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YOUR WEEKLY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING CHELSEA, HUDSON YARDS & HELL’S KITCHEN

Memorable Wins for Local History BY DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC In a year that will be remembered as divisive and tumultuous, 2017 drew to a close with two hard-earned bright spots for the history books: a mural created in the 1950s was saved from demolition, and the only documented Underground Railroad site in Manhattan will be restored to its original height.

LOCAL HEROES Hudson Guild Honors Contributions to the Chelsea Community

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Chelsea’s Corey Johnson is City Council’s New Speaker BY DUNCAN OSBORNE One thing was said over and over again about Corey Johnson as the City Council convened to elect its new speaker — the 35-year-old works hard. “Everybody in this body cannot deny that Corey Johnson worked COREY continued on p. 2

OVER THE MOON FOR UNDER THE RADAR

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The Community & Residents Protection Working Group (CRP) was given the Dorothy Epstein Community Service Award for its effective advocacy. L to R, CRP member Andra Mooney, Assemblymember Richard Gottfried (who presented the award), and the CRP’s Pat Cooke, Phyllis Waisman, Dorothy Francoeur, and Pamela Wolff.

BY REBECCA FIORE In the waning days of 2017, as others were busy debating who would get an Oscar or Golden Globe nod, Hudson Guild got an early jump on awards season by recognizing outstanding examples of community service. Those honored at the 61st Annual Dr. Elliott Celebration were a group of Chelsea residents who exposed the illegal practices of landlords and develop-

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ers, a young woman from The Bronx who found a new purpose in Chelsea, and a former child piano prodigy who provided access to the arts for seniors in the community. Located at 441 W. 26th St. (btw. Ninth & 10th Aves.), Hudson Guild is a multi-service community agency founded by Dr. John Lovejoy Elliott, whose mission was to provide education, work opportunities, and the most basic neces-

sities to all those in need (visit hudsonguild.org for more info). Arthur H. Aufses III, president of the Board of Trustees at the Hudson Guild and the event’s keynote speaker, noted that when Dr. Elliott was creating the organization in 1895, there was “no public assistance, no public housing and barely any public education. He HUDSON GUILD continued on p. 6

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