State Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver is out with a press release and a letter to the CEO of Con Ed, calling the utility's delays on restoring steam heat unacceptable. Here is his statement:
I understand that we have suffered an...
We have been keeping a close eye this week on Knickerbocker Village, the nearly 1600 unit affordable housing complex that's still mostly without power and heat in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Yesterday we spent a couple of hours...
As noted earlier in the week (click the link for info), there's a workshop tomorrow morning to help small businesses struggling to bounce back after Hurricane sandy. There's a similar workshop being held in the afternoon in Chinatown. See...
While the Lower East Side continues to rise to its feet in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, neighborhoods that bore the more vicious brunt of the storm are still struggling to provide basic services and sustenance to their residents. This weekend,...
Hurricane Sandy battered the historic Seaport area, flooding many shops and restaurants, and displacing a lot of residents. On Sunday, the neighborhood will receive a much-needed boost when the Peck Slip Pickle Festival goes on as planned at the...
The situation at Knickerbocker Village, the historic affordable housing complex on Monroe Street, is growing increasingly serious today. As we reported yesterday, many of the 1600 or so apartments still have no electric power, heat or hot water. An...
The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy has been a hectic time for the Lower East Side's elected officials, who have served as a link between government and relief agencies and the neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan.
Yesterday morning Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver...
There are still a lot of Lower East Side residents without heat and hot water. Con Ed restored steam service to the Seward Park Co-op yesterday, but we're receiving lots of reports from other buildings still waiting for those...
A lot of apartment buildings on the Lower East Side are still not back to normal following Hurricane Sandy. At Knickerbocker Village, many residents are still in the dark, with no heat or hot water. Electric power was initially...
