In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” Eviction Prevention 101 / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications Due March 10 / NYS Assembly Member Tony Simone’s Inauguration and Community Celebration / Community Cleanups / The Guides Association of New York City’s Ninth Annual GANYC Apple Awards / The Legacy of Former Colored School No. […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Held on the third Tuesday of the month—sans July, August, December—the 13th Precinct Community Council provides a forum where the public can interact with Police Officers, Detectives, and top leadership from the precinct tasked with protecting and serving a southern portion of Midtown Manhattan that includes swaths of easternmost Chelsea. Presently […]
Spotlight on Small Businesses DANA BLAIR DESIGNS 112 West 17th Street Hours: Monday-Saturday, 12pm-7pm and Sun., 12pm-6pm Online: https://danablairdesigns.com Email: dana@danablairdesigns.com Phone: 516-815-5324 TEXT, QUESTIONS & PHOTOS BY JOANNE ADLER SINOVOI | I was walking down West 17th Street when the sign for a jewelry store caught my eye. So I walked in to have a […]
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 […]