Morning Reads: 1998 Rape Plea, East Village Historic District, “Dungeons & Dragons” Presidential Debate

  • Lerio Guerrero will go to prison for 15 years, after pleading guilty to raping a woman on the Lower East Side in 1998 (Post).
  • More on yesterday’s Landmarks Commission vote to designate the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District (NYT, Daily News, Curbed).
  • New micro-apartments remind some of the Lower East Side’s tenement past (The Forward).
  • A plea from East Village Community High School, displaced due to structural problems with its building (EV Grieve).
  • It’s the “Dungeons & Dragons” presidential debate at the Allegra LaViola Gallery on East Broadway (Daily News).
  • The New Museum appoints a new director of educational programs (Gallerist).
  • And a reminder: community activists rally in front of the Pathmark store on Cherry Street today at 11 a.m. (The Lo-Down).