As we noted in an earlier post today, Community Board 3 is preparing for a big vote later this month regarding the future of the Seward Park redevelopment site. Affordable housing advocates and Grand Street co-op residents don't agree...
From this morning's in-box: State Senator Daniel Squadron will be joining Ed Koch at a midday news conference to call on the Senate to make government reform its first order of business in the new legislative session.
Earlier this year,...
Whose neighborhood is it? This is the question that has divided the Lower East Side for at least the past 40 years and has stymied the development of the most valuable piece of land New York City owns. Last...
Earlier this year we were on hand in Luther Gulick Park, where State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver indulged his passion for basketball. Yesterday, at the Al Smith Recreation Center, we learned about the speaker's enthusiasm for another sport. Announcing...
You've probably noticed more than a few idled construction sites across the neighborhood are showing signs of life, as the hobbled economy slowly recovers. With this reality in mind, there's an information fair coming up later this week for...
This past weekend, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and City Councilmember Margaret Chin addressed students attending the CUNY College Fair on the Seward Park campus. The fair was sponsored by Silver's office, as well as the offices of Chin...
Neighborhood activists gathered at Masaryk Towers (43-55 Columbia Street) with State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Friday on to celebrate a hard fought victory. After years of advocacy and protests, the crumbling sidewalk in front of the private...
Last night, the New York State Assembly voted to temporarily ban hydrofracking, a controversial method of extracting natural gas from deep shale rock. In a statement released a short time ago, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said:
"I will not let...
Devotees of the "Fake Shelly Silver" twitter feed probably noticed this item posted a short time ago:
Now, um, about that Assembly leadership coup... I'm sure the @NewYorkPost will be publishing a correction some time today...
In spite of all kinds...
State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver made a rare appearance at Community Board 3's monthly meeting last night. In the Speaker's remarks, he said the city has refused his request to divert revenues from Basketball City (a private facility opening...
