It's been a tough few days on the Lower East Side and now there's no shortage of anticipation about the outcome of tonight's Presidential Election. So why not head out to a neighborhood bar or restaurant to watch the...
Thanks to Lo-Down reader Andrea DiFiore for sending us her photos from the Corlears Hook Park clean-up effort this past weekend. It looks like it may be a while before dogs (and dog owners) are able to use the...
Local elected officials, Community Board 3 and the Lower East Side BID are planning an event on Friday morning to help small businesses impacted by Hurricane Sandy. There will be an opportunity to apply for FEMA relief and emergency...
Here's the latest information we have gathered this morning concerning the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy:
Unfortunately there's not much new to report today regarding Con Ed's efforts to restore steam to hundreds of buildings below 14th Street. Thousands of Lower...
A local resident noticed this letter from Con Ed hanging at Village East Towers on East 10th Street. It reads:
Dear steam customer,
We understand that this has been a challenging time for all of our customers, and we sincerely apologize...
It wasn't a pretty sight inside the Central Parking garage at 227 Cherry Street in the hours after Hurricane Sandy came ashore. More than 50 cars were swamped by flood waters that rushed across South Street and turned the...
Here's our Monday morning status report on the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on the Lower East Side and a rundown of resources available as New Yorkers recover from the devastating storm. We already reported the latest on Con Ed's...
Here's the text of a notice going out to around 550 Con Edison customers (many of which are large residential buildings on the LES):
We are working hard to restore all of our steam customers and expect to have additional...
This morning thousands of Lower East Side residents still have no heat or hot water because Con Ed has been unable to bring steam service back online at more than 500 locations below 14th Street. A short time ago,...
Here are today's volunteer/donation opportunities on the Lower East Side. There are still needs in our neighborhood, but the focus for a lot of aid groups has now shifted to the Rockaways, Staten Island, Red Hook and other harder...
