Business

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...

Over the weekend, Crain's New York published a story suggesting that all is not well on the Lower East Side when it comes to the viability of fashion-centric shopping destinations.  The LES Business Improvement District is out with a...

There are lots of great things about summer in the city. The rotting odor wafting up from the street is not one of them.  On the Lower East Side, most everyone would agree that Broome Street, near Allen, smells...

        Neighborhood galleries will stay open late this Thursday for Third Thursdays, a monthly event from the LES Business Improvement District showcasing the Lower East Side’s flourishing arts scene.  Galleries will be open until 9pm and the New Museum is...

Last night, Community Board 3 resumed a debate begun last month about whether Walmart is salivating at the possibility of opening a store on the Lower East Side and what (if anything) should be done to block the controversial...