Post Tagged with: "Ian Amritt"

News / Police

Community board resumes battle vs. bars

Longwood residents are bitterly opposed to the opening of a new bar on this stretch of the neighborhood between Whitlock and Westchester avenues.

Attorney complains board member intimidated applicant Prospective bar or lounge owners looking to open a new venue in Hunts Point or Longwood will have to gain approval from a new Community Board 2 sub-committee created to filter out the bad seeds.

News

Strip club using McDonald’s for parking

Residents and cops are fuming mad dancers and customers at the recently opened Platinum Pleasures strip club on Tiffany Street in Hunts Point are using the McDonald's parking lot across the street.

Residents angry strippers, customers are using local parking lot Strippers and the customers who pay to see them dance at a recently opened club in Hunts Point are parking under the golden arches of a nearby McDonald’s and residents are not lovin’ it.

Economy / Transportation

A Metro-North stop in Hunts Point?

An artist's rendering of Metro-North's proposed new station stop on Hunts Point Avenue.

MTA’s proposal for new route excites local commuters For years, Hunts Point residents have heard the sound of Amtrak trains speeding past without stopping, en route to northern destinations. Now, Metro-North is considering adding a line with a stop in Hunts Point, using those same tracks.

Jobs / Politics

Community board leaders will continue in their posts

Five members of Community Board 2, the advisory board that represents Hunts Point and Longwood, are running unopposed in this month’s election and will retain their positions. Dr. Ian Amritt will serve a second term as chairman of the board. The board elected him chair last spring to replace Orlando [...]

Education

Community Board 2 elects new chair

Community Board 2 elects new chair

A new chairman has been named to head Community Board 2, the official citizen advisory board that represents Hunts Point and Longwood. Dr. Ian Amritt will replace Orlando Marin who served as chair for a little over a year before being tabbed by Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. this summer [...]