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Downtown Social: Julie Menin Fundraises in Soho

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By: Lillian Rizzo While Julie Menin currently serves as the chair of Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan, she is eyeing a new, as yet officially unnamed political office in 2013. Last week, Menin held two fundraisers in Soho: one at the home of philanthropist Henry Buhl and another at SoHo Alliance President Sean Sweeney’s
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Dangerous Delancey

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A recent tragedy proves once again the deadliness of the LES’ main thoroughfare By Lillian Rizzo and Marissa Maier, with additional reporting by Andrew Rice A few months ago, a NYPD officer stood in the middle of the intersection of Delancey and Essex streets, out of breath and sweating. Occasionally, a driver would roll down
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The Past, Present and Future of School Rezoning

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The battle over Downtown’s schools By Lillian Rizzo Since October, parents have stood in school auditoriums, before panels and projectors, asking for the answer to a simple question: What school will their children attend in the fall? These parents from Lower Manhattan neighborhoods have attended meetings at which the District 2 Community Education Council (CEC)
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Downtown School Rezoning Plan Approved

Written by Marissa Maier on . Posted in Breaking News, Family

By Lillian Rizzo Nearly three months after the Department of Education presented rezoning proposals for lower Manhattan, the Community Education Council 2 (CEC) announced on Wednesday, Dec. 14, they approve of the latest proposal. Caption: The latest zoning map. (Graphic courtesy of the Department of Education). At a public meeting held at the NYC Lab
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DOE Presents More Palatable Rezoning Plan

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By Lillian Rizzo Following weeks of parents, community board and Community Education Council (CEC) District 2 members voicing their distress over the latest rezoning plan for Lower Manhattan, the Department of Education (DOE) presented a new plan on Monday, Nov. 28. “We are presenting one new proposal…and we will keep it simple,” said Elizabeth Rose
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Gentrification, Congestion & Cuts

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Downtown residents sound off on their changing nabes at Squadron’s Town Hall meeting By Lillian Rizzo   Downtown Manhattan residents, like those in most other neighborhoods, worry about slow public transportation service, excessive noise and funding cuts to vital government programs. But Lower East Side dwellers also have a major demand for their diverse city
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Options for Relieving School Overcrowding are Hotly Debated

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By Lillian Rizzo The Department of Education rolled out a new rezoning plan last week in the hope of settling the growing problem of overcrowded schools in Lower Manhattan and increasing waitlists for kindergartens. But it looks like the DOE is the only one that is content with this new rezoning plan. While the DOE
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