Students, residents ride M.T.A. board, trying to derail cuts
March 11, 2010 02:45 PM
The M.T.A.'s Manhattan hearing last week went on for six hours, and took testimony from 99 speakers, including angry high school students, transit workers, local elected officials and residents, who denounced the agency for proposing wide-ranging service cuts....
A war is raging over school resources
March 11, 2010 02:45 PM
A war over school resources is raging in New York City. The latest battle was fought in Chelsea on Feb. 23, when parents and students confronted PEP -- the Panel on Educational Policy that replaced the independent Board of Education...
A call for ending policy prohibiting gay/bisexual men from donating blood
March 11, 2010 02:45 PM
On the windswept morning of Saturday, March 6, Congressman Anthony Weiner (of New York's 9th District) stood outside the Beth Israel Medical Center. He was joined by Dr. Sean Cahill -- Managing Director of Public Policy, Research and Community Health...
Special-ed school move would set students back, parents cry
February 25, 2010 06:00 PM
Relocating a group of special-needs students from their Chelsea school to free up space at another elementary school in the neighborhood would erase years of effort to teach disabled children effectively, claimed parents and advocates at a recent public hearing...
Locals say hospital's ills result of bad dollars and sense
February 25, 2010 06:00 PM
Frustration, anger and fear were palpable at a Chelsea town hall meeting convened on Wed., Feb. 17, to search for solutions that would allow St. Vincent's Hospital to continue caring for the community....
Cyclists deflated after latest ruling on group permits
February 25, 2010 06:00 PM
A Manhattan federal judge last week ruled that the New York Police Department's policing of the monthly Critical Mass bicycle rides doesn't violate the cyclists' rights, and dismissed the lawsuit that seeks to block police from requiring bicycle groups of...
James McCaffrey, seaman, housing activist, dies at 86
February 25, 2010 06:00 PM
James McCaffrey, a longtime Chelsea resident who sailed in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and had a ship torpedoed from under him, died in a New Jersey hospice on Feb. 11 at age 86....
Moynihan Station gets $83M boost
February 25, 2010 06:00 PM
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer recently announced that the federal government would provide $83 million in stimulus funds to help jumpstart the long-in-the-works Moynihan Station project....
Art D'Lugoff receives Music Legends Award
February 25, 2010 06:00 PM
Art D'Lugoff, the owner of the Village Gate performance venue, was posthumously honored by the Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce with its Music Legends Award on Fri., Feb. 19....
Village middle school will move to Financial District
February 25, 2010 06:00 PM
Greenwich Village Middle School will move to the Financial District this fall, after the city Panel for Education Policy approved the relocation last month....
Press adds to St. Vincent's trauma, hospital's docs say
February 25, 2010 06:00 PM
As St. Vincent's Hospital struggles to stay afloat, top physicians at a "visibility rally" on Sun., Feb. 21, said a main obstacle the hospital is facing is negative media coverage....
Closing the Door: Decades-old homeless shelter faces ax
February 12, 2010 01:30 PM
The Port Authority's elevated vehicle ramp keeps the corner of Ninth Ave. and 41st St.--where the Open Door homeless drop-in center stands--shrouded in semi-darkness. Even a photocopied sign duct-taped to the facility's brown steel door strikes a discouraging note: "Open...
St. Vincent's on life support, needs bank-style bailout
February 12, 2010 01:30 PM
The future of St. Vincent's as a full-service, acute-care hospital with a Level 1 trauma center and emergency room remains threatened even as the state and creditors infused emergency cash to keep the 160-year-old institution going....
Pols reject Clinton School move, creating rift among 'rents
February 12, 2010 01:30 PM
As parents continue to challenge a plan that would shuffle students among several Chelsea schools, a half-dozen local politicians have joined in calling for the Department of Education to withdraw its proposal to relocate the Clinton School for Writers and...
Gay nightlife gets boost with ambitious hotel project
February 12, 2010 01:30 PM
At a time when city officials nervously double-check and then triple-check their once confident projections about tourism growth, and more than a few gay locals grumble about the dearth of fresh nightlife choices, a $20 million project could bring nearly...
Chelsea Hotel tenants, club owner spar over bar
February 12, 2010 01:30 PM
A vocal group of Chelsea Hotel residents turned up at a local community board meeting to contest the legendary lodge's bid to open two bars inside the lobby--but instead ended up sparring with the owner of the hotel's subterranean nightclub....
Hell's Kitchen bias-attack perp nabbed in England
February 12, 2010 01:30 PM
The man responsible for hurling anti-gay slurs and assaulting a trio of gay men in Hell's Kitchen has been identified and charged in the September attack....
Disabled benefit from Chelsea apartment's 'universal design'
February 12, 2010 01:30 PM
A state-of-the-art Chelsea apartment specially designed to serve residents with both visual impairments and developmental disabilities was unveiled on W. 23rd St. on Wed., Feb. 3....
Neighbors thwart planned Roxy relaunch
February 8, 2010 10:45 PM
The former Roxy nightclub in West Chelsea has proven to be kryptonite for club owners looking to revive the massive disco....
St. Vincent's faces takeover; rebuilding plans in doubt
January 28, 2010 03:00 PM
St. Vincent's Hospital is on the verge of another bankruptcy, its second in five years. Its 160-year history as the West Side's full-service hospital appears to be ending, with the hospital facing a possible future as a community health center...
