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 Council member Margaret Chin. Earlier today, we noted that an activist group is stepping up its ongoing war on City Council member Margaret Chin over the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Plan. Last week, Chin urged Community Board 3′s land use committee to vote “yes” on the city’s framework for the 1.65 million square foot project. She … Continue reading  
Here’s something from the relentless staff at Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh’s office: Assemblymember Kavanagh, will host the third annual 74th Assembly District Healthy Living Fair on Sunday, May 20, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This year’s event will bring more than 15 health service providers to the community to offer free screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol, … Continue reading
 The Seward Park sites south of Delancey Street. Photo by Vivienne Gucwa. In a little more than a week, Community Board 3 will be voting on the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Plan, a project that is destined to change the Lower East Side for decades to come. Behind the scenes, there’s a lot going on leading … Continue reading
Editor’s note: the following article is from City Council Member Margaret Chin. The video posted above was produced by the Campaign for Children NYC. The urgent email from an elementary school principal on the Lower East Side was accented with questions: how will parents find affordable childcare? Who will want to enroll at our school? Will our … Continue reading
 U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez. Photo courtesy: AAFE. Nydia Velazquez has represented the Lower East Side in Congress for the past 20 years. But this spring, as she campaigns for the Democratic Primary to be held June 26th, Rep. Velazquez is getting to know quite a few new constituents. This is because her district has undergone some … Continue reading
 U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, City Council member Margaret Chin at the Open Door Senior Center. U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez and City Council member Margaret Chin visited the Project Open Door Senior Center in Chinatown on Friday. Velazquez faces a challenge from three opponents, including Brooklyn City Council member Erik Dilan and newcomer Dan O’Connor, in the … Continue reading
 Council member Margaret Chin at the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade. Photo via Chin's Facebook page. City Council member Margaret Chin is three-quarters of the way through her first term serving District 1, which includes the Lower East Side and Chinatown, as well as Soho, Tribeca, the Financial District and the South Village. Recently, we sat … Continue reading
 State Sen. Daniel Squadron and other leaders gathered on a Brooklyn pier this afternoon to call for the return of the city's fireworks show to the East River. Elected leaders from Manhattan and Brooklyn stood on the East River waterfront this afternoon to appeal to department store giant Macy’s to move its annual Independence Day fireworks … Continue reading
 San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is in the light-colored jacket, in the front row. Photo credit: Asian Americans for Equality. Dignitaries such as U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Comptroller John Liu, State Senator Daniel Squadron and City Council member Margaret Chin came to Chinatown last week to help Asian Americans for Equality … Continue reading
 Lower East Side representatives at this year's Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown; Nydia Velazquez, Sheldon Silver, Margaret Chin, Daniel Squadron. New York’s dysfunctional redistricting process came to an end several days ago, when a panel of federal judges ordered the state to implement new Congressional boundaries based on the 2010 Census. The new lines are … Continue reading
This past weekend, City Councilmember Margaret Chin, along with City Councilmember Peter Koo, co-hosted the City Council’s Lunar New Year celebration at Pace University. Many of their colleagues were there, along with other elected officials from across New York. Invited guests enjoyed a lot of good food and watched many performances, including the traditional lion dance. … Continue reading
 Well our headline might be a slight exaggeration. Don’t expect 140 character missives on the bialys at Kossar’s anytime soon. But the New York State Assembly (and Speaker Silver by extension) have, in fact, finally established a twitter account. Here’s the press release. Yes, there was a press release! Speaker Sheldon Silver announced that the New York … Continue reading
John Liu. One of Chinatown’s most influential organizations, the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, is organizing a “solidarity rally” for John Liu. Just yesterday, Liu’s mayoral campaign announced it would return tainted donations from his successful 2009 bid for NYC Comptroller. A key Liu fundraiser with ties to Chinatown was recently charged in a campaign fraud investigation. A … Continue reading
The New York Times caught up with Sheldon Silver in Washington last week, following his bike accident. Here’s a statement we just received from Michael Whyland, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s press secretary: Due to an injury sustained during a bicycle accident on November 10, Speaker Silver was admitted to Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut on Sunday to … Continue reading
 Photos by Tim Schreier. Thursday afternoon we received a phone call from Tim Schreier, one of the neighborhood’s more prolific photojournalists. Tim, who’s been documenting the Occupy Wall Street movement since it began two months ago, had quite a story to tell. He’d just been released from jail, after three days in custody for allegedly trespassing … Continue reading
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