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Photo: Beth Israel. In the news this past week: --State regulators reject, at least for now, the closure plan for Beth Israel, saying Mount Sinai has failed to document "massive financial losses and a declining patient census." --Chinatown...

Photo: Clinton Street is blooming! In the news this past week: --District 2's Community Education Council approved a non-binding resolution calling for an investigation into the presence of transgender girls on girls’ sports teams. The vote is legally meaningless but has...

Photo: Signs of spring on Essex Street. In the news: --Residents are fed up with an MTA construction project that has been going on along a stretch of Forsyth Street for five years. --A second arrest has been made...

Photo: Sunday afternoon in Seward Park. It's not quite spring yet but it sure felt spring-like today! In the news this past week: --The battle over unionization at the Trader Joe's store at Essex Crossing is continuing, and some employees...

Photo: The scene on Essex Street on a recent afternoon. In the news this past week: --A temporary restraining order blocks Mount Sinai from continuing to phase out services at Beth Israel Hospital. --"Mayor Adams... celebrated himself for brushing off...

Photo: The view from the Manhattan Bridge. See that advertisement on the side of the storage facility building? News and notes that caught our eye in the past week: --The plans to utilize government funds to renovate Kimlau Square...

Photo: Early morning on East Broadway. In the news this past week: --During his State of the City address, the mayor committed $55 million for improvements to Kimlau Square in Chinatown. --The Two Bridges Neighborhood Council announced the death of...

Photo: At the intersection of Eldridge and Broome streets. In the news this past week: --The Paul Taylor Dance Company will move its headquarters from the Lower East Side, establishing a new presence in Midtown. But the dance company...

Photo: Looking south on Bowery from East 4th Street. Photo by Joel Raskin. In the news this past week: --It was a high profile announcement back in 2021 when the Essex Crossing developers announced that Verizon would be leasing...

Photo: The view from Straus Square on a dreary Sunday afternoon. In the news: --As concerns about safety in Sara D. Roosevelt Park mount, the Parks Department has been slow to implement renovations made possible through more than $20...