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We understand that there are DFNYC members on both sides of the issue of the Lower East Side rezoning plan. We are posting this event by the Coalition to Protect Chinatown to inform our members. To learn more about this issue, see the article links below.
A message from the Coalition to Protect Chinatown/LES:
The Coalition will be holding a protest to demand the city government:
• Stop the plan and replace it with a plan that will include and protect the entire community by limiting building height,
• Provide low-income housing in all new developments, not phony "affordable" housing.
Wednesday, August 13th, 9:15 am
Outside the City Planning Commission's Hearing at
40 Washington Square South
Bloomberg's Rezoning Agenda:
• Bulldoze Lower East Side and Chinatown,
• Kick out small businesses, working families and people of color,
• Make room for luxury high rises.
Coalition to Protect Chinatown/LES: (list in formation) National Mobilization Against Sweatshops ® Chinese Staff & Workers' Association ® Action by Lower East Side ® The Lower East Side Anti-Displacement Project ® Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund ® Hunter College Community Planning Department Chinese Restaurant Alliance, Inc. ® American Chinese Voters Alliance Corp.
visit www.protectchinatownandles.org
Contact the Coalition to Protect Chinatown/LES c/o NMASS
212.358.0295/nmasss-at-yahoo.com
Articles About the Controversy Over the Plan:
The Villager - Chinatowners Demand CB3 Rethink Rezoning
The Villager - AAFE: Why it’s wrong to call rezoning plan racist
Village Voice blog - Manhattan BP Hotseat for Chinatown/LES Rezoning Plan
Daily News editorial - Lower East Side rezone plan another Mike Bloomberg boondoggle
Please let us know of any other articles - info -at- dfnyc.org
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