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Photo: Essex Street at Hester Street. In the news this past week: --The City Council creates a "fair housing framework" with targets for affordable housing construction in each community district. The legislation, however, does not establish any mandates. According to...

Photo: Sunrise over Grand Street, November 6, 2023. News and notes from the past week: --A "makeshift welcome center run weekly out of the cafeteria at (the Lower East Side's) P.S. 20 Anna Silver Elementary has become one of the...

Photo: A rainbow appears over Avenue A. Photo by Chino Wong. Neighborhood news and notes from the past week: --Mount Sinai has reportedly set a closure date for Beth Israel: July of 2024. --A "mysterious" LLC has acquired the $44...

Photo: On Stanton Street - by Shalom Stavsky In the news this past week: -- Rep. Dan Goldman, who represents the Lower East Side, recounts his family's experiences being in Israel during the Hamas attack. -- The city's plan...

Photo: The former Eisner Brothers building at Essex and Broome streets. In the news this past week: --Permits have been filed to expand the old Eisner Brothers property on the corner of Essex and Broome streets, creating a 16-story mixed...

photo: sunset on Essex and Canal by LES resident Ted Buenz In the news during the past week: --An update on the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, which is on time but only 30% complete. --Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine...

Photo: The crowds descended on Little Italy Sunday for the Feast of San Gennaro. In the news this past week: --Mount Sinai has announced it is closing Beth Israel Hospital. A spokesperson said the hospital is only operating at 20%...

Photo: Trying to beat the heat - Essex and Grand streets, September 6, 2023. In the news this past week: --An 88 year-old woman was killed after being hit by the driver of an Access-a-Ride van. Ngan Yung was crossing...

Photo: Looking west with The Forward building in the foreground. Neighborhood news in the past week: --The city has made a deal with a developer to take over and renovate the Chinatown mall under the Manhattan Bridge. The plan...

Photo: Lower Manhattan from the ferry headed into Pier 11. In the news this past week: --Cops pursued two suspects reportedly wanted in an illegal gun investigation, chasing them from Avenue D to the West Village. During the pursuit,...