June 30th, 2009
A few weeks ago we told you about the latest imaginative project from the guys at "Grand Opening" on Norfolk Street. In the past, they've turned their storefront (at 139 Norfolk) into a drive-in movie theater complete with a sky blue 1965 convertible, a ping pong parlor and an art gallery. Starting July 10th, it [...]
June 30th, 2009
A State Supreme Court judge rules Senate Democrats and Republicans must meet together in the same room– just like actual adults.
The Civic Center Residents Coalition will endorse Bill Thompson for mayor today.
Summer in the city: an interesting night at Tompkins Square Park.
Another sign of gentrification on the Bowery: it looks like the [...]
June 29th, 2009
Today we have the third installment of our series of interviews with the candidates running for the 1st District City Council seat currently held by Alan Gerson. The District includes the Lower East Side, Chinatown, Soho, Wall Street
and Tribeca. We have already heard from Margaret Chin and Pete Gleason, two of the candidates hoping to [...]
June 29th, 2009
State politicians are warning that chaos will ensue in New York City's schools if the paralyzed Senate does not act to extend mayoral control by tomorrow night.
On Friday, police arrested two teens in connection with anti-Semitic acts on the Lower East Side.
Did Mayor Bloomberg suggest he supported the idea of reopening Park Row? [...]
June 26th, 2009
New York 1 reports police are investigating who's responsible for a swastika that was painted on an interior door at the Bialystoker Synagogue on East Broadway. According to the report, a smoke bomb was also set off. The story includes comments from State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who's attended the synagogue his entire life. Silver [...]
June 26th, 2009
Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard in Humpday.
Rooftop Films is back on the LES this evening on the Open Road Rooftop with director Lynn Shelton's Humpday, a "bromantic" comedy taken to extremes when two college buddies decide to test a limits of an art project by sleeping with each other. "And there's nothing standing in [...]
June 26th, 2009
The Associated Press and the New York Times pick up the "Tru-Life" arrest story. The Times reports the Lower East Side rapper, whose real name is Roberto Rosado, faces second degree murder and gang assault charges in connection with the fatal stabbing of 20 year old Christopher Guerrero on June 15th. Another man Jason [...]
June 25th, 2009
More on the arrest of Lower East Side rapper "Tru Life," which we mentioned in our news links this morning. The Daily News has posted a story online adding new details:
Roberto Guzman Rosado Jr.
- better known as the rapper Tru Life – was arrested three days ago for
the June 15 stabbings that left a second [...]
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