Photo: East River Park Track, Sunday midday.
In the news this past week:
--"In affordable housing vs. parking lot, a judge chooses the lot;' Times columnist Ginia Bellafante weighs in on a court ruling that, at least for now,...
Photo: A lion dance team made its way down East Broadway Sunday afternoon. Today is Lunar New Year but celebrations for the Year of the Rabbit will continue in Chinatown for the next two weeks.
Lower East Side news...
Photo: Lunar New Year festivities in Chinatown, 2020. Photo by Roger Bultot.
In the news this past week:
--Lunar New Year will be celebrated January 22. Here's a roundup of events across the city.
--Don't forget Super Saturday on Feb....
Photo: On Rivington Street, where the former Rivington House nursing home is being transformed by Mount Sinai into a behavioral health center.
In the news:
--Extell has reportedly snatched up 259 Clinton St. in the Two Bridges area for...
Photo: Looking fown East Broadway, Sunday midday.
In the news:
--Tenants at 95 Baruch Drive, part of NYCHA's Baruch Houses, say a boiler has been spewing steam rather than heat for several months. NYCHA insists the heat is working,...
Photo: At East Houston Street and Essex Street.
In the news:
--A man wanted in a violent spree across the city, including a murder at the Alfred E. Smith Houses, turned himself in to cops in Brooklyn.
--In an...
Photo: Sara D. Roosevelt Park.
Some of the headlines that caught our eye in the past week:
--The NYPD cracked down of counterfeit operators in Chinatown this past week, seizing $10 million in knockoffs. State Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Nou was sharply...
Photo: The view of the Lower East Side from Brooklyn at dusk.
In the news this past week:
--There are different opinions about whether the latest lawsuit meant to block the mega-towers in the Two Bridges area is justified...
A cold day on Pike Street, with the Manhattan Bridge in the distance.
In the news this past week:
--JDS Development Group was dealt a setback in its plan for a mega-tower in the Two Bridges area after losing an appeal...
Photo via Dan Goldman's Twitter: The Congressman-elect with State Senator Kavanagh and Assemblywoman-elect Grace Lee.
This week's Lower East Side news:
--The governor survived a scare on Tuesday evening, winning a full term, while Democrats in some suburban areas...
