Check out LESPI's Fall 2025 Newsletter, "hot off the presses" with the latest Lower East Side and LESPI news — at https://t.co/VvVauIE94G.

Proposals 2-6 on the ballot are not good for our Lower East Side and East Village--or anywhere in NYC. Kathryn Freed gives us the good reasons to vote NO in our latest post, Adams vs. Adams Family Values--NYC Style: https://t.co/qNWEVzksM9

Who can save the squirrels trapped in the northern end of East River Park under construction and endangered without food or water? @evgrieve https://t.co/M2z6Bmexpv

City Council Member Chris Marte, who has advocated for East River Park for years, is running for Speaker. He asks people to contact their CCMs for support. Others running include Amanda Farías, Crystal Hudson, Carmen de la Rosa & Julie Menin. You choose.

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Marte, Manhattan Democrat, is running openly to be the next Speaker of the City Council. He has a Campaign website and everything-- hoping to make what is normally a secret back room process way more public. https://t.co/di2AzGqZL2

What did NYC learn from Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans 20 years ago--or from Hurricane Sandy six years later? We're still building 1950s style big hard levees (the kind that failed in New Orleans) with minimalist parks on top. See our rant: https://t.co/XUSBNeAtFQ

The EDC is proposing adding a 34th St. ferry stop to the South Brooklyn line, which stops at Corlears Hook. Say hell yeah on their survey form and also ask that they stop at Stuy Cove and even 90th St. Here’s the link:  https://t.co/nmY4oaR0Cw Scroll down to “Share Your Input.”

Elizabeth Street Garden is saved! Full statement & more info here: https://t.co/CNkCd9uuMh

Omg omg thank you @NYCMayor thank you @ChrisMarteNYC 👏👏👏👏👏600 units of affordable housing vs 123. You did it!!!

This Sunday https://t.co/nJtFQrphj3

We have a history here on Lower East Side with Lenape people that should be acknowledged in Corlears Hook Park and East River Park to educate the community

As they destroy the remainder of East River Park they are failing to take care of wildlife. Watch the heartbreaking ending of this video https://t.co/2zBq2vQDP4

If you have something to say to city officials about East River Park, here’s a good opportunity: Ribbon cutting Thursday at 11 am in the newly opened East River Park. (Only entrance is over Delancey St. footbridge on South Side of Delancey under the Williamsburg Bridge.

A part of East River Park that has been closed for 3 1/2 years opened Memorial Day. People streamed in. Read our post: https://t.co/Bc1jYi1FhL #eastriverpark @tontocabrera

From our allies at Youth Against Displacement: RALLY for CHINATOWN Thursday, May 15, 11:30 am, 46 Bowery. Mega-landlord Jonathan Chu evicted big beloved Jing Fong dim sum. Now @vitra a high-end furniture co. has this space for an elite showroom. Boycott Vitra. Stop Displacement.

Plastic grass--unhealthy, hot, costly. Support the Touch Grass bill to ban artificial turf in NYC Parks. @NYCSpeakerAdams @NYCCouncil

Ban Artificial Turf with NYS Senate bill S6868. This is something we've been advocating in order to improve our health, the city’s environment and to help stem climate change. Yes—real grass fields can do all that, and artificial turf damages all that. @BrianKavanaghNY

How the trees glow at Elizabeth Street Garden

Friends of Fort Greene Park "claim the proposal would convert “a respite with shade and accessible greenery for all” into a “cement plaza with no shade and fenced-in greenery — a summer frying pan.”

Good story in the NYPost about the bill to ban artificial turf in NYC Parks. Several East River Park Actioneers were there.