As violence escalated on the Lower East Side this summer, there was a lot of talk about a lack of programs aimed at keeping teens and young adults off the streets and out of trouble. Aaron Daly knows a thing or two about that. He was a neighborhood kid – floundering in school – until [...]
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September 21st, 2009
Coming up on Wednesday evening, author Joyce Mendelsohn will be celebrating the release of the new and expanded edition of her invaluable book, "The Lower East Side Remembered & Revisited." A book party sponsored by the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy, the Tenement Museum and the Angel Orensanz Cultural Foundation [...] September 21st, 2009
We just received the following news advisory from the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council: WHO: Victor Papa, President of the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council; Justin Yu, President of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; Ralph Tramontata, President of the Little Italy Merchants Association; and Sherman Eng, Chairman of the Continental Garment Manufacturers Association of Greater New York, Inc. [...] September 21st, 2009
In the latest Marist poll, Bill Thompson has not gained any ground on Mike Bloomberg. He still trails 59-39% Joyce Purnick of the NYT is out with the definitive bio on Bloomberg. The Village Voice says the book should be required reading for Thompson: "In keeping with the Thompson theme that Bloomberg is out [...] September 21st, 2009
You can catch Grand Street News editor and performer Yori Yanover along with radio host and comic Sam Greenfield tonight for the firs in a series called "Town Hall Schmooze" at the EastVille Comedy Club (85 E.4th St. between 2nd ave. & Bowery). The show promises to mix "humor and politics, and [...] September 21st, 2009
An update on efforts to save the Pitt Station Post Office on Clinton Street. State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney met recently with Lorraine Castellano, NYC postmaster, to discuss the threatened closure. The Pitt Station is one of 700 retail locations the USPS is studying, as it evaluates [...] September 21st, 2009
From the Lower East Side Ecology Center: The September 21st, 2009
A panel chaired by Daniel Squadron, our state senator, heard testimony from business owners and other witnesses Friday about the ailing retail industry in New York. Saying there clearly is a problem, Squadron pointed to the increasing number of shuttered shops, spiraling commercial rents and the proliferation of large chain stores. He [...] September 21st, 2009
A huge crowd came to Pier 36 on Montgomery Street yesterday to play ball, listen to live music from Kerri Hilson, check out the live gaming kiosks, get free haircuts and, of course, to meet Lebron James. It was all a promotion for Nike and a documentary about James' road to super-stardom in Ohio.
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