Photo: Sunday afternoon in Seward Park. It’s not quite spring yet but it sure felt spring-like today!
In the news this past week:
–The battle over unionization at the Trader Joe’s store at Essex Crossing is continuing, and some employees say management is engaging in retaliatory tactics against union organizers. [Hell Gate]
–Lower Manhattan State Senator Brian Kavanagh, chair of the Senate housing committee, talks about top priorities in the push to address the housing crisis. [NY1]
–A Lower East Side tenant took to TikTok to share her story after realizing her landlord had been overcharging her for a rent regulated apartment. The video went viral and now a whole lot of NYC tenants are requesting their rent histories. [The City]
–Andrea Gordillo and Sarah Batchu are already in the running to succeed District 2 City Council member Carlina Rivera in next year’s election (Rivera is term limited). State Assemblyman Harvey Epstein might join the race. [The Village Sun]
–A pedestrian struck by the driver of a city bus in 2017 at East Houston Street and Avenue D has won a $72.5 million judgement against the MTA. [New York Post]
–As part of a pilot project the city unveiled an e-bike battery charging station in the East Village, the first of several sites meant to provide delivery workers with a safe place to charge their bikes. [ABC 7]
–Muoi Truong has been a fixture in Chinatown for almost three decades, running the fruit stand at Mulberry and Canal streets through, “snowstorms and hailstorms, as well as during extreme heat and cold.” [Gothamist]
–Community Board 3’s March meeting agendas. [CB3]
