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American Library Association Issues "Advocacy Alert" About “Massive Privacy...
Tuesday, November 29th the American Library Association sent out an “Advocacy Alert” from about “a massive privacy threat,” the proposed and pending (“Rule 41”) grant to federal law enforcement...
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Donald Trump (Whose Son-In-Law Was In on Donnell Library Sale) Puts...
It’s like those Frankenstein meets the Wolfman horror movie mash ups that came out of the Universal Studios in the days of yore: Donald Trump, the self-styled `real estate mogul’ whose son-in-law was a...
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Noticing New York's Annual Seasonal Reflection
From our Thursday, December 24, 2009, A Christmas Eve Story of Alternative Realities: The Fight Not To Go To Pottersville (Or Ratnerville),On this cusp of a new year, as Noticing New York returns here...
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As NYPL Senior Execs Present Pretty Pictures To City Council Of Expensive...
On December 14th senior NYPL officials (lower right) testified before the City Council Library Committee (upper left) and did not mention that in a few days they were selling SIBL (lower left)- read...
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If “The System Is Rigged,” as More and More of Us Probably Believe, What Do...
If the system is rigged, where do you fit in on the spectrum. You can take the poll down below and find out how other people are answering the question.If “the system is rigged,” what do you do about...
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A Giant Leap Forward Into Tiny Benefits: Bloomberg Micro-Apartment Initiative...
The architectural question in a nutshell: With good design, how much space do people really need to live well? It’s big news about the value that can be crammed into the what’s small. Saying that good...
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Stephen A. Schwarzman The Man Making Deals To Privatize The American Public’s...
When Trump's visit to the Saudis wound up with Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman walking away with a huge benefit for Wall Street plutocrats, a number of other deals detrimental to the public were struck...
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“Ex Libris: The New York Public Library”- Reviewing A Film By Film Maker...
Center: film maker Frederick Wiseman being interviewed at the NYPL by Errol Morris. Upper left and counterclockwise from there: Erroll Morris commenting on what was "risky" to say at the library,...
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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Scandals: Jared Kushner and Ivanka...
If you have been catching up with the news recently you know about the scandals involving Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. . .Vance's office was ready in 2012 to prosecute Ivanka, the daughter...
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Appellate Court Hearing on View-Blocking Brooklyn Bridge Park Development:...
Outside after Friday, the 20th Appellate Court argument: Center background in suit and blue shirt Hank Gutman member of the defendant Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, Center in trench coat Otis Pratt...
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This Year’s Seasonal Reflection: Yes We Are Now Living In Ratnerville,...
From our Thursday, December 24, 2009, A Christmas Eve Story of Alternative Realities: The Fight Not To Go To Pottersville (Or Ratnerville),Every year since 2009 Noticing New York has engaged in the...
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Reporting About Multiple Troublesome Real Estate Deal Connections Between...
Stephen Schwarzman and Jared Kushner captured in black tie together in 2007 around the time the Donnell Library sale was being concocted. Schwarzman with Trump running his economic forum where the...
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With No Irony, No Trepidation, The New York Times Publishes Story About...
Come on everybody: The New York Times just ran an article about"extreme ideas" for solving housing crisis problems that suggests people take up compact living in drainpipes . . . . .. . . . Didn't...
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Reimagining Our Library Spaces: Where Once There Were Books There Will Now Be...
"Major" changes are coming to Brooklyn's Gran Army Plaza Library with name changes to reflect the future and sponsorshipDo you know about the “Major” changes they are making to our libraries, perhaps...
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New York Times Didn’t Cover Biggest New York City Election Story As It...
It was front page news in the Times, but the Times did not report events leading up to it as they unfolded.This is about a major local and national news story that the New York Times didn’t cover as it...
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How To Vote On The Three City Charter Reform (Reform?- Really?) Proposals on...
The adviceon how to vote on three proposal to change the NYC Charter sent out by two activist coalitions (above) is pretty similar and largely negative about the proposals. The short answer is—Vote NO...
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Where Manhattan’s Beloved Central Destination Donnell Library Once Stood:...
The hard choices facing society: You could have your $1,500 ice cream sundae (left) or you five-story Donnell Library (right)It’s a not so pretty please with a cherry on top . . .. . . A $1,500 ice...
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Amazon Headquarters Lands In Long Island City: What Happens When Our Elected...
I remember the young and tender age I was when I was horrified to have explained to me the concept of “the company store,” the store in the company-owned town, which was the only place to buy things,...
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This Year’s Annual Seasonal Reflection: It Rhymes (But Not With "Reason" or...
From our Thursday, December 24, 2009, A Christmas Eve Story of Alternative Realities: The Fight Not To Go To Pottersville (Or Ratnerville),It seems almost as if we are back again where we started....
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Un-Change That You Can Believe In?: Is The Brooklyn Heights Association Going...
The corner of Montague and Henry Streets: On left, the current problematic vista; On right, the view as some Brooklyn Heights Association trustees may hope that it will be approved, restoring the...
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