Lower East Side News

Last night, Community Board 3 decided 45 years was long enough to wait for the redevelopment of the Seward Park parcels, in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge.  In a unanimous vote, CB3 approved the city's land use application...

In an unanimous vote, Community Board 3 just approved the Seward Park Mixed Use Development plan. The vote ends four decades of acrimony over the six acre area near the Williamsburg Bridge. More to come... .

As we have been reporting, Community Board 3 meets tonight to vote on the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Plan.  Board members will be asked to approve the city's land use proposal for the large site near the Williamsburg Bridge,...

Tomorrow night Community Board 3 is scheduled to hold one of its most significant votes in several years -- deciding whether to approve of the city's land use application (ULURP) for the Seward Park Mixed Development Plan.  After three...

Community Board 3's land use committee last night voted in favor of the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Plan, but no one was in much of a mood to celebrate the occasion.  After three years of deliberations, a divided panel...

In parks across the city this coming weekend, people will be planting flowers, tidying up garden areas and partaking in all sorts of fun and games.  "It's My Park Day" is a chance for neighbors to reconnect, to celebrate...

As we mentioned last week, 110 new apartments in a 1908 school building at 371 Madison Street will officially hit the market in the next couple of weeks.  But there's already been quite a bit of activity inside the...

Earlier this week the Seward Park Co-op agreed to hold off (at least temporarily) from renting space to 7-Eleven and Dunkin' Donuts, after a residents' group launched a petition drive opposing the chain stores.  Now another petition has emerged ...

A white powder scare at NEST+M on East Houston turns out to be a false alarm (Daily News). Harry Wieder Way: Elected officials, community activists pay tribute to a tireless crusader (Villager). The Wainwright famiy gathers at Dixon Place to chat...