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The Villager posted a letter in response to CAAN2031 Co-Chair Marty Tessler’s editorial – see the last entry at: http://thevillager.com/2013/06/13/letters-week-of-june-13-2013/ Recent articles on how NYU spends its money on many things other than students: Money for summer homes: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/nyregion/nyu-gives-stars-loans-for-summer-homes.html?hp Marketing … Continue reading →

A hard-hitting “Talking Point” editorial in The Villager by CAAN 2031 Co-Chair Marty Tessler: http://thevillager.com/2013/05/30/carrots-sticks-air-conditioning-and-n-y-u-2031/ Feel free to leave comments so everyone knows we still care about NYU 2031 and want it stopped! Marty raises some questions that beg even … Continue reading →

Please add your comments on the WNYC page at the link below, and listen today at 1:20 either on WNYC radio or online – Attorney Jim Walden of Gibson Dunn, who is currently fighting the NYU 2031 (“Sexton”) plan, will … Continue reading →

NYU students are becoming engaged in the fight against the NYU 2031 Plan. Community, preservation groups, faculty, attorneys and now students – the wall of opposition has grown taller than even the proposed Zipper’s towering heights. The fight continues! http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2013/04/10/students-hold-protest-against-sextons-policies-nyu-2031-and-high-tuition-costs/

Last month, it was revealed that NYU and its law school currently have outstanding loans to 168 people, for a total of $72 million in loans.  Per NYU Local, seven of these 168 loans were given to top administrators. These … Continue reading →

Arts & Science Faculty votes No Confidence in NYU President John Sexton.  Kudos to those who organized, and to those brave enough to express their opinion! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/education/no-confidence-vote-for-head-of-nyu.html

On Tuesday, February 26th at 11:30am, come to the courtroom at 111 Centre St., Room 574 to support the effort to deal a blow to the NYU 2031 Plan. The Gibson Dunn attorneys will be speaking and presenting testimony by former … Continue reading →

NYU FASP, GVSHP and Deborah Glick are among the named plaintiffs in the Gibson Dunn lawsuit against NYU 2031.  Today, NYU FASP’s PR firm released this bombshell: NYU Expansion Plan Case: Stern to City, NYU: A Park is a Park … Continue reading →

Today, all five appointments were announced for the required Open Space Oversight Organization, a not-for-profit being created to oversee the changes to open space on the superblocks being done by NYU.  See the appointees and more information in this document.

Jenifer Rajkumar, who has staunchly opposed the NYU 2031 Plan and has stood alongside CAAN at several events and hearings, has announced her candidacy for Councilmember of District 1 – the seat currently held by Margaret Chin.  Providing a small … Continue reading →

As 2013 begins, many are wondering about the status of NYU’s Plan 2031.  Per NYU’s last presentation to CB2′s Arts & Institutions Committee, no buildings will begin construction until approximately 2014, with the South Superblock first.  In 2013, we can, … Continue reading →

The Fight against NYU’s 2031 Plan continues. October 20, Saturday, October 20, 12:30pm, Washington Square Park: March to Stop the Purple Monster All in the Red, an activist collective that aims to raise awareness about student debt, is organizing a rally … Continue reading →