Vanishing New York: An Interview with Jeremiah Moss
You’ve noticed it by now: New York City’s small businesses are disappearing, and fast. The storefronts of the mom-and-pop…
The Indypendent
Giulia Olsson
One Block on the LES: Mom & Pop Shops Barely Hold On
Along a one-block stretch in the Lower East Side — Clinton Street, from Delancey to Rivington Streets — stand…
Outside City Hall, Activists Demand Bratton’s Firing & a Break with Broken Windows
“Every time you see me, you wanna mess with me!” Eric Garner yelled at police last Thursday shortly before…
RGB to NYC Tenants: No Rent Freeze This Year
In a five to four vote on Monday, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board shot down the possibility…
Pattern of Forced Displacement Evident at Brooklyn RGB Hearing
On June 18, nearly an hour before the start of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board’s third public…
City Tenants and Officials Push Rent Freeze at Manhattan RGB Hearing
At 72 years old, Marietta Hawkes has been living in the East Side’s Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village for more…