Think Local First: The Ukrainian Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in NY

Advocacy

LW! Supports our Ukrainian Neighbors and Friends The ongoing aggressions in the Ukrainian region have underscored the interconnected nature of our lives and the fragility of our collective whole as humans. While headlines sometimes feel far away, there are always...

Billionaire’s Cluster?

#votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, ABC Watch, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK

Silverstein Properties Buys, Holds, and Flips Following a competitive bidding war, and a July 2018 purchase with a 5-year sale/lease-back agreement with the Walt Disney Corporation, Silverstein Properties flips the ABC Columbus Avenue Campus for $930M without even...

Activists Attract

Advocacy, Community Activist

By Claudie Benjamin By the time Nina and Dan met in 2006, they both had explored activism in different ways. They met while each was working on a series of anti-war hearings.  Dan was a reporter, writer and teacher. He had worked tirelessly on the battle for the...

Tip Your Hat, But Don’t Raise the Cap!

Advocacy

In her State of the State Address Gov. Hochul called for more housing And we support this action! There is a homelessness crisis and her plan offers several solutions which have merit–such as converting unused office and hotel space to residential use. We...

Made for the Job

Advocacy, Community Activist

By Claudie Benjamin Hard to imagine someone more perfectly made for the work of a progressive activist in the NY Legislature than State Assembly Member Richard Gottfried.  First elected in 1970, he will have held this position for 52 years when he retires at the end...

Colleague’s Letter to Governor Kathy Hochul

Advocacy

In Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent State of the State address she outlined a number of ideas to solve the affordable housing crisis.  While several ideas have merit and we can fully support them, we are concerned with lifting the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Cap. What...