Public Safety and Quality of Life
 
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Community Board 6 Notice - Water Discoloration

Our friend Toni Carlina, District Manager of Manhattan Community Board Six, notified us of the following important information: Due to the activation of shaft 33 of the Third Water Tunnel, ...Click here to read the full story.

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Friday, October 3, 2008

Madison Park Pedestrian Project

As part of the city's efforts to become more pedestrian friendly, west of Madison Square Park between 22nd and 24th Streets, there is ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Gramercy Park Update - Fallen Tree

On Saturday, August 30th, at approximately 8:00 am, I received a call from the NYPD Emergency Truck #1 that a tree had fallen ...Click here to read full story.

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Monday, August 11, 2008
Gramercy Park Traffic Update

Gramercy Park traffic changes are about to take place. I am happy to tell you that I had a very productive meeting with the Department ...Click here to read the full story.

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Monday, July 28, 2008
Gramercy Park Update - Tree Garden's Surrounding the Park

About two months ago, as part of the GPBA's Annual Neighborhood Clean-up, we planted red, white, and orange impatiens in the 41 tree ...Click here to read full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, June 12, 2008
Push for 'No Honking' Signs in Gramercy Park

The traffic on 21st Street, between Third Avenue and Park Avenue South, is unbearable, not just to communters but to the ...Click here to read the full story.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Gramercy Park Block Association - Recent Auto Accident

Many of you have inquired about the automobile accident that occurred on April 6th, at 5:00 am when a car crashed into the South Gate ...Click here to read the full story.

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Monday, March 31, 2008
Gramercy Park Block Association - Neighborhood Safety Concern

We've received hundreds of emails and phone calls in response to the letter we sent out written by the mother of a neighborhood boy ...Click here to read the full story.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008
NYU and Gramercy Green

Many of you have been inquiring about the building under construction on the corner of Third Avenue and 23rd Street. NYU recently ...Click here to read the full story.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Cabrini Medical Center Closes

Many of you have been asking if we heard anything about the future of Cabrini Medical Center. We found out that this historic Gramercy ...Click here to read the full story.

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Monday, January 28, 2008
Muni-meters on Sidewalks Around Gramercy Park

Many of you inquired about the Muni-meters that are appearing on our sidewalks. I have spoken with Community Board 6 District Manager ...Click here to read the full story.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Building on 22nd and Gramercy

Many of you have been asking me about the new development proposed for the corner of 22nd Street and Third Avenue. This development ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, December 14, 2006
Gramercy Park Residence for Women Up for Sale

The closing of the Salvation Army's women's residence in Gramercy Park is a sad chapter in the history of an institution that has long provided affordable housing for young women, but clearly ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, August 10, 2006
Gramercy Park Hotel Re-Opens

The Newly Renovated Gramercy Park Hotel at Lexington Avenue and Gramercy Park North officially opened on Tuesday, August 8th ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, July 27, 2006
Borough President, GPBA President Meet on Gramercy Park Issues

Manhattan Borough Pres Scott Stringer and Arlene Harrison, President of the Gramercy Park Block Association and Trustee of Gramercy Park, met last week to discuss issues affecting the Gramercy Park community ...Click here to read the full story.

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The Cooperator; 2006
GPBA President Harrison meets with Con Edison Steam Manager

Arlene Harrison, President of Gramercy Park Block Association met with Con Edison Steam manager in a meeting about steam for ....Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, October 20, 2005
Men's Shelter Will Not Move to 25th - Residents Concerned Over Sex Offenders
The New York Department of Homeless Services on Monday withdrew its plan to open a shelter for adult men at the Lexington Armory ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, September 1, 2005
Traffic Changes Aim to Stop Park Crashes into Park Fence
Traffic light modification took effect last week at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and East 22nd Street to prevent drivers from speeding ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, August 25, 2005
Gramercy Park Trash Receptacle Project Completion
The Gramercy Park Block Association has announced the completion of the installation of new trash receptacles in the Gramercy Park community. The new units, a major upgrade from the city's standard beat-up wire baskets, are a result of ...Click here to read the full story.
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The New York Times; Sunday, August 14, 2005
Gramercy Park Featured in Sunday New York Times
Robert Cohn's move to Gramercy Park in 1978 left his friends bewildered. He was in his late 20's and they thought Gramercy Park "was where all the old ladies lived," recalled Mr. Cohn ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, August 11, 2005
Local Leaders Break Bread with Bloomberg
Three local community leaders, Arlene S. Harrison, President of Gramercy Park Block Association and a Trustee of Gramercy Park ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Gramercy Park Hotel Construction Site Update
The Gramercy Park Block Association President, Arlene Harrison continues to have daily meetings with the Hotel management, the Bovis construction field supervisor and with their ...Click here to read the full story.
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Summer 2005
The GPBA Worked to Solve A Sewer Problem
The Gramercy Park Block Association worked to solve the sewer problem at the southeast corner of Gramercy Park.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Update on Neighborhood Concerns
I continue to have daily meetings with the Gramercy Park Hotel management, the Bovis Construction field supervisor, and the Con Ed site supervisor to discuss quality-of-life concerns...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005
Update on Neighborhood Concerns
Many of you have contacted me in the last few weeks on a variety of topics of concern. Among the issues most mentioned are the Con Edison/Gramercy Park Hotel steam pipe excavation, the fumes and noise coming from a diesel ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Update on Neighborhood Concerns

Many of you have contacted me in the last few weeks on a variety of topics of concern. Among the issues most mentioned are the Con Edison/Gramercy Park Hotel steam pipe excavation, the fumes and noise coming from a diesel ...Click here to read the full story.

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Spring 2005
Gramercy Park Block Association Provides Tree Garden Plantings
The GPBA provided plantings for the tree gardens on the sidewalk adjacent to the Park.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 28, 2005
Traffic Changes Approved for Accident Zone, Gramercy Park
Community Board 6 overwhelmingly approved pedestrian safety measures recommended by the Gramercy Park Block Association and the Trustees of ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, April 21, 2005
Security Measures at the Gramercy Park Hotel Construction Site
Over the past several weeks, many of you have expressed your concerns about the dangers present in the walkways surrounding the Gramercy Park Hotel construction site both on Gramercy Park North and on Lexington Avenue ...Click here to read the full story.
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Spring 2005
The GPBA Meets with the Department of Sanitation
The Gramercy Park Block Association President Arlene Harrison holds regular meetings with the Department of Sanitation to improve area sanitation.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 7, 2005
GPBA President Presents Recommendations for Traffic Safety
Members of Community Board Six held a meeting to address the emergency traffic safety issues at Lexington Avenue and Gramercy Park North last Friday. The meeting ...Click here to read the full story.
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New York Magazine; April 4, 2005
Gramercy Park Demolition Derby
Cars keep crashing through the wrought-iron fence surrounding Gramercy Park - three in one week ...Click here to read the full story.
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Spring 2005
GPBA Initiates Effort To Remove Graffiti From Area
The Gramercy Park Block Association initiated the effort to remove graffiti from the neighborhood ...Click here for the full story.
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Town & Village; March 31, 2005
Gramercy Park Neighborhood Tackles Traffic Problems

The Gramercy Park Block Association, the Trustees of Gramercy Park, and the 13th Precinct have held a series of emergency meetings organized by the Block Association in response to ...Click here for the full story.

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Town & Village; March 24, 2005
Third Accident at Gramercy Park North Fence

For a third time in less than a week, Gramercy Park North was the scene of a traffic accident ...Click here for the full story.

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Town & Village; March 17, 2005
Gramercy Park Gates Get Smashed In -- Again

The Gramercy Park fence was the scene of two motor vehicle accidents in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 12th forcing ...Click here for the full story.

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Friday, February 11, 2005
GPBA Meeting with Gramercy Park Hotel Project Team

Once again, the Gramercy Park community has demonstrated what a close-knit group we are, and how we work together on issues of common concern. As you know, your many phone calls, letters and e-mail messages, led ...Click here to read the full story.

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Monday, January 24, 2005
The Gramercy Park Hotel
As you may know, during the past two weeks the Gramercy Park Hotel has raised the ire of much of the Gramercy Park community. The Hotel, now owned by Ian Schrager, began construction ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; February 12, 2004
Car Crashes into Gramercy Park South Gate
The tranquility of Gramercy Park was once again upset when a speeding car rammed its South gate early Saturday morning. According to police ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; January 29, 2004
New Signs for Gramercy Park Should Ease Traffic
The Gramercy Park Block Association has announced that it has managed to secure traffic signs for Gramercy Park North that ...Click here for the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, September 4, 2003
Gramercy Residents Welcome New Traffic Signs
Gramercy Park residents this week welcomed the installation of several new traffic signs they hope will ease congestion in the neighborhood ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; August 7, 2003
Gramercy Gate Hit-and-Run Infuriates Residents
Not again. A wayward motorist crashed into the planters protecting the north gate entrance to Gramercy Park early Monday morning ...Click here for the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, June 26, 2003
Gramercy Community, Club and City Together on Traffic Plan
Fears that another new nighclub in the area dubbed "Disco Alley" could make a bad traffic situation worse have led to what is believed may well be a light at the end of the tunnel ...Click here to read the full story.
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Summer 2003
Gramercy Park Block Association Addresses Noise Issue
The GPBA addressed issues of horn-honking, car alarms and loud radios in the Gramercy neighborhood.
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GPBA Newsletter; Autumn 2003
Gramercy Park Block Association Trash Receptacle Initiative
The GPBA is pleased to announce a quality-of-life initiative undertaken with the cooperation of the New York City Department of Sanitation. We are grateful to our neighbors Eric Ellenbogen and Christopher Mooney for all the work ...Click here to read the full story.
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GPBA Newsletter; Autumn 2003
Gramercy Park Block Association Reports Newsrack Violations
A new city law went into effect last spring that should bring some order to the sidewalk chaos caused by the haphazard proliferation of newsracks that have cluttered our streetscapes for far too long, espechially at corners...Click here to read the full story.
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Summer 2003
The GPBA Worked to Keep X-Rated Businesses Out of Neighborhood
The Gramercy Park Block Association worked to successfully keep x-rated businesses from the neighborhood.
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The New York Times; Sunday, July 20, 2003
Dust Settles at a Noisy Crossroads
For a better part of four decades, Gramercy Park has been beset by gridlock and honking ...Click here to read the full story.
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May 2, 2003
Meeting Regarding Quality of Life Issues and the Cobalt Club

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at the request of Steven Greenberg, the new lessee of the Gramercy Park Hotel, a meeting took place at the 34 Gramercy Park East home of Arlene Harrison, President of the Gramercy Park Block ...Click here to read the full story.

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Spring 2002
GPBA Supports Drive To Keep Steel Phone Booths From Neighborhood
The Gramercy Park Block Association supported the drive to keep additional steel telephone booths from being placed on Irving Place.
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The New York Times; Sunday, October 8, 2000
Idling Buses Leave a Stain of Pollution on a Jewel of a Park

People talk about Madison Square Park as though it were an elegant lady with awful taste in jewelry ...Click here to read the full story.

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Fall 2000
The GPBA Worked to Maintain M1 Bus Service in the Area

The GPBA worked to ensure continued service of the M1 Bus to the area.

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Town & Village; Thursday, August 14, 2000
The GPBA Distributes Preventive Measures About West Nile Virus
In a week that saw four dead crows discovered in Gramercy Park, health officials have made no decision on whether to add Lower Manhattan to its pesticide spraying schedule. To date, the city has restricted spraying of ...Click here to read the full story.
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Summer 2000
Gramercy Park Block Association Works to Get Homeless off the Streets
A unique partnership is set to breathe new life into the neighborhood's streets while offering a helping hand to some of the area's less fortunate residents. At an official launch a Who's Who of business and community leaders will ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, November 25, 1999

Housing and Services Inc., the non-profit group that successfully rehabilitated the drug and crime-ridden Kenmore Hotel on East 23rd, held its first annual benefit luncheon last week ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, August 19, 1999
GPBA Works to Reopen Eden Farms Grocery Store
Eden Farms in Gramercy Park finally reopened after being closed for two months because a building next door was teetering on collapse. But adding insult to injury, two alleged thieves broke the front door of the store and in ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, August 5, 1999
Gramercy Park Building Owners Plead for Work Completion
The owners of a Gramercy Park building where a local grocery store has been shut down because of the treat of a falling cornice from a ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, June 3, 1999
Concerned Citizens Speak Honors Henderson and Harrison

A large crowd attended the Concerned Citizens Speak 18th annissaversary awards dinner at the 24th Fifth Avenue Ballroom last week ...Click here to read the full story.

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Daily News; Tuesday March 2, 1999
GPBA Works to Eliminate Oversized Illegal Trucks from Local Streets
Big, noisy trucks are rumbling through the city in record numbers - choking streets, shaking buildings, rattling nerves and driving residents crazy. The influx of trucks has gotten so bad that officials have begun planning the first city-wide truck ...Click here to read the full story.
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Summer 1997
GPBA 20th Street "Disco" Update

In response to the many inquiries from our members, we have been closely monitoring the proposed restaurant establishment to be located at 250 Park Avenue (at 20th Street) ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, December 19, 1996
23rd Street Group Honors Crime-Fighting Trio

The 23rd Street Association, in a ceremony on December 9, presented community service awards to several local leaders and residents ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, November 21,1996
Kenmore Hotel Partnership was Celebrated in Gramercy Park
More than 100 business leaders, elected officials and local activists attended a reception in Gramercy Park last Wednesday night to celebrate the partnership of community and a non-profit group in the rebuilding and renovation of ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, October 3, 1996
GPBA Addresses Issue of Police Vehicles Parking on Gramercy Park
It would be easy to mistake the block of 21st Street that is home to the 13th Precinct as a police parking lot. It is continually lined with police vehicles and officers' private cars, which are sometimes double-parked and blocking fire ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, May 11, 1995
Dem Leader Gephardt, Rep. Maloney in Gramercy Town Hall

House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt joined Rep. Carolyn Maloney in denouncing Republican tax cuts as being in favor of the rich and at the expence of vital programs ...Click here to read the full story.

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Winter 1994

The GPBA Addresses Neighborhood Lighting Issue

The Gramercy Park Block Association increased the wattage of area lampposts and suggested additional building lights for the area ...Click here to read the full story.
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National and World Affiars; September 19, 1994
Activists Attract HUD Thought Police

The Fair Housing Act, most people assume, exists to protect members of various minorities from the discriminatory whims of landlords ...Click here to read the full story.

Read more in a four-part booklet made up of articles: [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

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