News Links Updated: October 23, 2015 Lower East Side Links By Ed Litvak October 23, 2015 133 0 Share FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinReddIt Must Read Real Estatesponsoredpost - December 8, 2023Apartment of the Week, Sponsored by LoHo Realty Latest NewsThe Lo-Down - December 3, 2023Lower East Side Links ArtsThe Lo-Down - November 30, 2023Applications Now Open for FABnyc’s Lower East Side Young Artists of Color Fellowship Ed Litvak State Sen. Adriano Espaillat is calling for a one-year freeze on liquor licenses in Inwood. The State Liquor Authority says it can only institute moratoriums county-wide, so the lawmaker is drafting state legislation to give them new powers to deal with specific problem areas. It’s a proposal that’s sure to be closely watched by Lower East Side activists battling nightlife proliferation (Post). The City Council is weighing new regulations for the commuter van industry. The so-called “$1 vans” are a lifeline between Manhattan’s Chinatown and the Chinese communities in Brooklyn and Queens (Politico New York). There’s a new push for passage of legislation mandating a 5 cent fee for plastic bags. Local Council member Margaret Chin is a lead sponsor (Post). The governor is putting $41.6 million into the hands of state lawmakers to beef up security at 76 NYCHA developments. This is contrary to Mayor de Blasio’s plan to spend the money for roof repair (Daily News). A burial vault at New York Marble Cemetery can be yours for $350,000 (New York Magazine). A new exhibition of Jacob Riis photographs has opened at the Museum of the City of New York, 125 years after the legendary photojournalist “seared the Gilded Age public conscience with crude photographs of the Lower East Side tenements that revealed ‘How the Other Half Lives.'” (NYT). The Wolfpack boys open their art show at Jeffrey Deitch’s Gallery (Vogue). Share FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinReddIt - Advertisement - Previous articleGood Morning!Next articleThe Lowline in the News: Tech Lab Weekend #2, Anti-Gala at Angel Orensanz - Advertisement - Latest News Real Estatesponsoredpost - December 8, 2023Apartment of the Week, Sponsored by LoHo Realty **All Sunday Open Houses by appointment ONLY. CO-BROKERS MUST BE PRESENT!** New to Market! This high-floor 1-bedroom apartment is... - Advertisement - Latest News Lower East Side Links The Lo-Down - December 3, 2023 Arts Applications Now Open for FABnyc’s Lower East Side Young Artists of Color Fellowship The Lo-Down - November 30, 2023 Arts Museum at Eldridge Presents “Twenty-Eight Remarkable Women…and One Scoundrel” Traven Rice - November 30, 2023 Arts New Museum Hosts Community Day with Lexii’ Fox Traven Rice - November 29, 2023 More Articles Like This Lower East Side Links Latest News The Lo-Down - December 3, 2023 Lower East Side Links Lower East Side News The Lo-Down - November 19, 2023 Lower East Side Links Lower East Side News The Lo-Down - November 12, 2023 Lower East Side Links Lower East Side News The Lo-Down - October 29, 2023
