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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...

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Photo: The view from Grand Street where the Lower East Side skyline is changing yet again. Some of the stories that caught our eye in the past week: --Coming up on Tuesday evening, Community Board 3's transportation committee will...

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Photo: Essex Street at Canal Street, January 29, 2022. Here are some of the items that caught our eye in the past week: --A piece of public art is the latest flashpoint in the teardown of the Manhattan Detention...
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Photo: The Saturday scene outside the New Museum. Here are some of the stories that caught our eye on the Lower East Side in the past week: --Beginning tomorrow, there's expanded all-year ferry service to Governors Island, including from...

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Photo: Clinton Street, 2018/Mike Rucker. Some of the stories that made news on the Lower East Side in the past week: --Community Board 3's transportation committee heard a proposal from the city's Department of Transportation to potentially alleviate the traffic...

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Photo by Susan Levinson, January 5, 2022. Some of the stories that caught our eye in the past week: --Yao Pan Ma, a Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked last spring while collecting cans in East Harlem, has died....
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New Testing Sites Open as Covid Cases Rise

As Covid cases continue to rise across New York, the city and state governments are scrambling to boost testing capacity. A city-run testing facility opened today (Monday, Jan. 27) at Marta Valle High School, 145 Stanton St. It's one...

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Photo: Locals line up on Sunday at a Covid vaccination site on Broome Street. --New Yorkers have also been lining up for free Covid home test kits at select locations, including some on the Lower East Side. --An in-depth...

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Some of the stories that caught our eye on the Lower East Side in the past week: --State Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou is challenging State Senator Brian Kavanagh in next year's Democratic primary. --The City Council approved the Soho rezoning....
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East River Park Construction Resumes After City Claims Victory in Lawsuit

You can expect work to resume at East River Park in the coming week, where crews are continuing to demolish familiar features of the 82-year-old recreational space. New York's Court of Appeals dismissed on Thursday a legal challenge that...
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