Washington Square NYC News

Community Board 2 has an application for a new newsstand on the northeast
corner of W. 4th Street and Washington Square Park East.
This neighborhood is already crowded with vendors and the sidewalks are very busy with students and neighbors.
Do we really need another newsstand?
Come to the Community Board 2’s Sidewalk Committee meeting on May 10th and [...]

The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years.
The 2010 Census will help communities receive more than $400 billion in federal funds each year for things like:

Hospitals
Job training centers
Schools
Senior centers
Bridges, tunnels and other-public works projects
Emergency services

The data collected by the census [...]

Tell the New York State Department of Health :
Don’t close New York City’s last catholic hospital!
Lower Manhattan and West side residents deserve to have access to emergency services and an acute care facility.  During the 9/11 tragedy, St. Vincent’s hospital was at the frontlines in the rescue as well as caring for the community in the [...]

Come Meet Newly Elected City Council Member Margaret Chin
GVSHP will soon sponsor an evening with newly elected City Council Member Margaret Chin. Council Member Chin was elected this past November to represent the 1st City Council District, which includes parts of the South Village and Lower Fifth Avenue, Washington Square, NoHo, SoHo, the Lower East [...]