Thank you to all of our elected representatives for joining forces to stand with this community: Borough President Gale Brewer, Council Member Margaret Chin, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Council Member Rosie Mendez, and of course our local Community Board Chair Gigi Li .

We can and will stand together on the issues that matter!

Coverage in the Lo-Down: Elected Officials, Community Leaders Keep the Pressure on de Blasio Over Rivington 

“Local elected officials and community leaders stood across the street from the former Rivington House building this morning, calling on the mayor to stop the luxury conversion of the former nursing facility.”

The Good News:

“Rivington House is NOT lost to us – by any stretch. Taxpayers built this former school, the taxpayers paid to have it retrofitted for a nursing facility, and the public is in great need of it. 
The DOB has put a stop work order on the building. We have three investigations to get the full facts: the Comptroller’s investigation, NYC’s and the State AG investigations are in gear. All local electeds continue their focus on this. We need to know of  any actions that might give a basis for nullifying the sale. 
And/or the ‘owners’ – who bought this under circumstances that, in our opinion, no one who ever intends to do business in the U.S. or this city should ever have agreed to – could return the building. With, of course, a full refund of the $16million.”  – K

Photos by Peter Tadao Gee and K Webster