July 22nd, 2009
The last few days we've been following the utterly bizarre hazing ritual candidates for public office must go through in order to qualify for the New York City ballot. A few (emphasis on "few") Lo-Down readers left us comments suggesting that City Council candidate PJ Kim was somehow circumventing the rules. Last Friday, Kim said [...]
July 22nd, 2009
The fight over Pier 36 on the East River – raging since the Dinkins Administration – is heating up once again. This month, neighborhood organizations began new talks with Basketball City, the private company granted a 20 (plus) year lease for part of the pier. They want assurances that the community will have access to [...]
July 22nd, 2009
Joel Klein believes a pilot program at M.S. 131 in Chinatown could point the way to the school of the future.
Caught on tape: a bicyclist at the corner of Delancey and Allen appears to pummel a pedestrian with his bike lock.
Eater's take on recent changes to the 500 foot rule, which limits the number [...]
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