Sentences with phrase «chinatown residents»

Fast completely revamped the exterior and interior of the James Cohan gallery into a pre-gentrification Chinatown shop, complete with a dilapidated exterior, two non-working cash machines, and a grimy counter selling cheap phones and lottery tickets: A play that was well received in the art world but which sparked protests among a group of Chinatown residents who felt pigeonholed by an out - of - touch elite.

This past Sunday, a group of protesters, including representatives from the activist collectives Chinatown Art Brigade and Decolonize This Place as well as Chinatown residents, occupied the James Cohan Gallery's space in the neighborhood.

Chinatown residents living steps away from the Pearl Street courthouse say the trials will destroy local businesses and wreak havoc on their day - to - day lives.

The downtown representative was also instrumental in helping Chinatown residents return to their James Street building after a similar fire occurred there more than a year ago, killing three people.

Still, the overwhelming majority of the endorsements, money and door - to - door organizing efforts in the contest have gone to Ms. Niou, whose focus on reform and Asian heritage may help draw out the well - educated professionals and Chinatown residents who make up two key constituencies in the district.

MANHATTAN — New York State Senator Daniel Squadron has launched a Chinese - language hotline, hoping to break down the language barrier between Chinatown residents and the senate.

Some Chinatown residents say he did, but the mayor's office denies it.

However, DNAInfo reported this month that police have been «unevenly forcing» that law and that Chinatown residents are still displeased with the buses.

Li, a Chinatown resident, is co-director of the Neighborhood Family Services Coalition.

Not exact matches

Anybody who's seen Chinatown can guess at the sordid history of the real estate deals that helped transform Los Angeles from a dusty burgh to a global capital of glamour, and for Gross — who sold truckloads of his previous book, 740 Park, a history of New York's richest apartment building and its residents — the estates of Beverly Hills and Bel Air prove fertile ground.

34 % of Seattle's Chinatown International District (CID) residents are living at or below the poverty level Hing Hay Coworks is...

At 6:30 p.m., de Blasio participates in a town hall meeting with residents of Battery Park City, Civic Center, Chinatown, Financial District, Little Italy, the Lower East Side, NoHo, SoHo, South Street Seaport, South Village, TriBeCa and Washington Square, Chinatown YMCA / University Settlement at Houston Street Center, 273 Bowery, Manhattan.

Residents in three areas will be lab rats for the anti-rodent experiment: Bushwick and Bed - Stuy in Brooklyn; The Grand Concourse in The Bronx; and the Lower East Side, East Village and Chinatown in Manhattan.

Advocates pushing for the street's reopening, who discussed the issue with U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood at meeting in Chinatown last month, have cited the inconveniences posed by the stretch's closure, including the negative impact on area businesses and the fact that residents have to show identification when traveling to and from their homes.

«This is an important step to improving the quality of life of Chinatown and Lower East Side residents,» state Sen. Daniel Squadron, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Councilwoman Margaret Chin and Borough President Gale Brewer said in a joint statement.

Bus, which stops in Chinatown, said it could improve companies» relationship with residents.

Crown Heights resident Rob Murray, 43 — who makes more than $ 105,000 a year with the Service Employees International Union — turned himself in at the 5th Precinct station house in Chinatown with his lawyer around 8 a.m.

A handful of neighborhood organizations on Aug. 14 are hosting a «candidates forum» at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, where candidates will take questions from residents of the Lower East Side and Chinatown on issues pertinent to the neighborhoods.

City Council member Margaret Chin and 35 Market Street A building superintendent changed residents» keys and locked them out of their Chinatown building last...

A long - time resident and activist in New York City's Chinatown, Jenny is the first Chinese - American elected as a Democratic District Leader in the Chinatown / Lower East Side area, a party position that she has held since 1995.

Affordable housing advocates believe a recent ruling from the State of New York ordering a Chinatown building owner to pay more than a million dollars to the former residents of 128 Hester Street has broad implications.

Many longtime Independence Plaza residents recalled moving to the neighborhood in the 1970s, when they had to trek up to Chinatown to do their grocery shopping and take their children to school.

His work expands the conversation about ethnic neighborhoods beyond the Chinatowns and other urban «enclaves,» where poor residents of similar ethnicity have often lived because they lacked other choices.

The Cheat Code Central Crew has several games to discuss this week, including Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Crystal Defenders, Resistance: Retribution, Eat lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, and Ninja Blade!

In 2013, the San Francisco Planning Department announced that Chinatown is «the most densely populated urban area west of Manhattan» — some 15,000 residents live in just 20 square blocks.

Popular settings include Africa (Far Cry 2, Resident Evil 5), the Middle - East (Six Days In Fallujah, 50 Cent Blood on the Sand), Chinatown (Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars), Shanghai (Army of Two sequel) and Okinawa, Japan (Yakuza 3).

On October 22nd, Artists Space, Chinatown Art Brigade and Decolonize This Place held a town hall discussion that brought together over 215 local residents, activists, gallery owners and artists together for a candid dialogue about the growing impact of art galleries in Chinatown.

We are writing to you as a collective of artists, activists and community residents to condemn your current exhibition August, in which the facade and interior of the gallery have been transformed into «the waiting room of a Chinatown business with an eclectic aesthetic.»

This public exhibition project affirmed the rights of neighborhood residents and community members to define, control land and make decisions about Philadelphia's Chinatown.

By using familiar and accessible materials and concepts, Summer School will encourage the participation of both the long - time and the new residents of Strathcona and Chinatown neighborhood.

As an extension of its Pearl Street and Social Practice Lab programming, Asian Arts Initiative invites volunteers to work with Chinatown North and Callowhill residents and neighbors, in maintaining the Pearl Street alleyway.

The goal of the action plan is to ensure that residents of the Lower East Side and Chinatown will have a role guiding decisions about bike - related policies and initiatives for their streets, and to create a model for community - based bike plans in other neighborhoods.

Participatory Chinatown This game isn't strictly «green» per se, but Participatory Chinatown is a game / tool that promotes a hyper - democratic way of engaging residents in city development.

If you own a building in Chinatown and you rent it out to Boston residents, you can use renters insurance as a way to guarantee income.