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Photo: Caught in a downpour: Sunday afternoon in Chinatown. Lower East Side news roundup: --The paper of record seems a little surprised that City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera and State Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou appear to be leading the crowded field...

Photo: A look at the brand new playing field that is part of the Seward Park Campus. Lower East Side news items that caught our eye in the past week: --Bill de Blasio bows out of the race...

Lower East Side news and notes from the past week: --An overview of New York's Primary, which takes place on Tuesday. --On the Lower East Side, the election to watch on Tuesday is the primary in the 65th Assembly District,...

Photo: Sunset on Grand Street, May 10, 2022. In the news this week: --Artists Kit-Yin Snyder and Richard Haas won a temporary restraining order in their lawsuit to prevent the city from removing several artworks from the Manhattan Detention Complex...

Photo: Allen Street Mall. Some of the stories that caught our eye in the past week: --A developer has filed plans to build a 10-story residential tower over 75 Essex St., a 4-story building from 1890. Preservationists had hoped...

Photo: A beautiful day for a pickle frenzy on Grand Street! Lower East Side headlines in the past week: --A big fire ripped through a 4-story building on Chatham Square in Chinatown late Saturday night. Five firefighters suffered minor injuries....

Photo: It sure looked dramatic but it was just a big pile of garbage that caught on fire alongside Essex Crossing on Clinton Street Wednesday evening. The FDNY made quick work of this dumpster fire without a dumpster. This...

The murder of Chinatown resident Christina Yuna Lee in her apartment at 111 Chrystie St. February 13 has sent shockwaves across the neighborhood and the city. Here's a summary of the extensive news coverage the story has received in...

Photo: Chinatown, February 12, 2022. Some of the stories that caught our eye this week: --Back in the news: safety concerns at Sara D. Roosevelt Park. --Some of the local residents who know the park and its inhabitants best talk about...

Photo: On Mott Street, lion dance troupes attracted a big crowd for Super Saturday, one of the highlights of Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown. News and notes from the Lower East Side in the past week: --Community Board...