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August 16, 2018 • $1.00 Volume 88 • Number 32

‘Tech’ reality check: Berman and Rivera in ‘Hub’ hullabaloo BY LINCOLN ANDERSON

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ate Monday afternoon, Cit y C ouncilmember Carlina Rivera, as promised, released to the media her letter to the Department of City Planning, in which Rivera asks for “immediate action to protect the area south of Union Square.”

The letter, dated Mon., Aug. 13, and addressed to Planning’s director, Marisa Lago, however, does not go as far as the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation had hoped in terms of zoning protections to accompany the City Council’s approval last week of the planned “Tech TECH continued on p. 4

No joke! Credico will testify in ‘Russiagate’ probe; Stone stews BY LINCOLN ANDERSON

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sked how he views the prospect of being questioned before a grand jury as part of Robert Mueller’s “Russiagate” inquiry, Randy Credico, as he is apt to do, referenced a Hollywood movie. “I look at it like Frank Pentangeli in ‘The Godfather Part

II,’” the standup comic-turnedradio journalist told The Villager. Last Thursday, Martin Stolar, Credico’s attorney, received an e-mailed subpoena from the office of Special Counsel Mueller, saying that Credico is expected for questioning in federal disRUSSIAGATE continued on p. 10

PHOTO BY BOB KRASNER

Two women did some nice relaxing acroyoga in Washington Square Park, and in turn gained a whole new perspective on things.

Rivington rally’s cry: Meet with us, Mayor BY SYDNEY PEREIR A

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ommunity activists reignited the fight to save Rivington House last Thursday evening. Led by the Neighbors to Save Rivington House, dozens of activists chalked slogans on the sidewalk and hung ribbons with messages to support the

What the shell?! Pr. 40 find.....p. 2

return of the former nursing home and hospice for people with H.I.V. / AIDS. At the end of the event in the sweltering evening, activists surrounded the building with yellow caution tape that read “GENTRIFICATION IN PROGRESS.” “We don’t intend for this P.R. nightmare to ever go away until you reach some kind of

resolution with this community,” said K Webster, a Lower East Sider since the 1970s and member of Neighbors to Save Rivington House. “Our biggest goal is to have it returned en masse to the community.” Webster’s “you” was directed at Mayor Bill de Blasio. RIVINGTON continued on p. 6

Two Bridges ‘lost playground’ is tower site ..... p. 12 Preservationist pans Rivera ‘Tech Hub’ vote....p. 15 www.TheVillager.com


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