Spotted on Seventh Street at Avenue B by Dave on 7th... not creepy at all!
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Early Happy Easter wishes on this Dec. 22
Spotted on Seventh Street at Avenue B by Dave on 7th... not creepy at all!
Saturday, December 21, 2019
It happened on 5th Street
Always the best Christmas lights in the neighborhood... Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...
A Winter Solstice celebration today at the Campos Community Garden
Volunteers at the Campos Community Garden are hosting their Winter Solstice celebration today from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Among other things, you can burn your grievances "to open space for new goals in the coming year" and enjoy candied lemons made from the garden's very own lemon tree.
Campos Community Garden is at 640 E. 12th St. between Avenue B and Avenue C.
Friday, December 20, 2019
Friday's parting shot
[From the top left] Jax, Atticus and Alistair dressed up in Tompkins Square Park today... photo by Derek Berg...
Merry ChristmASS from Rite Aid on 1st Avenue
Something to entertain you while waiting in line at the Rite Aid on First Avenue and Fifth Street.
Holiday hijinks or this is just how the monogrammed stockings happened to end up here high on the shelf? Anyway, 50-percent off!
Thanks to Stacie Joy for this photo ...
Not for 'Nothing'
A reconfigured Rocketship returned with its first record in 13 years with Thanks to You, an under-the-radar release from this fall. The dream-pop track here is for "Nothing Deep Inside."
Local to express: The Trash Bags rock Union Square station
Last night, the LES-based Trash Bags held their record release party in a rather unusual venue — the band brought their thrash 'n' roll to the 14th Street/Union Square station (the L-train mezzanine) ... sadly we missed it ... here are two clips...
The band's debut record, produced by Billie Joe Armstrong, is available now via Muddguts ... you can likely find the vinyl down at the Cast, the boutique at 72 Orchard St. run by band members Moan Elisa and Chuck Bones.
The Trash Bags are on a bill tomorrow (Saturday!) night out at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn with local singer-songwriter Fiona Silver.
Day and night on the Tompkins Square Park basketball courts
A look this morning and last night courtesy of Vinny & O...
Tenants call out Madison Realty Capital: Stop warehousing rent-regulated apartments
More than 50 residents, community activists and local elected officials gathered on Tuesday afternoon in the rain outside 325 E. 12th St., a building owned by Madison Realty Capital (MRC) that serves as a de-facto office for MRC’s property management arm, Silverstone Properties.
The group, led by Tenants Taking Control (formerly known as the Toledano Tenants Coalition), called on MRC to sell their 15 buildings to a nonprofit preservation buyer.
They also wanted to bring attention to the practice of property owners letting rent-regulated apartments sit vacant in the aftermath of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019.
According to the tenants, there are 136 vacant apartments across the 15-building portfolio, which has a total of 279 units. (MRC took control of the portfolio from disgraced landlord Raphael Toledano in the spring of 2017.)
"It is unconscionable to keep these apartments empty, when affordable housing is so rare," said TTC member Beth Carey.
"We have persevered for four long years — enduring an onslaught of insincere buyout badgering, construction as harassment, elevated lead dust, vermin infestations, and unfair lawsuits," said Sandra Mayer, a TTC tenant. "We have watched our friends and neighbors be picked off one by one until these once vibrant buildings stood dark and quiet. This community of working-class families and artists should not lose its spirit. It is our goal to bring back a solid base of rent-stabilized housing in the East Village."
Joining the tenants were several community groups and elected officials, including members of the INK Tenants Coalition, Cooper Square Committee, Lead Dust Free NYC coalition, St. Nicks Alliance, Good Old Lower East Side, United Neighborhood Organization (UNO), Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Sen. Brad Hoylman and City Councilmember Carlina Rivera.
[Sen. Hoylman]
[Assemblymember Glick]
Photos courtesy of the Cooper Square Committee.
Previously on EV Grieve:
• Health Department to inspect Raphael Toledano's East Village properties for toxic levels of lead dust
• Ongoing concerns about demolition work and elevated lead levels in Toledano-owned buildings
• Tenant activists praise lead reform, urge for more protections from city against predatory landlords
• Petition asks Madison Realty Capital to waive legal fees for evicted East Village family
• Report: Raphael Toledano files for Chapter 11; $145 million deal for EV portfolio is off the table
• Raphael Toledano tenants take to Midtown streets to speak out against their landlord and his lenders
• Santa delivers sacks of coal to Madison Realty Capital, Rafael Toledano's lenders
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