About Us
“For the preservation and restoration of the East Village for its residents.”
East Village Cares is a local online organization dedicated to working with members of the community in order to solve East Village issues. Our focus is on making sure that everyone in East Village has a say regarding local neighborhood issues that affect the community as a whole. Our leadership is composed of local community leaders who have come together for the purpose of preserving the East Village better for its residents first and foremost.
Current Petitions
Despite many signatures, petitions, and people on board with this project, the restoration and preservation of PS 64 is currently on standby. Check out our petition and join the cause. Below is the front pages of three petitions taken over the years.
Articles
Read about what’s happening in the East Village:
Local Leader Jorge de Yarza on WFAN
Business owner and community organizer Jorge de Yarza discussed drastic changes in the East Village since the 1990s, and what improvements can be done in regard to community relations and improving the environment [...]
Avenue A and 9th
Overflowing trash on Avenue A and 9th
Tompkins Park Sinkhole
Workers have made the broken-pipe repairs here at the Eighth Street/Avenue B entrance to the Park, and are filling in the hole, as the above photo by EVG Sinkhole Correspondent Steven shows. Read more at [...]
DNAInfo: Man Repeatedly Stabs Homeless Couple on Two Bridge Waterfront, Police Say
VIA DNAInfo: LOWER EAST SIDE — A man stabbed a homeless couple repeatedly Saturday night on the Two Bridges waterfront, police said. The attacker walked up to the male and female victims, both 32, around [...]
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