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:
DNAInfo: Landlord Sues, Moves to Evict Tenant Over Confederate Flag Display
VIA DNAInfo: EAST VILLAGE — A tenant whose window display of lit-up Confederate flags has left his East Eighth Street building under siege previously blasted offensive music from his apartment, threw trash out his window and even tried to jump [...]
NYPost: Churchgoers praise pastor’s wife for bleaching vagrants off sidewalk
VIA NYPost: Parishioners at a downtown church — besieged by combative homeless people — said Sunday they back their pastor and his wife, who have kept vagrants away by pouring powdered bleach on the sidewalk. [...]
NYPost: Eccentric DJ single-handedly fights Confederacy
VIA NYPost: An eccentric East Village DJ was arrested after proudly admitting on Instagram that he punched out his neighbor’s window — where a dramatically back-lit Confederate flag has been riling residents for more than [...]
Patch: Confederate Flags In East Village Apartment Covered By Tarps
VIA Patch: The Confederate flags hanging in an East Village apartment have been covered by tarps. EAST VILLAGE, NY — The Confederate flags displayed in an East Village apartment were covered by massive tarps on [...]
ABC7NYC: Fire breaks out at Artichoke Basille’s Pizza in East Village
VIA ABC7NYC: EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A fire broke out at the popular Artichoke Basille's Pizza in the East Village early Friday morning. The fire started around 5 a.m. just as the pizzeria [...]
ABC7NYC: East Village postal worker arrested after argument with security guard
VIA ABC7NYC: EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A U.S. Postal worker was placed under arrest after getting into an argument with a security guard at a building where he was delivering a package. Another [...]
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