BY RANIA RICHARDSON | Small businesses are vital to the economy and a mark of healthy communities. Knowing that so many are struggling during this pandemic is disheartening, to say the least. Taking action by putting dollars back into the neighborhood is one way to lift spirits and contribute to the revitalization of the local […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | To open the newest location of the popular seafood franchise, Boilery Chelsea, on Ninth Avenue in Chelsea. Things got stalled a bit, and then came COVID-19. Lee was shut down before he could even open. Fast-forward eight months, and New York City is tentatively beginning to re-open restaurants for indoor dining […]
BY DONATHAN SALKALN | For those celery stalk huggers who, for too long, have saved bagged food scraps in refrigerators: Rejoice! Let loose of your banana peels, release those freezer-burned cucumber skins, liberate your bags of coffee grinds and apple cores, and set free all those broken egg shells from your breakfast moments of bright […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | News about the neighborhood losing a longtime mom-and-pop shop is nothing new—and we’re as tired of writing those stories as you are of reading them. But in the absence of bold action at the city, state, and federal level, the combined burdens of COVID-19 are poised to shutter more small businesses […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | About 20 community members and almost an equal number of local law enforcement members gathered at Penn South on the early evening of September 30, for the 10th Precinct Community Council meeting—an opportunity for area residents and business owners to hear the latest crime statistics, interact with the NYPD, and voice […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Sunday, September 20 was Deputy Inspector Kevin J. Coleman’s last day as Commanding Officer of Chelsea’s 10th Precinct (230 W. 20th St. btw. 7th & 8th Aves.). He is succeeded by Captain Robert Gault, former Commanding Officer of the Times Square Unit. An ardent supporter of Neighborhood Policing and a vocal […]
BY MARK NIMAR | On Wednesday, September 2, Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) met via Zoom, for its monthly full board meeting. Among the agenda items were requests to amend or acquire liquor licenses, and a letter CB4 committed to send to the New York City Council, regarding the NYPD’s recent attempted arrest of Derrick […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | One morning in 2013, while recuperating from a total knee replacement, I found myself in a class at the Chelsea Recreation Center (W. 25th St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves.). The floor was carpeted with yoga mats containing my neighbors, mostly older, mostly female. Sitting in front was Frederick Schjang, a […]
BY RANIA RICHARDSON | New York City teachers went back to school last week, and students are scheduled to return on Monday, September 21. With widespread dissatisfaction regarding reopening plans, it is unclear if that date will hold. Among those vocalizing their unique concerns are stakeholders in a key school district in the New York […]
BY TRAV S.D. | At this writing, it is nearly a full half-year since New York’s theaters were rapidly compelled to shut down by city and state mandates, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To say that the city’s theaters have never been dark for this long of a stretch is an understatement, and the […]