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Photo: Clinton Street is blooming! In the news this past week: --District 2's Community Education Council approved a non-binding resolution calling for an investigation into the presence of transgender girls on girls’ sports teams. The vote is legally meaningless but has...

Nina Roberts took this photo of artist Calicho finishing a tribute mural to Flaco the owl in Freeman's Alley last week. The owl had captured Manhattan's heart, after someone set him free from the Central Park Zoo, over a...

Photo: Sunday's Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown. Photo from the Office of New York Governor Kathy Hochul. In the news this past week: --Andrea Gordillo, chair of Community Board 3, announced her candidacy for the District 2 City...

Photo: Looking south on Bowery from East 4th Street. Photo by Joel Raskin. In the news this past week: --It was a high profile announcement back in 2021 when the Essex Crossing developers announced that Verizon would be leasing...

Photo: The view from Straus Square on a dreary Sunday afternoon. In the news: --As concerns about safety in Sara D. Roosevelt Park mount, the Parks Department has been slow to implement renovations made possible through more than $20...

Photo: On Stanton Street - by Shalom Stavsky In the news this past week: -- Rep. Dan Goldman, who represents the Lower East Side, recounts his family's experiences being in Israel during the Hamas attack. -- The city's plan...

Photo: The crowds descended on Little Italy Sunday for the Feast of San Gennaro. In the news this past week: --Mount Sinai has announced it is closing Beth Israel Hospital. A spokesperson said the hospital is only operating at 20%...

Photo: Trying to beat the heat - Essex and Grand streets, September 6, 2023. In the news this past week: --An 88 year-old woman was killed after being hit by the driver of an Access-a-Ride van. Ngan Yung was crossing...

Photo: Looking west with The Forward building in the foreground. Neighborhood news in the past week: --The city has made a deal with a developer to take over and renovate the Chinatown mall under the Manhattan Bridge. The plan...

Photo: Cooling off on Norfolk Street Saturday afternoon. News and notes from around the neighborhood: --New details have emerged regarding the ill-fated demolition of the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol synagogue, which resulted in the death of a construction worker. In...