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Alleged Prostitution Business Busted on Hester Street

From this morning's Police Blotter in the Post: Undercover cops nailed two pimps in a cash-for-sex sting at a Chinatown brothel, authorities said yesterday. Xin-young Lin, 40, led one of the undercovers into the bordello on Allen Street near...

Follow-up: Attempted Rape on Hester Street

Yesterday morning we posted this surveillance video, which Police say shows the suspect in an attempted sexual assault of a 12 year old girl earlier this week.  At around 6pm on Monday, the girl heard banging on the door...

Police Search For Man Who Tried To Attack Girl on Hester Street

Police are searching for a man they say tried to attack a 12-year-old girl on Hester Street (the cross street was not specified) early Monday evening. They released surveillance video showing the alleged suspect. At around 6pm, the girl...
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World’s Strangest Chocolates, Condo & Kanye, Verifying Crime Stats

A Berkeley law professor offers independent corroboration of NYPD crime stats (WSJ). "From Caravaggio to Kanye," Calvin Tomkins discusses George Condo’s work (his show opens at the New Museum today) and the controversial cover art he made for Kanye West’s...

Police Arrest Alleged Chinatown Bank Robber

From this morning's New York Post Police Blotter: An ex-con twice held up one Chinatown bank, sources said. Enrique Cova, 43 allegedly marched into the Bank of America branch on Bayard Street near the Bowery at 12:30 p.m. on Dec....

DNA Info: Police Accuse Wrong Man in LES Burglaries

Back in November, most every news organization in the city reported the NYPD was searching for a suspect in a string of burglaries on the Lower East Side.  Today Patrick Hedlund of DNA Info has a follow-up: A former New...
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Our Most Viewed Stories of 2010

We still can't believe the year is almost over, but it must be true: there are 2010 retrospectives wherever you look!  We couldn't resist getting in on the act. Here are The Lo-Down's most viewed stories of the past...

Police: Cabbie Drags Victim Through East Village

From this morning's police blotter in the Post: A hack from hell rolled up the window on the arm of a man and dragged him for several blocks through the East Village, law-enforcement sources said. The victim...

Smashed on Saturday Night

One of those fancy new bus stop shelters on Grand Street took a serious beating last night, or early this morning. The Lo-Down's Jennifer Strom snapped this photo a short time ago.  The glass on one side of the...
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Kung Fu Actress Faces Off Against Ex-Husband, the “King of Canal Street”

This morning's Daily News recounts the tearful testimony of Vietnamese kung fu actress Ly Huong, who's on trial in Brooklyn for kidnapping her own child in 2005. According to the article, she fled this country to escape her husband,...

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JESSOR, A Show About the Architect of the Grand Street Co-ops, Opens Tomorrow at Citygroup

A new exhibition featuring the works of New York architect Herman Jessor, who designed more than 40,000 units of...

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