In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” In Order of Appearance: Manhattan Community Board 4’s Four Committee Meetings / Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibit / Participatory Budgeting is Back / Monday, January 10 through Thursday, January 13, 6:30pm Nightly via Zoom: Committee Meetings of Manhattan CommunityBoard 4 (CB4) | Observing maximum COVID protection protocol as per permission of […]
Re: Coming Cornucopia is Cause of Community Council’s Cancellation (news, Nov. 23, 2021) To the Editor: Thank you for the recent article in Chelsea Community News on local police Precinct 10 [Community Council] meetings in Chelsea. Unfortunately, as stated in the article, the last two meetings were only in-person. The November meeting (cancelled) also posted as in-person […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” In Order of Appearance: 23 Days of Flatiron Cheer / 80’s Ladies II: The Mixtape / Chanukah Celebration at Chelsea Green/ Chelsea Waterside Park Phase II Groundbreaking / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Clement Clarke Moore Park Tree Lighting / Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibit / […]
IN THIS WEEK’S “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” in Order of Appearance: Sunday Suppers Returns to Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen / FJK Dance presents RESET / Empire Station Coalition’s Webinar on What a New Penn Station Could Be / The Fresh Food for Seniors Program / Manhattan Community Board 4’s Full Board Meeting / Flu Shots from Lenox Health […]
Thursday, September 30, 6:30pm via Zoom: The Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen Land Use Committee Meeting | Although every item on the agenda is akin to catnip for policy wonks of all stripes, it’s Agenda Item I that promises to be the big draw of the night. That Item will see the New York City Department […]
To The Editor: We all celebrate the lessening of COVID-19 and its accompanying restrictions. But there is a bright—or at least, ironic—side to having so many aspects of our daily routine altered. The pandemic created a multitude of unintended practices and policies that would enhance our lives: Open Streets, awareness of parking spots as public […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | During last year’s lockdown, the buzz of helicopters overhead was one of the only sounds in a largely silent city, a constant reminder of the pandemic. Now, as the city reopens and we again notice the sounds of children in playgrounds and cyclists zipping through bike lanes, the whir of helicopter […]
COMMUNITY BOARD APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH FEBRUARY 22 | Manhattan’s 12 community boards are local organizations each composed of 50 volunteer members serving staggered two-year terms. Notes Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (who is responsible for appointing new community board members), community boards are “tasked with being the independent and representative voices of their communities—the most […]
Tues., Jan. 26, 8pm: The 10th Precinct Sector A Build the Block Meeting | Neighborhood Coordination Officers Ricardo Roman and Samuel Baezveras host this Zoom-held event that gives neighborhood residents and business owners a chance to discuss their public safety concerns–or any concern, for that matter. If it’s anything like what went down when we […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | With its many shelters providing resources for at-risk individuals, Midtown Manhattan has long been welcoming to the unhoused. But when the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) compensated for the COVID-19 complications of existing facilities by relocating hundreds of people under their care onto two blocks in the upper West 30s, […]