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Delancey Plaza Construction Project Spans Six Months

The city made an effort to create a somewhat more pleasing environment for human beings along Delancey Street a few months ago. But an extended construction project is going to be having the opposite effect. If you've walked past...

Our Magazine is Growing!

A few minutes ago, we posted the PDF from our October print magazine, which is being distributed throughout the neighborhood today.  A few days after our editorial deadline passed, the city at long last announced it had chosen developers...

Two Bridges, Hamilton Madison House Leader Frank Modica Dies at 81

Frank Modica, board chairman of the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, died Wednesday at the age of 81. The longtime Lower East Side community leader served as executive director from 1976-2010 of Hamilton Madison House, one of the neighborhood's oldest...
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Followup: New Lower East Side Bus Stop Applications

Here's some more information about those proposed interstate bus stop applications we mentioned yesterday. Community Board 3 will weigh in on the proposals at the October 8 transportation committee meeting.  See below for additional details from the Department of...

Following Rapfogel Charges, Reporters Zero in On Grand Street Apartment

Following the arrest of William Rapfogel on charges that he allegedly stole funds from the Met Council, attention has shifted to his wife, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's chief of staff, as well as the Rapfogel family's Lower East Side...

Bob Zuckerman Steps Down as Head of Lower East Side BID

This afternoon, the Lower East Side Business Improvement District announced a change in leadership.  Bob Zuckerman is moving on after four years as executive director. "After four years at the helm of the LES BID, I decided that it...
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CB3 Wire: McWater Resigns, Yo! Bus Rejected, DL-Neighbor Meeting Encouraged

It was an eventful evening at Community Board 3's monthly meeting last night: David McWater, who was under fire for behavior at a recent committee meeting, resigned after 10 years on CB3. The full board rejected a proposal from Yo! Bus...

David McWater Decides to Resign From Community Board 3

David McWater, a high-profile and controversial member of Community Board 3, plans to step down. According to the Villager, he intends to make the announcement at the beginning of tonight's full board meeting at P.S. 20. Last week, McWater...

SPURA Timeline 2009-2013: The Long Road to a Development Deal

Last week's big news concerning the Seward Park site - the selection of developers for the billion dollar project - ends a chapter in the Lower East Side's longest-running saga.  The story isn't over by any means; it's getting...
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Report: Pig & Khao’s Leah Cohen Files Lawsuit Against Co-Owners

It looks like big trouble for Pig & Khao, the year-old Southeast Asian restaurant at 68 Clinton St. According to TMZ, chef and co-owner Leah Cohen is suing her partners, the management company behind the Fatty Crab empire, because...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 19 – Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival

We spoke with Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF), for this week's episode of...

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