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A letter by author Salman Rushdie is among tens of thousands of petitions set to be delivered to the Cooper Union Tuesday asking the school to reduce the St. Mark's Bookshop's rent, organizers said.

Supporters of the store sang an original song pleading for the school to lower the shop's rent at the inauguration of new Cooper Union president Jamshed Bharucha Tuesday.

Boomerang Toys is fighting eviction from its World Financial Center space, which is slated to happen at the end of September.

Ouva Wine Bar and Beer Garden is one step closer to opening despite some community concern about noise.

Residents and community activists mounted an online petition for more benefits from Columbia University.

Brookfield Properties plans to demolish the marble staircase to put in a new passageway to the World Trade Center.

The online petition has gathered more than 800 signatures in just one week.

The Italian Regents exam could be cut by the state, after German, Hebrew and Latin.

An Upper Manhattan councilman's effort to make alternate-side parking easier for drivers is gaining traction.

The rally also attracted several supporters of the mosque and community center, who were escorted away.

Parents are fighting to keep the doors open at Good Shepherd school, which was recently labeled "at risk" for closure.

Traffic around Union Square will also be re-routed in an attempt to make the area safer and more pedestrian-friendly.

A new City Council bill aims to suspend and revoke the food licenses of food trucks that idle or feed the meter.