Oakland Community Hub Rallies to Save Itself from Gentrification By Aline Reynolds — Next City, March 20, 2018 For seven years, Phoenix Mangrum had nowhere to call home. Living as a squatter, he moved from place to place, often sharing a room with others. Just last year, Mangrum, who works as a cyclist educator for Oakland-based bicycle […]
Why This Time Could Be Different for Congestion Pricing in NYC By Aline Reynolds — Next City, March 12, 2018 It was July 2015, and an outspoken group of New York City’s transit riders were angry with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. These frustrated straphangers, members of the Riders Alliance, had just gotten word of Cuomo’s refusal […]
Feds Propose Adding 50 Types of Cancer to 9/11 Health Bill By Aline Reynolds — Downtown Express, June 13, 2012 In a sweeping announcement made on Fri., June 8, the federal government proposed adding 50 forms of cancer to the list of treatable illnesses covered by the James L. Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act. Cancer of […]
Towering 50 West St. Project Still in Limbo By Aline Reynolds — Tribeca Trib, Feb. 11, 2013 Plans for a financially-strapped 62-story apartment-and-hotel project on lower West Street continue to languish six years after the developer got the city’s green light to build. So much time has elapsed that the developer, Time Equities, Inc., must renew the […]
Violinist Itzhak Perlman Inspiring the Next Generation to Love Music By Aline Reynolds — Agence France-Presse (AFP), July 20, 2009 Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, whose mastery has enraptured millions around the world, believes one of his proudest achievements is imparting his knowledge and love of music to a new generation. Fifty years after a teenaged Perlman made […]
North American Bands Playing to a Greener Tune By Aline Reynolds — Agence France-Presse (AFP), July 16, 2009 Playing instruments made of naturally fallen trees, packaging albums with recycled materials and fuelling tour buses with biodiesel are just some of the ways that North American bands are going green. Illinois-based folk-rock band The Giving Tree Band says […]
Zuccotti Park Cleared, Closed, Then Re-Occupied By Aline Reynolds, Cynthia Magnus and John Bayles — Downtown Express, November 16, 2011* This time there was no warning, no advance notice and no time to organize; the clearing of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators from Zuccotti Park, in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday, took everyone by […]
Pomp and Circumstance in East Hampton: EH High School’s 2008 Graduation By Aline Reynolds — East Hampton Press, June 30, 2008 BY ALINE REYNOLDS | The Richard J. Cooney Athletic Complex at East Hampton High School was brimming with smiles, cheer, and applause on Saturday, June 28, as friends and family cheered the Class of 2008 and […]
