The office of State Senator Daniel Squadron has released a statement regarding the Landmark Preservation Commission's unanimous denial of landmark status for 45-47 Park Place earlier today:
"Today, the Landmarks Preservation Commission decision has affirmed values that define New...
It has been nearly a year-and-a-half since two preschool students in Chinatown were killed after an unoccupied van, left in reverse, jumped a sidewalk on East Broadway and plowed into a class returning from a trip to the Chatham...
We've just returned from City Hall, where State Senator Daniel Squadron and other elected officials urged Governor Paterson to sign a bill increasing penalties against careless drivers. The legislation was introduced after the tragic deaths of Hayley Ng and...
On Sunday, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senator Daniel Squadron gathered with community activists and displaced residents at the scene of April's Grand Street fire. In a mid-day news conference, Silver touted a bill waiving bank fees...
Last week we told you about the uphill battle by some public housing residents to get their gas turned back on after outages lasting up to four months. On Wednesday, tenants were assured by officials of New York's Housing...
This week Lower East Side residents vented their frustration at city housing officials, who struggled to explain why apartments in three NYCHA developments have been without gas for up to four months. The tenants came to a meeting Wednesday...
An update on yesterday's fatal accident on Delancey Street. As we reported (here and here), a pedestrian was struck and killed around 4am as he was crossing the street (near Essex). The body was not moved for several hours,...
No one can say Dennis Rosen, the new head of the State Liquor Authority, is not a patient man. For three-and-a-half hours last night, he sat on stage at P.S. 20 listening to a litany of complaints from dozens...
On a cold and rainy evening, the Lower East Side's key political leaders and representatives from many of the neighborhood's non-profit organizations descended on a meeting room at the Seward Park Co-op last night for a neighborhood information fair.
State...
The Daily News reports Senator Daniel Squadron will co-sponsor the State Assembly passed mayoral control bill in the Senate. The latest Siena poll says 63-percent of New Yorkers think the state is headed in the wrong direction. The Assembly...
