Dorm project upsets East Village residents

East Villagers are renewing their fight to have a vacant school in the neighborhood converted into low-income apartments or a community center — not a college dorm, the Local reported. Last week, developer Gregg Singer filed paperwork with the Department of Buildings to turn the 110,000-square-foot property at 605 East 9th Street into university housing. Both New York University and the New School told the Local that they are not involved in the plans for [more]