A half hour ago, the team at the Lower East Side Business Improvement District rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. There's Mark Miller, BID president, in the center. Executive Director Bob Zuckerman and Marketing Director...
The Bialystoker Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation, an LES institution for eight decades, plans to close at the end of October, leaving nearly 100 elderly residents in need of new housing. In a letter to residents and family members dated July...
In the past couple of years, we've all become accustomed to seeing discarded mattresses lining the sidewalks of New York. Such is life in a city fending off a bed bug epidemic! A word to the wise, however.
If you're...
Are you looking to earn a little extra cash this summer and beyond? Why not join The Lo-Down team. We're looking for a Lower East Side resident interested in helping to sell advertising. You'll be paid on a commission...
For the past several months, supporters and opponents of the Chinatown Business Improvement District have argued bitterly about whether businesses, property owners and residents see a need for the proposed organization. As a City Council vote on the BID...
Right now, the Urban Justice Center is holding a news conference on Forsyth Street, where vegetable vendors say they are under siege. In recent months police have been cracking down on the vendors, who they say...
The NYC Small Business Services department named Essex Street Market vendor Saxelby Cheesemongers as its top Manhattan company this week as part of its "Neighborhood Achievement Awards." The Small Business of the Year Award honors "an entrepreneur whose business has significantly...
From the in-box: detailed press materials and promotional photos announcing an August 1st opening for the Nolitan Hotel. The long-delayed project, located at the corner of Kenmare and Elizabeth streets, is the "first boutique hotel to grace Nolita –...
A Lower East Side pest control company is fighting bed bug fear with humor. M & M Environmental, 32 Orchard Street, has rolled out a series of amusing t-shirts and an accompanying web site. You can see all of...
Community Board 3 just convened the June meeting of the Seward Park redevelopment panel. Residents are speaking out in favor of preserving the Essex Street Market. We'll have more from the gathering, at University Settlement, later...
