Photo: Signs of spring on Essex Street.
In the news:
–Residents are fed up with an MTA construction project that has been going on along a stretch of Forsyth Street for five years. [Gothamist]
–A second arrest has been made in the murders of Jesse Parrilla and Nikki Huang who were kidnapped on the Lower East Side and found in a burning car in the Bronx. Rahul Cuya allegedly drove the getaway car. Another suspect was taken into custody last year and remains in custody. [Daily News]
–A state investigation reportedly showed that Beth Israel, which is shutting down, failed to properly document patient transfers to other facilities. [Crain’s]
–Residents are raising concerns about the impact of the demolition of the Manhattan Detention Complex in Chinatown after cracks emerged in the facade of a neigboring senior housing complex. [PIX 11]
–Community activists finally won their battle against a developer at the Children’s Magical Garden. [New York Post]
–Asking rents are falling across Manhattan, including on the Lower East Side where the median asking rent fell 4.6% in February (compared with the same period in 2023) to $4100/month. [Streeteasy]
–Wegmans claims a lawsuit by Yuji Haraguchi of the East Village fish market Osakana is baseless. Haraguchi is alleging that “Sakanaya,” the seafood counter in the Wegmans Astor Place store, is an attempt to “defraud his business.” [PIX 11]
–What’s all the fuss at BonBon, the Lower East Side destination for Swedish candy? [Gothamist]
Spring restaurant openings: a seafood bar above Claud on East 10th Street, a new Korean spot on East Houston, Bar Contra on Orchard, an upscale restaurant called Phoenix Palace on the Bowery from the Potluck Club team and a Vietnamese bakery in Chinatown from a Gramercy Tavern alum. [Eater]
Another list: top restaurants in the East Village. [Infatuation]
