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The Paper of Record for Greenwich Village, East Village, Lower East Side, Soho, Union Square, Chinatown and Noho, Since 1933
January 19, 2017 • $1.00 Volume 87 • Number 3
‘Unbelievably progressive’ Stuy Towner is charging ‘Onward’ in bid vs. Blaz By Dennis Lynch
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ayor Bill De Blasio is running for re-election this November and one man challenging him is Democrat — or Obamacrat, as he describes himself — and Stuyvesant Town resident Josh Thompson. Thompson, 31, grew up in a low-income household in Newark and “at moments struggled
to have a home,” before attending a Catholic boarding school there. His career has orbited around education. First he worked for the Jackie Robinson Foundation in New York. Then, after graduating college, he worked for thenNewark Mayor Cory Booker. He moved on to work for the city of Washington, D.C., and then as director of education Thompson continued on p. 23
L.P.C. mocks new ‘Marriott’ design for 11 Jane building BY DENNIS LYNCH
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he Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday did not approve a revised application for a multiunit apartment building for 11 Jane St. in the Greenwich Village Historic District, taking issue with the design’s sliding doors, unadorned facade and overall hotel-like appearance. The revised six-story design is similar in scale to the previous proposal from July, but fea-
tured a brick facade instead of the glass-and-concrete facade in the original proposal that was extremely unpopular with neighbors and local preservationists. The new design is 85 feet tall, 10 feet shorter than the first proposal. L.P.C. commissioners called architect David Chipperfield’s new design an improvement that spoke better to the residential character of the building, but decided that jane continued on p. 3
Photo by tequila Minsky
Pink pussyhats are all the rage for showing outrage with Donald Trump and his misogynistic statements. See Page 4 for ar ticle and photos.
Nadler, Velaz snub Trump inauguration By Lincoln Anderson
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wo of the three congressmembers in The Villager’s coverage area have chosen to boycott Friday’s presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. They’re not alone. They’ll be joining more than 50 other representatives who are shunning the swearing-in ceremony for Donald Trump. Congressmembers Jerrold
Nadler and Nydia Velazquez said they won’t be going. But Carolyn Maloney said she will. Other New York members of the House who reportedly also are snubbing The Donald include Upper Manhattan’s Adriano Epspaillat, Brooklyn’s Yvette Clarke and Queens’ Grace Meng. Velazquez issued a lengthy statement to The Villager outlining her copious reasons for
not attending the quadrennial affair. “Given the tone of the Trump campaign, I did not think it appropriate to attend,” she said. “This is someone who has insulted Mexicans, calling them ‘rapists,’ mocked a reporter with a disability, made profoundly offensive remarks about women, and used divisive, hateful rhetoric snub continued on p. 20
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