A sizable crowd turned out on Saturday for the "Chinatown Revival Fair," an event meant to support local businesses suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Restaurants offered $1 "tasting plates," on the streets outside their establishments. The street...
They are living right here on the Lower East Side but most of us are oblivious to the existence, let alone the daily travails, of New York’s “shift-bed” residents. A hybrid documentary/live performance, “Your Day is My Night,” coming...
Man-about-Chinatown Wilson Tang noticed the beefed up traffic/pedestrian safety presence near the Manhattan Bridge this past weekend. It was due to the closure of all Manhattan-bound lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge, which is in the midst of a major...
For our regular feature spotlighting the people who live and work on the Lower East Side, we ventured a bit farther west to talk with Gigi Li, who lives in Chinatown. Li was recently elected as chair of Community...
Hellen Choong settled in Chinatown after immigrating to America in 1991. She’s lived in the neighborhood ever since, and will tell you she has no plans to leave. “I love Chinatown, to be honest. It’s so convenient, no?” she...
Editor's note: The following article is from Wilson Tang, the owner of the Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Chinatown:
How do you decide whether a Chinese restaurant is any good? Do you check out the customers to see if any...
Tomorrow afternoon in Columbus Park, community activists will gather to protest the first verdict in the Danny Chen case. Chen, a 19-year old Army enlistee and resident of the Lower East Side, was found dead at a military base...
Police vehicles swarmed the area surrounding 197 Madison this morning after an emotionally disturbed tenant held his landlord at knifepoint in a second-floor apartment. The landlord broke a window and dropped fifteen feet to the street to escape around...
There was widespread disappointment in Chinatown this week after Sergeant Adam Holcomb received a light sentence for his role in the death of Private Danny Chen, a local resident who took his life at an Army base in Afghanistan...
Sergeant Adam Holcomb, the officer acquitted yesterday of the most serious charges he faced in connection with the death of Private Danny Chen, received a recommended sentence of 30 days from a military jury this morning for verbally and...
