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The Paper of Record for Greenwich Village, East Village, Lower East Side, Soho, Union Square, Chinatown and Noho, Since 1933

October 23, 2014 • $1.00 Volume 84 • Number 21

Famed actress’s cousin is charged in Stuy Town elevator attempted rape BY LINCOLN ANDERSON

SEX ATTACKS, continued on p. 6

C.B. 2 and the P.S. 41 parents put on a push for safer 7th Ave. South BY CLARISSA-JAN LIM

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he Community Board 2 Traffic and Transportation Committee is spearheading efforts to push the city to make the Seventh Ave. / Seventh Ave. South / Varick St. corridor a so-called “complete street.” A complete street is de-

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s first reported by The Villager in an online article Monday, a first cousin of actress Rosario Dawson was arrested for an attempted rape last week in Stuyvesant Town. More information emerged at the man’s arraignment, as

he was additionally charged in two previous East Village sexual-abuse incidents. Police collared Juan Scott, 26, on Monday at his mother’s home in Sound Beach, Long Island. Since this summer, Scott had been living at 544 E. 13th St., the East Village for-

signed with pedestrian and cyclist safety in mind, which includes adding or enhancing pedestrian safety islands, wide, visible crosswalks, protected bike lanes and narrowed traffic lanes, among other improvements. This kind of street treatment is in line with “Vision SAFER 7TH, continued on p. 24

Politicians, along with friends and family of former Councilmember Miriam Friedlander dedicated a street co-naming sign for her at E. Sixth St. and Second Ave. last Sunday. Friedlander, who served 18 years in the Council, died five years ago at age 95. From left, state Senator Brad Hoylman; Frieda Bradlow; former state Senator Tom Duane; Councilmember Rosie Mendez; Friedlander’s son, Paul, and grandson, David; Assemblymember Deborah Glick and former Councilmember Margarita Lopez.

A.G. report shows Airbnb is busiest in L.E.S., Village BY ZACH WILLIAMS

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he Village and surrounding neighborhoods host the largest concentration of Airbnb rentals citywide, according to a new report by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Nearly three-quarters of rental units listed through the rapidly growing online “home-sharing” service violate state or local laws, according to the Oct. 16 report from the attorney general.

The problem is particularly acute in the areas roughly corresponding to Community Boards 2, 3 and 4, where Airbnb did 40 percent — or $187 million worth — of its New York City business between January 2010 and June 2014, the report states. In comparison, Airbnb operators in Queens, Staten Island and Bronx generated just $12 million during that same period. The attorney general also announced a joint enforcement initiative with the

city to investigate and shut down illegal hotels. “We must ensure that, as online marketplaces revolutionize the way we live, laws designed to promote safety and quality of life are not forsaken under the pretext of innovation,” Schneiderman said in the statement. The report represents the first time that an analysis of Airbnb user data has been made publicly available. Opponents of the San FranAIRBNB, continued on p. 4

Glick ducks while Meadows dodges...............page 2 New plan for stuck former squat....................page 7 Chin not in with appeal on N.Y.U. case.............page 8 There will be Blood Manor..........page 18

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