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Matthew Grace

Drama Down South: Rallying in Mexico City, Echoes of 2000

A week ago last Saturday, the day before Mexico’s Presidential election, I was in Mexico City’s central district, crushed by thousands of people waving yellow flags and parading toward the city’s giant plaza. Young activists, middle-aged couples and squat old women in shawls shouted “Obrador! Obrador!” An S.U.V. squeezed through the crowd. Its door opened Read More

Drama Down South: Rallying in Mexico City, Echoes of 2000

A week ago last Saturday, the day before Mexico’s Presidential election, I was in Mexico City’s central district, crushed by thousands of people waving yellow flags and parading toward the city’s giant plaza. Young activists, middle-aged couples and squat old women in shawls shouted “Obrador! Obrador!” An S.U.V. squeezed through the crowd. Its door opened Read More

Upper East Side Gets Shaft- 33B, To Be Precise

There’s no question that the East Side will be getting shafted—it’s just a question of where and for how long.

The Department of Environmental Protection, along with the Department of Design and Construction, is currently scoping out sites for the location of Shaft 33B, the latest infrastructure project for the long-awaited Water Tunnel No. 3, Read More

Upper East Side Gets Shaft-33B, To Be Precise

There’s no question that the East Side will be getting shafted—it’s just a question of where and for how long.

The Department of Environmental Protection, along with the Department of Design and Construction, is currently scoping out sites for the location of Shaft 33B, the latest infrastructure project for the long-awaited Water Tunnel No. 3, Read More

Upper East Side Gets Shaft— 33B, To Be Precise

There’s no question that the East Side will be getting shafted—it’s just a question of where and for how long.

The Department of Environmental Protection, along with the Department of Design and Construction, is currently scoping out sites for the location of Shaft 33B, the latest infrastructure project for the long-awaited Water Tunnel No. Read More

Upper East Side Gets Shaft—33B, To Be Precise

There’s no question that the East Side will be getting shafted—it’s just a question of where and for how long.

The Department of Environmental Protection, along with the Department of Design and Construction, is currently scoping out sites for the location of Shaft 33B, the latest infrastructure project for the long-awaited Water Tunnel No. Read More

Neighbors Strike Plan To Support N.Y.U. Strikers

As the New York University graduate-student strike entered its second week, organizers were expanding its reach by enlisting support from unlikely allies.

To that end, last Thursday, Nov. 17, at Community Board 2’s monthly meeting, organizers from the United Auto Workers, which represented the N.Y.U. grad students until earlier this year, pleaded with the Read More

Neighbors Strike Plan To Support N.Y.U. Strikers

As the New York University graduate-student strike entered its second week, organizers were expanding its reach by enlisting support from unlikely allies.

To that end, last Thursday, Nov. 17, at Community Board 2’s monthly meeting, organizers from the United Auto Workers, which represented the N.Y.U. grad students until earlier this year, pleaded with the Read More

No ‘Dances of Joy’ Likely On Union Square’s Streets

As anyone who lives or works near Union Square Park can attest, cars and pedestrians—especially at the death-defying intersection of 17th Street and Broadway—sometimes don’t co-exist peacefully.

Recently, the city’s Department of Transportation completed a study of the traffic situation around Union Square. The study hasn’t been released to the public, but The Observer obtained Read More

No ‘Dances of Joy’ Likely On Union Square’s Streets

As anyone who lives or works near Union Square Park can attest, cars and pedestrians—especially at the death-defying intersection of 17th Street and Broadway—sometimes don’t co-exist peacefully.

Recently, the city’s Department of Transportation completed a study of the traffic situation around Union Square. The study hasn’t been released to the public, but The Observer Read More