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NYC Birds and Fungus Eating Plastic from The Amazon & West Nile Virus Moquitos

Tommy Siegel:

Fungus in Amazon Eats Plastic

Scientists found a fungus in the Amazon called Pestalotiopsis microspora that literally snacks on plastic. Pestalotiopsis microspora is not your typical fungus. It can survive entirely on polyurethane, one of the most common (and most persistent) typ

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The Last Night of Think!Chinatown’s Chinatown Night Market and, Unbelievably, Lights Are Out Inside Sara Roosevelt, Forsyth Side Hester to Delancey and Rivington Transverse. What You Can Do About It

It was a tremendous night out in Chinatown and South of Sara Roosevelt Park.

 

 

It was however “Light’s Out” Inside the Park – All along Forsyth, on to the DOT Plaza and the Rivington Transverse.

Inside and across the street in a park with two high profile murders, we have no lights and an open air stolen goods market.

What can you do? Below

 

We encourage everyone to call 311 and send the complaint number to the CB3 office. Every time you see a light out.
We have an entire building in this park devoted to “Communications”. Which apparently has something to do with safety in Parks in every borough.
Meanwhile, bureaucratic rules would take away one source of lighting on Rivington:
lighting project at Rivington – the ONLY illumination there (all lights are out on the new DOT Plaza and along Rivington).
We also have Decaying plywood barriers on Forsyth between Stanton and Rivington: These continue to obstruct sight-lines into the park, providing hidden areas.
Please Call 311 for all of this.
Send Complaint numbers to:
Community Board 3, Manhattan
59 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-533-5300
Email: mn03@cb.nyc.gov
File a Complaint Online
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Abandoned open sheds invite trouble

Dangerous, decrepit sheds left over from MTA Construction.

Hiding spots, trash/rat infested, hide sight-lines into Park.

ConEd, MTA, DOT, 5th Pct and /or Parks – can we please get these removed?

Call 311 to file a complaint then send that number to the Community Board office:

Community Board 3, Manhattan 59 East 4th Street New York, NY 10003

Phone: 212-533-5300
Email: mn03@cb.nyc.gov
File a Complaint Online

August 29th 2025

 

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Look Back at University Settlement’s ROAR 2023

Photos by April Xu

A look back at University Settlement’s ROAR Festival 2023:

Press Conference led by the Settlement’s CEO Melissa Aase

with Tommy Ong American Legion, K Webster Sara Roosevelt Park Community Coalition, Wellington Chen Chinatown Partnership our 5th Pct, and Faye Qiu Project Manager and Adam Black, Gabe and many others.

Above Team with former Manhattan Parks Commissioner Perez and Jamil Phillips Manhattan Deputy Chief of Operations and team.

Veronica Wong, former Advocacy Director for University Settlement, Wendy Brawer (ED GreenMap) Ryan Gilliam (FABnyc) Chynna Krouser and K Webster SRPCC and Faye Qiu Project Manager for ROAR.

K Webster SRPCC with Chynna and with Faye and with former Manhattan Park Commissioner Perez.

Gabe and Tommy American Legion

Perez with Tommy Ong and Veronica Wong, Ian Wang, Mrs. Perez, and baby and former Man Commish Perez

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