Last night, Community Board 3 voted 23-13 (with one member abstaining) to approve a liquor license for La Flaca, a New Mexican restaurant replacing Two Boots Tavern at 384 Grand Street. This morning, we spoke with Daniela Libertini, who's...
Community Board 3 has posted its October meeting agenda, including an unusually short list of applicants seeking liquor licenses. But, as usual, there are some interesting items warranting further investigation. Here's one entry that caught our eye: "Mama Juana...
Following up on our story last week about the closing of Aces and Eights, we learned yesterday that the embattled East Village bar, which had been operating off the regulation grid for more than a year, has now lost the...
It's a $6 billion undertaking that began in 1970 and won't be completed for another decade -- the largest capital project in New York City history. Now, the construction of Water Tunnel #3 is going to be making its...
For the past few months, we've been following the saga of 183 East Broadway, a stalled development a few doors down from the historic Forward Building. Last night, the owner appeared before Community Board 3 for the fourth time...
Three stories we have been following will be the subject of community meetings on the Lower East Side tonight. First, a fledgling group hoping to improve the dog run at Corlear's Hook Park will hold an organizing meeting. It'll...
Earlier this week, representatives of the LES Business Improvement District briefed Community Board 3 on the organization's proposed expansion. As we have reported in the past, the BID is looking at new boundaries encompassing most of the neighborhood below...
Community Board 3's SPURA task force will not meet again until October. The committee trying to reach a consensus on a plan for the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area was supposed to reconvene this month, after a summer hiatus....
Community Board 3's SLA Committee meeting was a relatively tame affair last night. Memo to bar owners: August is a great time to get your liquor license application past CB3. The biggest topic of conversation in the cheap seats...
Here's a reminder about Thursday night's big Community Board 3 meeting looking at it's much-maligned bar/restaurant liquor licensing policies. If you're a resident frustrated with the growing number of clubs and bars in the neighborhood -- or an operator...
