Visitation site inches toward demolition
An eight-foot construction fence has gone up around 160 Van Cortlandt. S., concealing the dilapidated former Catholic Church of the Visitation, rectory, and parochial school from view. Real estate investment firm Tishman Speyer is aiming to start construction on a 340-unit affordable housing development on the property sometime this year, but the project is falling behind schedule.
Hebrew Home campus co-generates
The amount of electricity used in the Hebrew Home of Riverdale is extensive. Health monitors, refrigeration, heating and cooling — even turning on a reading lamp — use up lots of energy.
Cannabis office leaves CB8 with far too many questions
Representatives from the state cannabis management office visited Community Board 8’s public safety committee last Tuesday to deliver a crash course on the state’s tiered system for issuing recreational adult use cannabis licenses.
Justice LaSalle opponents push for new nominee
At least one local elected, a union and a community organization applauded a state committee’s rejection of Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s chief judge nominee in a narrow vote last week.
Maureen ‘Whitey’ Kelly, a North Riverdale treasure, 58
Maureen “Whitey” Kelly (nee Carey) passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. She was 58.
We all deserve the same chance to pursue dreams
The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour for 14 years — a time period during which mere adjustments for inflation would now have it over $10.
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Library air better than you think
To the editor: (re: “Air in the library needs to improve,” Jan. 12) We appreciate Isaac …
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Potential disaster by Seton Park
To the editor: Hey neighbors, come along on a walk with me — if you dare.
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It’s time to solve homelessness
To the editor: What is a simple definition of government?
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Threats to democracy
To the editor: It does not enhance your moral authority, nor does it augment your argument when …
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Democracy is not a coup
To the editor: (re: “Time for Dems to work together,” Jan. 12) In the Jan. 12 edition of …
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Do not appoint Hector LaSalle
To the editor: When Gov. Kathy Hochul won her election last November, Democrats across the state …
