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August 10th, 2009

Unions Stay Out of District 1 City Council Race

From the Daily News a short time ago:

The Hotel and Motel Trades Council and the UNITE HERE New York State
Council have announced its endorsements… There is a glaring omission in the HTC/UNITE HERE list: Councilman Alan Gerson… HTC and UNITE HERE are not alone in taking a pass on the 1st CD – [...]

August 10th, 2009

Urban Love Daily Hits The Lower East Side

"Exposed Heart" found on the Lower East Side, from Christopher Frederick's blog Urban Love Daily.

This month's Featured Artist is Christopher Frederick, who recently started a blog called Urban Love Daily.  Christopher posts a photograph each day – an image from around the city representing  "love." The result is a surprising array of heartfelt photos, [...]

August 10th, 2009

A Fuzhou Supermarket on the Lower East Side

Editor's note: Mitch Weinstein of Tasty Travails
wanders the streets in and around the Lower East Side, in search of
interesting food finds. Here's his latest dispatch, tailor made for the
dog days of summer.

Back in the day (oh, say 1970), NYC's Chinatown was a fairly easily
definable area, roughly bordered on the north by Canal Street, east [...]

August 10th, 2009

Streit’s Matzo: More on Their Future in the Neighborhood

The other day we mentioned that Streit's Matzo, a Lower East Side fixture since 1925, has decided to stay in the neighborhood for now. This morning, we spoke with Alan Adler, director of operations for Sreit's matzo. He said that after putting the Rivington Street manufacturing plant on the market several months ago, they [...]

August 10th, 2009

Monday News Links

This is the week we'll most likely find out if City Council member Alan Gerson gets back on the ballot. A State Supreme Court judge is expected to rule on Wednesday.

Meantime, the Daily News looks at the United Jewish Council's role in several races, including the Gerson campaign. Ray Dowd, attorney for Gerson challenger [...]