As of Wednesday, January 19, 2022, every home in the U.S. became eligible to order four free, at-home rapid antigen COVID-19 tests. Orders ship, on average, in 7-12 days, and shipping begins in late January. To order, click here, read thoroughly, and click on the “Order Free At-Home Tests” button. If you have questions or […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” In Order of Appearance: Fountain House Gallery Group Exhibition / Manhattan Community Board 4’s Committee Meetings / 13th Pct. Community Council / Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibit / Participatory Budgeting is Back / Thursday, January 20, 6-8pm: Opening Reception for “Futures” at Fountain House Gallery | Fountain House Gallery–representing […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Chelsea Community News welcomes back “Don’t Call it Parody ” columnist, dyspeptic pundit, and pants fancier Max Burbank, whose My CoviDiary column (published with startling regularity in 2020 and the early months of last year) looked at the pandemic in all of its forms and functions and, as time went on, as a blunt […]
Scott Stiffler, for Chelsea Community News (CCNews): What motivated you to join Community Board 4, and why did you pursue the position of Chair? Jeffrey LeFrancois: I believe in our collective responsibility to participate in civic engagement. I’m a strong believer in using government as a force for good, and community board work can do […]
BY JOHN MUDD, PRESIDENT, MIDTOWN SOUTH COMMUNITY COUNCIL | We’re a traumatized nation being held hostage by an economic system that fails to deliver basic human principles. Healthcare, economic opportunities, education, equitable justice, housing, and basic dignity are continually undermined, threatening public welfare. Close to home (and cutting to the bone) here in NYC, this […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Besting his Golden Anniversary on the job with an additional go around the sun and one more to follow, New York State (NYS) Assembly Member Richard N. Gottfried sprang a December Surprise on the voting members of Manhattan’s 75th Assembly District, in a Dec. 13, 2021 press release announcing the longest-serving […]
BY LYNN ELLSWORTH (Chair, Alliance for Human-scale City and Co-coordinator, Empire Station Coalition) | While we’ve all been worrying about Omicron, daydreaming about what we are going to do with our lives post-COVID, or coping with the reality that our kids are getting educated via Zoom, Big Real Estate has been at it once more. […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In show business, being the “second banana” is an unappealing prospect–you’re always setting up the one who gets the laugh or hits the high note that gets all the applause. But in the business world, being second (the second of your kind, that is) is a vote of confidence that says youv’e […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Referred to formally as “Robert” but known to legions of likeminded doers as “Bob,” the gangly, diehard Democrat whose unrelenting drive to form a more perfect union literally shaped the local landscape died in his West Chelsea home on December 7 at the age of 92. Born in New Haven, CT […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” In Order of Appearance: 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting / Interwoven / Chelsea Community Church Candlelight Carol Service / Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibit Wednesday, December 29, 7pm via Zoom: Final 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting of 2021 | This Wednesday, the citizen-run 10th Precinct Community Council will convene, for the December version of […]