‘Miscellany’ Archives
Peace Day Procession Evening
Peace Day Procession evening “Projections of Light and Color” on St. Paul”™s Lutheran Church at 15th Av So. At 28th Street September 21st. BART BUCH and PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL BART BUCH and PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL BART BUCH and PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL BART BUCH and PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL
Diwali Festival of Lights Event at Midtown Global Market
By J. MARIE FIEGER The Midtown Global Market partnered with Amol Dixit and his team at Hot Indian to host a multi-layered, family-friendly event in celebration of the Hindu holiday, Diwali, Saturday, October 12th. Diwali, also known as the Hindu Festival of Lights, is the largest and most widely celebrated Hindu festival. Originating in India, this holiday is an expression of happiness and the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. COURTESY OF MIDTOWN GLOBAL MARKET (more…)
Are rent increases based on costs, demand, or greed?
By FRANK ERICKSON It was fun to watch the powers that be quickly scramble to mount an attack against rent control after Senator Bernie Sanders said he would implement a 3% national cap on all rent increases if he is elected. Within days of saying it, the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press ran anti-rent control editorials. The “experts” that are quoted in those editorials have only one thing in their “tool boxes” to justify capitalism as a way to provide housing””“Hang in there renters, as we build more housing, rents will stabilize.” This is nonsense. New York is proof; where rents have been high and continue to get higher in New York City and this has been going on for fifty years there. Is not 50 years enough time to build enough housing to stabilize rents? (more…)
