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About 10 days ago, local elected officials sent out an email blast announcing that the city's Department of Transportation and the NYPD had finally begun enforcing a two-year-old state law meant to regulate the intercity bus industry.  So how's...

Contributor Viviane Eng recently checked in on a few "Live Healthy" classes at the Houston Street Center. Last year, EmblemHealth began a partnership with the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), the Chinese American Planning Council (CPC), and...

Kendall Danielle Jones, one of 19 people arrested in the largest gun bust in New York City history, has pleaded guilty to three felony charges and will be going to prison for four years. Last summer, authorities announced the results...

In the past few months, residents on the Lower East Side have been fighting an onslaught from the Chinatown bus industry.  Now some concerned locals have created a web site to draw attention to the problems caused by too...

If you've walked near the Manhattan Bridge at Division Street lately, you probably noticed something new. Last Friday, the Design Trust for Public Space and the city's Department of Transportation unveiled "Under the Elevated," an interactive community calendar. The installation,...

City finance department records show this 7-story loft-style building at 41-43 Division St. was sold earlier this month for $11.5 million.  According to the Commercial Observer, the new owner is the Lam Group, a well known Manhattan developer. The seller...

The Chinatown Working Group, an organization that's been trying for several years to create a neighborhood master plan, is holding a public meeting next week. Here's the info: The Chinatown Working Group will be hosting a Public Information Session, co-sponsored...

A section of Elizabeth Street, between, Canal and Bayard streets, is now known as "Danny Chen Way."  On Saturday, loved ones, friends and community activists gathered in Chinatown for a co-naming ceremony in memory of the 19-year old Army...

The Chinatown bus wars are back. On Thursday evening, Community Board 3's transportation committee will be asked to support three new proposed bus stops on Canal Street.  A block association in the area, SPaCE, is mobilizing to fight the...

This morning police removed a man who had been living in a compartment over the bike lane on the Manhattan Bridge. A large number of officers, including some from the 5th Precinct, stopped bike traffic on the Manhattan side...