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From Neighbors to Save Rivington House (Petition and Facebook Page):

June/July press on: The DOI report, The Mayor’s proposed safeguards to deed restriction liftings, $16 million offer for LES, CM Chin and MBP Brewer Press Release re: deed restriction safeguards going forward, and Neighbors to Save Rivington House Petition.

Ed Litvak and the Lo-Down win on number of articles. Start here for an accurate accounting of this issue.

Press (in no particular order): There are many many more prior to this recent batch.

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/07/neighbors-to-save-rivington-house-a-message-to-the-mayor-after-scathing-report.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/pols-deed-removal-oversight-de-blasio-rivington-flub-article-1.2717817

http://therealdeal.com/2016/07/14/thanks-but-no-thanks-les-residents-still-want-rivington-house-back/

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/07/brewer-chin-drum-up-press-coverage-as-rivington-house-saga-rages-on.html

http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/city/6448-calls-grow-louder-for-new-deed-restriction-process

https://nypost.com/2016/07/20/city-council-speaker-blasts-mayors-office-for-impeding-nursing-home-probe/

https://nypost.com/2016/07/20/even-the-speaker-smells-a-rat-in-team-de-blasios-coverup/

http://www.wsj.com/articles/de-blasios-playbook-nobody-gets-fired-1468628263

http://www.boweryboogie.com/2016/07/rivington-house-activists-reject-mayors-proposed-compensation-demand-care-not-condos/

http://benkallos.com/press-release/rivington-investigation-statement-council-member-kallos

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mark-viverito-backs-deed-removal-oversight-rivington-flub-article-1.2718799

http://bedfordandbowery.com/2016/07/deed-restriction-changes-under-reform/

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160720/lower-east-side/add-deed-restriction-changes-intense-land-use-review-process-pols-say

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160713/lower-east-side/mayors-revisions-deed-restriction-process-not-enough-community-says

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/lack-of-accountability-in-rivington-house-debacle-prompts-policy-changes-but-no-heads-roll-8882809

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-pol-puts-heat-mayor-turn-info-rivington-sale-article-1.2716352

https://nypost.com/2016/07/17/when-will-someone-be-held-responsible-for-citys-botched-nursing-home-flip/

http://therealdeal.com/2016/07/18/state-ag-investigating-campaign-for-one-new-york-in-connection-to-rivington-sale/

http://www.boweryboogie.com/2016/07/knew-rivington-house-deal-just-didnt-care/

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160714/lower-east-side/city-agency-knew-of-possible-condo-conversion-before-rivington-sale-report

http://observer.com/2016/07/city-hall-aware-of-and-involved-in-lifting-rivington-deed-restriction-doi-says/

http://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-de-blasios-administration-failed-to-protect-public-interest-on-rivington-deal-report-finds-1468536948

https://nypost.com/2016/07/14/a-new-stench-from-city-hall/

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/report-city-hall-knew-about-plan-to-convert-aids-hospice-into-luxury-condos-8865883

http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/07/de-blasio-faults-policy-not-staff-for-rivington-deal-103870

https://www.wnyc.org/story/city-hall-should-have-known-nursing-home-would-be-flipped-investigation-finds/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/nyregion/new-york-officials-were-warned-about-lifting-nursing-homes-deed-limits-report-says.html?_r=1

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160714/REAL_ESTATE/160719921

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/no-corruption-found-de-blasio-handling-property-flip-article-1.2711728

https://nypost.com/2016/07/14/city-hall-shouldve-known-about-shady-nursing-home-deal-doi/

http://gothamist.com/2016/07/14/doi_rivington_house_report.php

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/07/city-investigators-find-no-corruption-in-rivington-house-transaction.html

https://nypost.com/2016/07/08/city-seemingly-admits-to-bungling-nursing-home-property-deal/

http://gothamist.com/2016/07/09/rivington_house_deed_changes.php

http://therealdeal.com/2016/07/08/city-to-invest-16m-from-rivington-deed-change-in-senior-housing/

http://ny.curbed.com/2016/7/8/12131538/city-adjusts-deed-restriction-policy-after-rivington-house-scandal

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/nyregion/city-hall-tightens-control-of-deed-changes-after-nursing-home-deal.html?_r=0

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/de-blasio-unveils-policy-wake-rivington-house-deal-article-1.2704753

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/07/city-will-invest-16-on-lower-east-side-after-rivington-house-fiasco.html

http://www.boweryboogie.com/2016/07/rivington-house-roundup-everyone-seemed-know-mayor/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/nyregion/rivington-house-new-york-city-council-delays-scrutiny-deed-changes.html

http://benkallos.com/press-clip/new-york-times-uphill-fight-curb-pull-new-york-city%E2%80%99s-lobbyists-jim-dwyer

https://nypost.com/2016/06/30/city-official-asked-about-controversial-nursing-home-well-before-sale/

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160630/financial-district/lobbyist-tied-shady-hospice-sale-made-250k-pushing-other-deed-changes

http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/06/citys-human-resources-agency-interested-in-fate-of-rivington-house-in-2015-email-shows-103358

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/les-residents-on-de-blasios-rivington-house-debacle-there-s-still-time-to-do-right-8797410?utm_content=buffer915bd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/petition-urges-de-blasio-stop-sale-rivington-house-article-1.2690302

http://gothamist.com/2016/06/27/rivington_house_les.php

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/06/rivington-house-petition-reaches-1300-signatures-press-conference-today.html

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/06/new-memos-show-deputy-mayor-knew-about-rivington-house-deal.html

and a little history…

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/26/nyregion/neighborhood-report-lower-manhattan-a-rare-warm-welcome-for-an-aids-project.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/25/nyregion/an-aids-nursing-home-finds-it-is-no-longer-the-last-stop.html

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/owners-of-aids-care-facility-stuck-with-building-after-booting-patients-6679212

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/with-longtime-aids-care-center-rivington-house-closing-its-patients-are-left-anxious-6659696