old Paul Lee in his Mott St. store in 1988. Photo by Corky Lee BY JOSH ROGERS | Paul J.Q. Lee, a Chinatown small business owner and activist who seemed to revel in uphill fights against...
View ArticleChin wants higher fines for harassing senior tenants
BY SAM SPOKONY | Asserting it will help to protect seniors from wrongful eviction and abuse, City Councilmember Margaret Chin on March 12 introduced legislation that would increase the penalties...
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Janet Freeman Way honors tireless tenant advocate
Holding up an honorary co-naming sign that was given to Freeman’s family members, from left her brother, Ed, Councilmembers Rosie Mendez and Margaret Chin, Borough President Gale Brewer, Congressmember...
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Asians feel eclipsed after mayor snubs Lunar holiday but taps two Muslim ones
Assemblymember Ron Kim spoke about making the Lunar New Year a school holiday at City Hall, as Assemblymember Sheldon Silver and Councilmember Margaret Chin looked on and state Senator Dan Squadron...
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City nixes Chinatown / L.E.S. special district
Cathy Dang, of CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, spoke at a City Hall rally after the bad news on the proposal.Photo by Gerard Flynn BY GERARD FLYNN | It’s been more than six years since the push...
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