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CB3 Sent Written Plea to Mayor on Rivington House Jan. 27

The editorial boards of both the Daily News and the New York Post this week slammed the de Blasio administration, calling its mishandling of the Rivington House situation a "scandal."  Today the Post wrote, "whether it was shear incompetence"...

LES Preservationists: Tell the Landmarks Commission to Save Synagogue

We've been following the plight of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, the shuttered synagogue at 60 Norfolk St. The Landmarks Preservation Commission is weighing a proposal from the synagogue to demolish the building, which was protected in 1967.  Today a local...
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The People’s Poetry Gathering Returns to Downtown After Two Decades

(L-R): Danez Smith, Joy Harjo, Sonia Sanchez, Haleh Liza Gafori, La Bruja, Naomi Shihab Nye
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