700 Feet Too Tall: Chinatown Fights Back Against Luxury Super Tower Plan
In the weeks preceding the Lunar New Year, Manhattan’s Chinatown bursts with crimson and gold. Residents tack upside-down fu,…
The Indypendent
Chelsey Sanchez
High Rises In Bushwick? City’s Rezoning Scheme Ignores Previous Community Plans
Time stops at Pati Rodriguez’s childhood home in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood. Three generations of her family — her parents,…
Oral History Preserves Bushwick One Story at a Time
At an April Community Board 4 meeting in Bushwick, city planners were repeatedly interrupted by the audience. “Affordable to…
Industry City: A Green New Deal Vs. Gentrification in Sunset Park
On a clear day, looking out over the sloshing blue-gray swell of Gowanus Bay from Sunset Park’s waterfront, you…
Shop, Pick Up Kids… Go to Jail? Plan to Swap Rikers for ‘Justice Hubs’ Draws Ire
New York City will have four new jails in every borough except Staten Island within the next ten years.…
How To Help Progressive Candidates Ahead of the Midterms
This is the final weekend before Tuesday’s midterm elections and many organizations, hoping to edge out Republican incumbents and…
East Harlemites Rally for Migrant Children Who Will Spend Halloween Without Their Parents
On the eve of Halloween, President Donald Trump, clad in a black and white striped jumpsuit, was handcuffed and…
Required Reading: ‘Book Bloc’ Defends Trans Rights
Hundreds of people rallied in Midtown on Monday in response to a planned rollback of transgender rights on the…
#CountMeIn Movement Marks One Year
“New York City is a union town,” they chanted — thousands of voices reverberating off of office buildings and…
Watch: Inside the Hexing of Brett Kavanaugh
“Thieves will be hexed,” warns a sign affixed to an altar near the front window of Catland, an occult…