Lower East Side Links

Mount Sinai leaders are joined by state and local officials as they celebrate the opening of the Mount Sinai-Behavioral Health Center, Thursday, June 8, 2023 in New York. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Mount Sinai Health System)

Photo: Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center opening. Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Mount Sinai Health System.

–The scandal-plagued former Rivington House nursing home has now been transformed. Mount Sinai has completed a $140 million conversion of the facility, opening it as a behavioral health center. [Gothamist]

–At Community Board 3’s transportation committee meeting Tuesday evening: a review of Delancey Street traffic redesign plans. [CB3]

–You have until June 17 to register to vote in New York City’s upcoming primary election. [NYC.gov]

–The Metrograph gets some help from a film industry insider to build its membership program. [Hollywood Reporter]

–Some high profile praise for an influential Lower East Side-based entrepreneur: “The Making of Emily Bode, America’s Next Great Fashion Designer.” [GQ]

–Matt Choon grew up on the Lower East Side and went to school in Chiantown. Now he’s a successful entrepreneur behind Bowery Showroom among other ventures. [Marketwatch]

–Angel Ortiz is back in the spotlight with a new show decades after the death of the collaborator Keith Haring. [ABC 7]

–The “speakeasy barbecue restaurant” Holy Ground is reportedly relocating from Tribeca, where it closed during the pandemic, to 105 Eldridge St. on the Lower East Side. [Eater]