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Green Your Apartment! Workshop for MHA tenants, Weds. 3/10

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10th, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

At the Cooper Square Committee Office

61 East 4th Street ::: 212-228-8210 ::: www.coopersquare.org

You can save as much as a few hundred dollars per year by “greening” your apartment. Find out some easy ways that you save money by “greening” your apartment.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

  • Buying florescent bulbs to save energy
  • Energy saving techniques and products
  • Making your own cleaning products

The first 15 attendees will receive 2 free fluorescent light bulbs at the end of the workshop, courtesy of Con Edison. The workshop will be in English and Spanish.

RSVP here! (MHA tenants only)

 

 

 
Save the M8 Bus!

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The MTA plans to stop weekend and night M8 service!


This and other transit cuts will hurt all New Yorkers!

Protest at the hearing:

Thurs March 4 at 6pm
Fashion Institute of Technology
Haft Auditorium

7th Ave at 27th St

Join us at the hearing!  Look for the Save M8 signs!


For the flyers click below.

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SPURA Matters

SPURA Matters will present its findings from its report"Community Voices and the Future of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area" on the Community Board 3 calendar for:

Tuesday, February 16th, 6:30pm @ 184 Eldridge Street.

 
Exploring SPURA: Community & Students United - Thurs. 2/4

An exhibition about the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area by students of the City Studio at Eugene Lang College, the New School & Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, in collaboration with SPURA Matters.

Thursday, February 4, 2010 :: 6-8pm

Common Room 2
465 Grand Street (enter on E. Broadway)

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Nightlife Town Hall - Thurs. 2/4

Please join your neighbors, along with various elected officials and city agencies for a discussion with the New York State Liquor Authority (SLA).

Thursday, February 4, 2010 :: 6:30pm
P.S. 20, 166 Essex Street (at Stanton St.)

Spearheaded by State Senator Squadron at the request of Rosie, the Nightlife Town Hall will give community residents in Community Boards 1, 2 and 3 the opportunity to speak directly to newly appointed Chairman Dennis Rosen regarding nightlife and quality of life issues. Rosie encourages all concerned neighbors to join this important discussion.

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Highlights of Cooper Square Committee 50th Anniversary

 

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SPURA Rally - 11/15, 1pm

RALLY & VIGIL
for Seward Park

Sunday, November 15th, 1pm, Delancey & Suffolk Sts.

 

SEWARD PARK URBAN RENEWAL AREA

° 42 years of vacant land in the heart of the neighborhood

° 2,000 homes demolished for urban renewal

° The Lower East Side is still waiting for community revitalization and affordable housing on the site

 

WE WANT JUSTICE AT SPURA:

° LOW & MODERATE-INCOME HOUSING – NO LUXURY HOUSING!

° PRIORITY FOR TENANTS DISPLACED IN 1967

° OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION

° LOCAL CONSTRUCTION JOBS

° PUBLIC, CIVIC, AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES

 
Tribute to Miriam Friedlander

Councilwoman Rosie Mendez & the Family and Friends of Miriam Friedlander
Invite you to join them in a tribute to Miriam’s Life and Legacy


Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 5:30 P.M
Council Chamber, City Hall 


R.S.V.P by Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Call (212) 677-1077 or Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


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