–Seven Chinatown residents resumed a hunger strike, four months after they and dozens of fellow tenants were displaced from 85 Bowery. [Daily News]
–The Department of Buildings contends it’s pushing the owner of 85 Bowery to complete repairs “as quickly as possible.” [Channel 11]
–“Over tacos and elote, (New York’s ‘Night Mayor’ Ariel) Palitz seems unfazed by whether the role is purely for show or a vehicle for change.” Palitz says, “I’m the people’s princess of nightlife.” [Grub Street]
–Live music is returning to Club Cumming tonight after the State Liquor Authority approved a license change for the nightlife spot on East 6th Street. [EV Grieve]
–An anecdote to “science events dominated by older white men:” The Underground Science Festival at Caveat on Clinton Street. [New York Times]