News Links Lower East Side Links By Ed Litvak - October 6, 2015 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinReddIt City attorneys seek to toss out a housing discrimination lawsuit filed several weeks ago. The suit claims that the policy of setting aside affordable apartments for local residents is illegal (Politico NY). A development site at 75 1st Avenue finally sells for $12.9 million after a lengthy legal battle. Former co-owner Anthony Marano of Ozymandius Realty complained to a judge that the 2008 rezoning of the Lower East Side was an “act of God” that had devalued his investment. That didn’t fly in a court of law (Real Deal). The Times thinks the Henry Street Playhouse is located on “a piece of the Lower East Side that still resists gentrification today.” But as the theater celebrates its 100th birthday, the Grey Lady observes that artistic director Jay Wegman’s productions tend to be “wild, risky and occasionally pretty kinky.” (NYT) There’s now a bench in Tompkins Square Park in memory of Josh Ozersky, the food writer who died earlier this year at the age of 47 (EV Grieve). Patti Smith talks about “M Train,” her second memoir (NPR).
