Jesuit School Leaving LES, Village Fabrics Closing, In Support of Joel Klein

  • Gentrification Watch: Nativity Mission Center, the groundbreaking Jesuit middle school,  is moving from the Lower East Side (NYT).
  • Village Fabrics is closing after four decades. Owner Steven Katz says the landlord doesn’t “care about us or the community.” (DNA Info).
  • Community garden advocates were out in force for a public meeting on proposed rule changes (WSJ, NY1).
  • In support of Joel Klein’s controversial Girls Prep decision (Observer).

  • The City orders B Bar to stop building a noise reducing retaining wall (DNA Info).
  • The Insider: John Spencer (NYT).