This week’s midnight movie at the Sunshine Cinema offers a special four-night holiday run of The Muppets Take Manhattan. Eleanor Mannikka, in the All Movie Guide, writes, “Jim Henson’s Muppets find themselves in Manhattan yearning to get a musical on Broadway in this charming film that also chides show business and its foibles. Kermit the Frog has just put together a successful variety show at Danhurst college (probably somewhere between Amherst and Dartmouth), and although he would like to mount it on Broadway so he would have a hit and be able to marry Miss Piggy, he cannot find backers. Continue reading The Muppets Take Manhattan – Four Nights at the Sunshine
         
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Silver said he hopes the Economic Development Corp. will reconsider. In the next year, a top priority will be seeing progress in the East River Park project, he added. Silver also noted a decision by the Masaryk Towers board to repair the crumbling sidewalk on Columbia Street. He highlighted his office’s role in getting the city to repave several streets in Chinatown. The speaker said he is looking forward to working with Andrew Cuomo, the new governor on “shared priorities.” But he emphasized that difficult choices lay ahead, since there will be at least $9 billion less to work with in next year’s budget. Continue reading Silver Reports to Community Board 3
 Bowery & East 3rd Street. Image from Michelle Rick's Flickr photostream. Sunny and 50 degrees today. Tonight the clouds roll in — looks like at least part of Thanksgiving will be rainy in the city. Continue reading Good Morning!
In the U.S., Thanksgiving is the peak day for cooking fires, 90 percent of which are caused by unattended cooking. “We all think of Thanksgiving as a time for family, good food and football, but it’s also prime time for cooking fires,” said Vikki Pryor, CEO at the American Red Cross in Greater New York. “Taking a few simple precautions can help everyone have a safe and happy holiday.” Continue reading Red Cross Releases Thanksgiving Cooking Safety Tips
The residents all receive subsidies through the Section 8 housing assistance program to cover monthly expenses. The vouchers are administered by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). But the agency refused to increase their payments earlier this year, after the co-op raised fees to cover a budget shortfall. Continue reading Silver Helps Co-op Residents Obtain Bigger Subsidies
Look for a high of 63 degrees today with afternoon showers. 49 and sunny tomorrow. For the Thanksgiving holiday, 45 and the rain returns. Continue reading Good Morning!
As the “ayes” rolled in and the dollars were doled out upon each vote, State Sen. Daniel Squadron sat quietly at the table, making a somewhat unprecedented personal appearance by an elected official that even Squadron characterized as a “high level of pushiness.” He attended to champion a project that hasn’t been quite as lucky as those preceding him on the agenda: a park and recreation area at Pier 42 along the East River at Montgomery Street. The LMDC board was created eight years ago to direct the dispensation of more than $2 billion in federal funds meant to rejuvenate lower Manhattan in the wake of Sept. 11. The board is nearing the bottom of its bank account, and Squadron and other Lower East Side officials and neighborhood advocates are hoping to shake loose about $45 million for Pier 42 before the last check is written. Continue reading Squadron: Lower Manhattan Needs Pier 42 Park
Desperately seeking last minute inspiration for your traditional Thanksgiving feast? Oddly enough, there’s no need to look any further than Mark Bello, the mastermind behind Grand Street’s Pizza a Casa. It turns out the guy obsessed with teaching people how to make a perfect pie at home, also is pretty ingenious when it comes to turkey. You see, for the last three years, Bello’s holiday guests have been raving about his Chinese-style roasted bird. Crispy on the outside — juicy and flavorful on the inside — this turkey has it all. Best of all, it doesn’t require any fussing around in the kitchen. Continue reading Pizza Guru Shares Chinatown Turkey Tradition
Lo-Down reader Mark Lynch just shared a Flickr photostream with us.  A Latte at Dora Coffee - photo © Mark Lynch He writes: Just stopped by Dora for an opening day visit & enjoyed a lovely latte (on the house!) courtesy of Nicole, Amelia, and Sophie. It was so beautiful I had to take a picture before I drank it.
The Board of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. is meeting this morning to begin deciding how to use $200 million that remains from its 9/11 recovery fund. Lower East Side activists are hoping board members will be feeling the pressure from U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, who’s calling on the LMDC to use a portion of the money to build a park and recreation area on Pier 42. Schumer spoke out in favor of the project yesterday morning, in a news conference in front of the pier. Continue reading Schumer Urges LMDC to Fund Pier 42 Improvements
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