Domino Plan Goes to a Vote in City Council w/ no Guarantees for Community
[The City Council of New York City held a final vote] which now determines the fate of the old Domino Sugar factory, a massive 19th century industrial site along the Williamsburg waterfront.
Loft Law Passes Both Houses of Legislature
New Loft Law Passes Senate, Awaits Governor The long embattled Loft law, this week was passed in both houses of the legislature. The next step is approval by the Governor. This legislation will…
Stephanie Thayer and The Open Space Alliance
Interview By Lucas Kavner The Open Space Alliance walks a complicated line. On the one hand you have a community-based organization that, through private fundraising, works to improve and create public spaces and…
Walk Don’t Destroy Walk-a-thon
A hot button issue during the race for the 33rd district City Council seat was the Atlantic Yards. People who never mentioned the proposal to me were now talking about it. I was thrilled…
Did You Know….?
Did you know? Asian Longhorned Beetle’s were first discovered in the US in McCarren Park. The beetle was first detected in the Greenpoint/Williamsburg (depending on who you ask) park in 1996. The NY…
Wild End of an Era at Community Board #1
The Vinny Abate Era officially came to a close on Tuesday night in Williamsburg, after a turbulent meeting that had to be one of the wilder ones in the chairman’s nearly 30-year tenure….
Lentol Responds to Seeing Domino’s Secret Profit Margins
Assemblyman Joseph Lentol—who was quoted in a story published in the Greenpoint Star, yesterday, issued a press release today, regarding the NYC Housing Preservation & Development’s financial projections of CPC’s Domino development—making his opinions…