Not surprisingly, many people living in Soho and Noho are not too happy about a real estate group’s plan to survey loft residents in the neighborhood to ensure that at least one person in each loft is an artist, as city law requires. Read More
If you reside in a SoHo or NoHo loft, some people may soon be knocking on your door hoping to ask some questions about your occupation. Various real-estate types have established a group called the SoHo/NoHo Action Committee aimed at determining whether the lofts in those neighborhoods, which are legally mandated to house an artist, do, in fact, comply with that rule, DNAinfo reports. The organization plans to hire surveyors (it’s aiming to raise $25,000) to determine that. Door-to-door knocking is one of the tactics on the table. Read More
