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Newly Signed Law Will Help Keep OId Folks Homes From Becoming Rich Folks Homes
(Photo: Kavitha Surana) It’s too late to save Rivington House, the former HIV treatment facility that a non-profit nursing home operator unexpectedly flipped to a luxury developer after the city...
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Bushwick City Council Rep Denounces Trump’s Latest Series of Executive Orders
City Council Member Antonio Reynoso speaks at a rally in support of the Right to Know Act in April 2016 (Photo: Kavitha Surana) On the heels of President Trump signing three executive orders “designed...
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Nightlife Advocates and Politicians Want to Dance on the Grave of NYC’s...
(photo: Cassidy Dawn Graves) Yesterday, hundreds flocked to City Hall to discuss the future of nightlife in New York City at a consumer affairs oversight hearing. It was the first of its kind in over a...
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Pols Condemn Hit-and-Run Drivers After Weekend Deaths of Two Brooklynites
City councilman Stephen Levin speaks during press conference. “There is a no more senseless or inhumane action than to leave a body in the street,” declared city councilman Ydanis Rodriguez at a news...
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City Council Passes Sweeping Tenant Protections
Credit: Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center.Yesterday the City Council passed a sweeping package of pro-tenant legislation long advocated by tenants’ rights groups, activists, and...
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‘Office of Nightlife’ Bill Passes, Aims to Ease the Headache of Booze Pouring
Council Member Rafael Espinal and others at a hearing on the Office of Nightlife and cabaret law repeal in June (photo: Cassidy Dawn Graves)Back in May, City Council member Rafael Espinal announced a...
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Anti-Dance Law Repeal Supported By Everyone From de Blasio to Duke...
the crowd on Thursday (photo: Cassidy Dawn Graves) On August 24, the City Council passed Council Member Rafael Espinal’s Office of Nightlife bill, which would establish a “night mayor” and nightlife...
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What Can the Night Mayor Do? The DIY Scene Discusses
Great turnout to support small cultural spaces in New York City ! A post shared by MARKET HOTEL – 1140 Myrtle Ave (@market.hotel) on Oct 11, 2017 at 4:58pm PDT There’s a new (Night) Mayor in town, or...
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Get Ready to Dance On the Grave of the Cabaret Law, Set to Be Repealed
Council Member Rafael Espinal and others at a hearing on the Office of Nightlife and cabaret law repeal in June (photo: Cassidy Dawn Graves) Those attending bars and clubs in NYC can soon collectively...
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Disco Discord: NYPD and Nightlife Owners Clash Over Party-Crashing ‘Raids’
(photo: Cassidy Dawn Graves) Brooklyn DIY staples Palisades and Silent Barn are just two of many nightlife spaces that have been subject to a Multi-Agency Response to Community Hotspots, or MARCH—a...
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