Town Hall Offers Chance To Talk With New West Village Council Rep

WEST VILLAGE, NY — For those who have not got the chance to talk with new West Village City Council member Erik Bottcher since he took office in January, you can have that introduction on Tuesday.

The Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a town hall meeting with Bottcher on Tuesday, Feb. 22, to discuss the future of small businesses in the neighborhood.

The town hall will focus on businesses in District 3, which includes Greenwich Village, West Village, Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen, Flatiron, Hudson Square, Times Square, the Theater District, the Garment District and Columbus Circle.

Questions will be collected prior to the event, which you can send to — maria@villagechelsea.com. You can also sign up for the town hall by reaching out to that email address.

On Bottcher's website, he calls small businesses "the backbone of our economy, the heart and soul of our neighborhoods."

"He supports a vacancy fee to prevent blight, and incentivize landlords to welcome ‘pop-up’ space for artists and start-up entrepreneurs," Bottcher adds on his website. He’ll fight to address ‘minimum rent terms’ in commercial leases, so that landlords can lower rents without running afoul of their lenders.