Notes from the Neighborhood
Council Member Arrested
Compiled by Megan Finnegan Bungeroth & Aspen Matis
In a deliberate show of solidarity with community and union leaders during last week’s Occupy Wall Street “Day of Action,” uptown City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito was among those arrested in a group of fellow civilly-disobeying protesters.
“I’ve been supportive of it since the inception,” Mark-Viverito said of the Occupy Wall Street movement. “It’s resonating with people because of the injustices, and the inequality is so great.”
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The Stories of Hell’s Kitchen
Block Association is rich in character and ‘characters’
The old New York of colorful personalities and a story in every apartment still exists on West 45th Street in Hell’s Kitchen.
“Part of what makes our community so rich is its cast of characters,” said Chana Widawski, vice president of the West 45th Street Block Association. “The people have such fascinating stories.”
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