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Jan Lee

Recent Headlines

East Village & Lower East Side

April 09, 2012

City to Refund $300K to Chinatown Property Owners

Some Chinatown property owners can expect a combined tax credit of $300,000 from the Dept. of Finance.

Lower East Side & East Village

March 21, 2012

Chinatown Property Owners Claim New BID Overcharged Them

Property owners say they are being forced to pay more taxes than they owe to support the Chinatown BID.

Lower East Side & East Village

September 22, 2011

Chinatown BID Unanimously Approved by City Council

The Council voted 50-0 to support the creation of a Chinatown Business Improvement District.

Manhattan

May 23, 2011

City Scraps $30M Chatham Square Redevelopment

The city is spending the money earmarked for Chatham Square on other downtown projects.

Lower East Side & East Village

March 25, 2011

Chatham Square Plaza to Get Spruced Up After Skaters Roll Out

Neighbor efforts to rid Kimlau Square of skaters and cyclists have led to more seating in the busy public plaza.

Lower East Side & East Village

December 23, 2010

City Orders Skaters and Cyclists Out of Chatham Square

The city recently installed "No Skateboarding" signs in the public plaza and will add guards to prevent skating.

Lower East Side & East Village

December 17, 2010

Chinatown Group Uses Street Cleaning as Carrot and Stick

A group pushing for the creation of a Chinatown BID conditionally offered to cover street cleaning costs through July.

Downtown

November 22, 2010

Skateboarders, Cyclists Terrorizing Pedestrians in Chinatown

Chatham Square has become a haven for rogue riders, threatening the safety of Chinatown pedestrians, locals say.

Lower East Side & East Village

November 18, 2010

Chinatown Property Owners Divided Over Business Improvement District

A plan to tax owners to pay for street cleaning in Chinatown gets mixed reactions in the neighborhood.

Lower East Side & East Village

August 19, 2010

Chinatown Groups Worry City Will Exert Too Much Power in Rezoning Push

Organizations within the Chinatown Working Group worry that the city will have too much say in a rezoning plan.

Lower East Side & East Village

May 19, 2010

Chinatown Community Group Says Park Row Closure 'Constant Reminder' of 9/11

Ray LaHood tells Chinatown Working Group he will contact Dept. of Homeland Security.

Manhattan

April 30, 2010

A Quarter of Downtown's Public Space is Off Limits to the Public, Study Finds

More than one third of the Civic Center's open space is restricted by bollards, fences and police officers.

Downtown

April 23, 2010

Construction Forces Battery Park City Residents to Take a Detour at Liberty Street Pedestrian Bridge

Downtown residents and workers will need to use a new entrance to the bridge now that one has been blocked by Ground Zero work.

Downtown

February 05, 2010

Protesters Press for Quick Decision on Terror Trials

Fear That Donations Could Keep Trials in City

Manhattan

February 03, 2010

Downtown Leaders Want Terror Trials Moved, But Where To?

Fear That Donations Could Keep Trials in City