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 107 Norfolk. Image from ryleysar's Flickr photostream. You’re looking at 107 Norfolk, the former home of the music club, “Tonic.” Tonight, Community Board 3 will be hearing about an unusual proposal for this space when the SLA Committee holds its monthly meeting. And then on Thursday night, CB3 has scheduled a big policy meeting to review how it deals with the contentious issues surrounding liquor license applications. We’ll have more on that this afternoon. It’ll remain cloudy and humid today, with thunderstorms possible after 1pm and continuing into the evening. We’re expecting a high of 88.
 Friday morning, Civic Center Park.
State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblyman Jonathan Bing and advocates for the disabled are urging Governor Paterson to sign a bill that would make certain types of housing discrimination illegal. If enacted, the legislation would prohibit landlords from discriminating against people based on their source of income. There’s already a law in New York City making it illegal to reject an applicant just because they’re on public assistance and/or receive government rent vouchers. The bill would outlaw the practice statewide.
As the debate over the fate of New York’s community gardens rages on, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is out with a statement on the topic:
More on the Girls Prep situation/saga. The New York Times now has confirmation from the Department of Education that the LES charter school is delaying the first day of school, originally scheduled for this coming Monday. As we reported earlier today, Chancellor Joel Klein has decided against using his “emergency powers” to get around a state ruling blocking the DOE’s expansion plan. Excerpts from Jennifer Medina’s story, posted on the Times’ web site a short time ago:
The New York International Fringe Festival starts today and runs through August 29th. Over 200 theater companies from all over the world will participate in over 20 venues – many of them in around the Lower East Side. Local venues that are participating include Dixon Place, LaMaMa, and a slew of E. 4th Street theaters. TimeOutNY will be covering the festival up close here. The NYTimes has some great photos and offers some highlights to look for here. Visit the website for a full schedule. Tickets are $15 online, $18 at the door.
It appears there’s a deal in the works to resolve the long-running dispute surrounding the expansion of the Girls Prep Charter School on East Houston Street. As we’ve been reporting, the Department Education had intended to go ahead with a controversial plan to allow the school to take over more space in its current location. This — in spite of a ruling from the state education commissioner that found the DOE failed to consider the impact on P.S. 94, one of two schools sharing space with Girls Prep. Commissioner David Steiner invalidated the plan and ordered the DOE to conduct a new “Educational Impact” assessment. But now, the DOE seems to have decided to delay the start of classes — which were supposed to begin Monday — and to possibly find an alternate location for 100 students enrolled in the Girls Prep Charter School this fall. Lisa Donlan, president of District 1′s Community Education Council, told us it’s a one-week delay. We have emails/calls into the Department of Education, the Borough President’s office, Girls Prep and Advocates for Children (the organization that filed the state complaint). We’ll let you know when we have more details.
We were excited to learn you can now see inside the Pizza a Casa storefront (the front window used to be stacked to the top with pizza boxes). Lo-Down contributor Mitch Weinstein caught those devoted pizza makers hard at work last night. He writes. “Pizza a Casa opens up. Last night, walking by, and whaddya know…you can actually see what’s happening inside! I wonder what happened to all those pizza boxes…”  Pizza a Casa at night - photo by Mitch Weinstein
Community Board 3, with the help of city agencies and elected officials, is holding a small business forum next month. The event – geared towards “surviving the economic downturn,” will include information about available government resources, small business financing options and consulting services. There will be presentations from the city’s Small Business Services office, the NYC Economic Development Corp., the U.S. Small Business Administration and Con Edison. The forum will also provide an opportunity for business owners to talk about some of the specific difficulties they’re facing — including high rents, the difficulty of obtaining financing and escalating property taxes. Continue reading CB3 Sponsors Small Business Forum September 16th
 Image from maculu's Flickr photostream. More cool weather ahead for our weekend. 79 degrees and partly cloudy today. It’ll be in the low 80′s both Saturday and Sunday.
Continue reading Hot Time in the Old Town – Tonight at Tenement Talks
 White Rabbits If you can’t make it to SummerStage at E. River Park to hear the drum banging indie rock band, White Rabbits, tonight, you can log on and listen to a live stream via East Village Radio. Check in online at 7pm for a link. DJ Elhaam from “Guilty Pleasure” on East Village Radio, will host the live concert stream. Brooklyn indie-popers, Hospitality, will open the show. [video after the jump] Continue reading E. Village Radio Will Live Stream White Rabbits From E. River Park
Continue reading Commish Defends Garden Plan, Kampuchea Closing, Richard Price Back in the Hood
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