As just about the whole world has heard by now, Tuesday's primary election in New York went spectacularly well for Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his progressive allies. This pattern was very much apparent on the Lower East Side.
The...
Alex Bores is a fifth-generation New Yorker who has spent his career standing up to the most powerful interests in the world: from oligarchs and corporate price-gougers to Trump and his megadonors. And as a new dad, he’s got...
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The Landmarks Preservation Commission today (April 7, 2026) voted unanimously to designate the Church of Saint Mary on the Lower East Side as an individual landmark.
Parishioners, community members, and preservationists launched a grass roots campaign to secure landmark protection...
We first met Hedy Page (also known as Hedy Pagemanski) one fall afternoon in 2014. She had set up a folding chair and easel across from 400-402 Grand St., twin century-old tenements where Trader Joe's and Target are now...
You may have noticed some activity in the past few weeks inside the former Essex Street Market building on the north side of Delancey Street. Workers are removing debris from the 1940s-era single story structure, apparently in advance of...
Mayor Mamdani announced March 5 that 10 neglected New York City parks, including Vladeck Park on the Lower East Side, will receive a total of $50 million for capital improvements.
The reconstruction projects are part of the Community Parks...
Next Tuesday, March 10, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission LPC) will hear an application to designate the Church of St. Mary on the Lower East Side as an individual landmark.
Local residents, in partnership with the Lower East Side...
Last month we reported that Community Board 3 (CB3) had drafted a resolution urging the Mamdani Administration to overhaul management of the Essex Market. The resolution was advanced by CB3's land use and housing committee, but at the full...
