NOTE: Throughout 2023, Chelsea Community News will be expanding into new areas of coverage, whose concerns overlap with those of our namesake neighborhood. Part of that commitment involves a closer look at the work being done by Manhattan Community Board 5. Below, find a primer on CB5 and its various committees. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | A year into my administration, New York City remains the safest large city in America. We are following through on a 360-degree approach to fighting crime that includes both strategies for investing in our communities and excellent policing. Thanks to two years of tireless efforts and coordination between the […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” Apply for the Manhattan DA’s High School Summer Internship Program / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications Due March 10 / Black History Month Concert / The 200 West 22nd Street Block Association Kickoff Meeting / NYS Assembly Member Tony Simone’s Inauguration and Community Celebration / The […]
SCOTT STIFFLER | Compelling reasons continue to reveal themselves, in the years-long effort to landmark and repurpose a West Chelsea building owned—but not currently used—by the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY). The three-story property at 128 West 17th Street is the only known surviving Manhattan structure once used for the segregated public schooling of African […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Democrat Tony Simone, successor to Richard Gottfried as District 75’s New York State Assembly Member, spoke to Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) in that capacity, when the Full Board met on Wednesday, February 1. (Full Board meetings always devote some time atop the evening’s agenda to hear from elected officials or […]
BY TRAV S.D. | For almost 40 years Epstein and Hassan (Steve Krantz and Naima Hassan) formed a romantic and artistic partnership which saw them through a series of two-person shows, bookings in variety settings like burlesque bills and launch parties, as well as their own podcasts and radio programs. Billing themselves as “The Black […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Legalizing cannabis was a major step forward for equity and justice in our city. But legalization is about following the new laws, not a free pass to sell unregulated cannabis products. Over the last few months, illegal cannabis retailers have taken advantage of decriminalization efforts, with unlicensed smoke shops […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Conceived and achieved as a way in which non-violent offenders can avoid incarceration by accessing social services and performing community service, Midtown Community Court (MCC; 314 W. 54th St.) operated continuously from 1993 until in-person proceedings were suspended during the peak COVID period. It reopened in March of last year, but […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher’s Monthly Housing Clinic / Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) February Committee Meetings / A Conversation About NHC’s Housing Crisis / An Homage to Black Trailblazers of Theater & Performance at Marble Collegiate Church / Fat Tuesday Feast / The 200 West 22nd Street […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | One cannot live by bread alone—but Amy Scherber, founder of Amy’s Bread, knew there was widespread appeal to this staple form of sustenance, enough to serve as the foundation for the small business she opened in 1992, staffed by five employees and located in Hell’s Kitchen. For 31 years, the store […]