The push to oppose the city's plan to revamp Chatham Square is picking up momentum. Yesterday City Councilman Alan Gerson, NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson and community organizers rallied and delivered petitions to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. They're demanding...
According to the New York Post, the NYPD is dealing with a big increase in assaults downtown, the "city's party mecca." In the Lower East Side, there have been 43 assaults so far in 2009, up 30-percent from 2008....
City Hall News reports City Council Candidate P.J. Kim has surprised the political establishment, raising $70,000 in two weeks. Kim just joined a crowded field taking on Councilman Alan Gerson in District 1, which includes much of the...
As early as 6 o'clock in the morning, the long tour buses pull up to Albert Chan's apartment on Pike Street, idling, attracting swarming crowds and snarling traffic. There's so much congestion MTA buses often can't stop at the...
Streetsblog took note of our coverage of Councilman Gerson's transportation town hall Monday night, saying "the session successfully gathered up ideas from ill-informed cranks." They concluded:A quick CrashStat check reveals
that, contrary to Mr. Jacob's (LES resident who said there...
Lower East Side residents, undeterred by the continuing downpour, filed into P.S. 134 tonight to tell city transportation officials just how unhappy they are with several recent decisions impacting streets in the neighborhood. The forum was a town hall...
According a New York Post "source" State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is weighing the idea of delaying some of the MTA's capital projects until the economy improves. Speaking of Shelly, he provided a grant to make possible the Alliance...
