This article originally appeared in the Star-Revue in July 2012. We reprint it here as the deadline for the Quadrozzi option looms: An important decision for the future of Red Hook will be announced this September – the decision about what to do with the 600,000 cubic yards of toxic sludge that will be dredged up from the bottom of […]
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Lou Sones speaks at Reg Flowers’ Gowanus meeting last week
Lou reading a statement from GAGS (Groups Against Garbage Sites). This was a meeting in which the EPA was invited to witness in person the Red Hook community’s position on placing detoxified sludge from the Gowanus Canal onto the shore of the Gowanus Bay Terminal, owned by John Quadrozzi, giving his company 450,000 square feet of new land. This land, […]
The Award-Winning Star-Revue
Flash – Just back from the NYS Press Association annnual convention where the Star-Revue picked up 6 awards: 1 – Best Small Space advertising campaign – First Place 2 – Best Coverage of the Arts – Second Place 3 – Best Spot News Reporting – Second Place 4 – Best Columns – Third Place 5 – Best Holiday Special Section […]
Help Wanted
The Star-Revue has openings. The good news is that it is a chance to get into the newspaper business from the ground up. It is a great chance to learn, as we have two top newspaper people running things. The bad news is that pay is minimal, if anything. We need:1 – Part Time Reporters2 – Part/Full time salespeople. The […]
The Governor and LICH, by Kimberly Gail Price
Early in the year, the Comptroller’s office released their annual audit of State University of New York (SUNY), revealing that the state’s largest medical institution was in dire financial straits. For several weeks, SUNY in turn has been faulting Long Island College Hospital (LICH) and immediately took steps to shut down the 150 year old hospital. Local media quickly picked […]
Vote your disapproval of the EPA plan for Red Hook – Editorial
Later this year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be making a decision about where to dump tons of toxic sludge from the Gowanus Canal. The key word here is toxic. Several meetings were scheduled to explain the process. The EPA is asking our community to vote yes or no to a plan that would expand the shore line and […]
SUNY’s plan to kill LICH, by Kimberly Gail PRice
Despite last week’s unanimous vote by the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate to shut down Long Island College Hospital (LICH) and liquidate their assets to pay down a significant portion of their own debt, hospital workers remain resilient and determined. SUNY doesn’t have the power to close the hospital; only the Department of Health (DOH) has the authority […]
Cora Dance’s wordless production speaks a universal language, by Kimberly Gail Price
“What’s the ugliest way you can stuff your pants with the dolls?” Shannon asks. It’s 1 pm; Katie and Calia are halfway through their rehearsal. They have spent two hours working through kinks, practicing specific sequences and exploring possible costume malfunctions. The duo is about to embark on their first full run. Opening night is one day shy of two […]
LICH closing averted, at least temporarily, by Nic Cavell
On February 21—in a dynamic pause in the momentum toward the closure of Long Island College Hospital (LICH)—Judge Betsy Barros issued a temporary restraining order to keep LICH open for care at least until March 7, when the case will be reviewed. Until that time, the State of New York Board of Trustees is barred from executing a formal […]
If you don’t know what you’re talking about, NY Times, please don’t talk
Dear New York Times, We defy you. On February 19, you released an article entitled, “Community, Returning to Life, Asks, ‘Where is Everybody?’” Many of us here in little ole Red Hook read it. And many of us are astonished by your lack of insight. To start with, I – as an editor – would just like to point out […]
EDITORIAL – NYCHA’s backtracking
We are disappointed in the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). What began as a twice monthly pow-wow with tenants has been cut to once a month. For so many years, tenants at the Red Hook Houses have been underserved by their landlord. Hurricane Sandy revealed to the world NYCHA’s shortcomings. Sandy brought together a group of tenants who went […]
Red Hook community reacts to EPA plan, by Nic Cavell
On February 13 at Red Hook’s PS 15, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave a presentation to address issues of transparency with its proposed plan for cleanup of the Gowanus Canal. In response to the EPA’s clarifications, which concerned the manner in which toxic sludge would be deposited in a contained disposal facility (CDF) here, the community had one message: […]
The Importance of Tyquan’s Hook, by Nic Cavell
Tyquan Carter’s black sweatshirt shrugs as he clicks down the wooden steps. In the basement’s nadir, he walks past brass cups, a power sander and toilet paper. He pauses, then dusts a canvas bag from the top before he can reach it: his pile of recording equipment—each piece fought for, each piece won. They include a Sony Handycam, a microphone, […]
