Last week, Mayor de Blasio's controversial proposals -- Zoning for Quality & Affordability and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing -- were the subject of back-to-back City Council hearings. While Community Board 3 joined a chorus of local opposition to the plans...
The City Council could vote this week on Mayor de Blasio's proposal to temporarily cap the number of Uber cars on city streets. Local City Council member Margaret Chin is right in the middle of the fierce debate over...
In 2014, a series of traffic accidents took the lives of four pedestrians on the Lower East Side and Chinatown. Following the October death of 90-year-old Sau Ying Lee on Canal Street, City Council member Margaret Chin called on the...
Members of the Siempre Verde Community Garden are hopeful a letter from City Council member Margaret Chin will convince the city to abandon efforts to develop the Lower East Side parcels.
Last year, William Gottlieb Management pitched a plan to build...
Today City Council member Margaret Chin and Council member Robert Cornegy are introducing legislation to create an "Office of the Small Business Advocate" within the Department of Small Business Services.
The idea is to provide small businesses with an independent...
Earlier this year, the Essex Crossing developers announced that they'd decided against creating underground parking as part of the big mixed use project on the former Seward Park urban renewal site. The city's master plan would have allowed up...
NBC News' website is featuring a long profile of City Council member Margaret Chin, who represents the Lower East Side and Chinatown. The piece details her path from young community organizer to local politician:
Chin, 61, has spent much of...
City Council member Margaret Chin just released this statement regarding Sheldon Silver:
The charges against Speaker Silver are deeply serious and deeply concerning. The Speaker has been a strong advocate for the Lower Manhattan community, and he has especially been...
The City Council yesterday approved legislation sponsored by Council member Margaret Chin to regulate adult social day care centers. In recent years, the privately run facilities have sprouted throughout the city; they're especially prevalent in Chinatown and the Lower...
There's some news this afternoon about 135 Bowery, the former site of a 194-year-old federal row house that was torn down to make way for an eight story commercial building.
The property was listed for $8.5 million by its owner,...
