Photo: Sunday’s Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown. Photo from the Office of New York Governor Kathy Hochul.
In the news this past week:
–Andrea Gordillo, chair of Community Board 3, announced her candidacy for the District 2 City Council seat currently held by Carlina Rivera. Rivera is facing term limits and will not be able to run again. [City & State]
–The owner of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village has dropped a legal challenge to rent stabilization at the large East Side complex. [Gothamist]
–The city’s Emergency Management Commissioner will address the migrant crisis at a meeting of Community Board 3 this coming Tuesday evening. [EV Grieve]
–Tenement Museum staff talk about their decision to add an exhibit documenting the stories of Black families living in New York in the 19th Century. [ABC News]
–Scenes from the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown. [ABC 7]
–Discussing the Veselka documentary with filmmaker Michael Fiore and owners Tom and Jason Birchard. [WNYC]
–The “Unapologetic Foods” team (they’re behind Dhamaka in the Essex Market) have opened Adda, a Filipino restaurant in the East Village. [Time Out]
–He made his name in Chinatown and on the Lower East Side – now gallerist James Fuentes is a “bicoastal beacon.” [Artsy]
