By Arun Venugopal, published March 30, 2024
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, which has been a pre-eminent downtown performance space for a diverse assemblage of poets, writers, musicians and artists for more than 50 years, has launched a $24 million, city-funded renovation that organizers hope will ensure the cafe’s future for decades to come.
The cafe’s Executive Director Caridad De La Luz said in an interview that some existing elements of the century-old property at 236 East Third St.
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Published March 28, 2024
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Local politicians, healthcare workers and area residents rallied again outside Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Hospital on March 24, stressing the historic healthcare hub is critical for Downtown and Lower Manhattan — and warning that nearby hospitals would be unable to pick up the slack if it closed.
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By Keith J. Kelly, published March 25, 2024
”It’s an eight minute window,” said Samuel Joseph Kleinplatz, a heart attack survivor who was treated at Beth Israel and who joined local elected officials calling on NYS to halt plans by Mount Sinai to shut down the East Side hospital in had purchased ten years ago but now wants to shut down by July 12.
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By Ethan Stark-Miller, published March 12, 2024
Leaders of the city’s three public library systems launched a fresh campaign Tuesday to demand that Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council reverse a collective $58.3 million in proposed cuts in the coming Fiscal Year 2025 budget.
Tuesday marks the first time the leaders of the three branches — the New York, Brooklyn and Queens Public Libraries — are citing the sizable $58.3 million cut, which is higher than the $22.1 million trim the mayor enacted in November.
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By Kelly Mena, published March 11, 2024
Judith Insell, the executive director of the Bronx Arts Ensemble, was shocked when she learned in February that she would not be receiving any City Hall funding for the rest of the fiscal year due to budget cuts.
“I was preparing for a 15% cut, but not a 100% cut,” Insell said.
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The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera and Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) joined community residents to celebrate the joyous return home of more than 20 households who are realizing the dream of homeownership in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood. The project was financed through HPD’s Affordable Neighborhood Cooperative Program (ANCP), which selects qualified developers to rehabilitate distressed city-owned multifamily buildings in order to create affordable co-ops for low and moderate-income households.
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By Graham Rayman, published March 7, 2024
By Claude Solnik, published March 5, 2024
Monday is traditionally the day when theaters are dark, stages are empty and performers take a break, providing a kind of industrywide intermission. It is also a day when events designed for performers and the theatergoing community often take place.
So, about 200 people, including performers, donors and simply fans of one of New York City’s longest-going and truest homes to new work united Feb.
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By Councilmember Carlina Rivera, published March 4, 2024
Growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a community rich with cultural heritage, I had a front row seat to how the arts were transformative. For young people and their families, cultural institutions were often safe places to grow, dream and tell their stories without fear of retribution or judgment.
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By Chris Welch, February 29, 2024
NEW YORK – Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh says this first-in-the-nation program will “literally” save lives.
City officials today unveiled the first of five public e-battery charging locations to be installed in New York City. The first is now up in Cooper Square in the East Village.
“This is such an important moment,”
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