Earlier this week, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer called on the City Council to reform the way it awards grants to community organizations. The grants, known as "member items," are seen by many as pork-barrel spending, tools elected officials...
Parks Department planners have been working on designs for a new and improved Luther Gulick Park -- now they've got a bit more money to get the job done. This week, neighborhood activists learned City Councilwoman Margaret Chin has...
Downtown City Councilwoman Margaret Chin is inviting constituents to join her at the City of Water Day Festival at Governors Island this coming Saturday. Members of Chin's staff will meet residents in front of the Manhattan Battery Maritime Building...
In the wake of another tragic bus accident, the neighborhood's elected officials gathered in Chinatown today to renew their calls for stronger laws regulating interstate bus companies. More on their pleas in a moment.
First, there have been some other...
An update on a story we reported yesterday -- the continuing controversy surrounding the videotaped takedown and arrest of a 64 year old man in Columbus Park earlier this month. City Councilmember Margaret Chin had been scheduled to meet...
The City Council's Finance Committee this morning scheduled a hearing on the proposal to create a Chinatown Business Improvement District, the latest step forward for the plan, which has been championed by City Councilmember Margaret Chin.
"We're really happy that...
This morning City Councilwoman Margaret Chin was among several local dignitaries attending two Lower East Side events -- the grand opening of the LES Jewish Conservancy's Visitor Center and the official unveiling of the Seward Park Co-op's electric car...
The Rent Guidelines Board gives preliminary approval to increases amid activists' protests (Gothamist, DNAInfo).
Councilwoman Margaret Chin joins Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and the NYC DOT commissioner in kicking off a $750,000 Chinatown curbside parking study (DNAInfo).
The Lower East Side's gallery scene...
On Sunday, City Council Speaker Chris Quinn and Councilmember Margaret Chin rang the bell to open the 2011 season of the New Amsterdam Market at the South Street Seaport. In the last couple of years, they both have become...
Most of the time, City Councilmember Margaret Chin's news conferences, on topics such as affordable housing and education funding, are attended by just a few journalists from community media and Chinese language newspapers. But yesterday, a gaggle of reporters...
