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Is the Lower East Side ready to make a deal? That's the question two urban planners hired by the city will be seeking to answer when they meet with members of Community Board 3's SPURA Task Force Thursday night. ...

The ongoing debate about the future of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area revolves around the issue of affordable vs. market rate housing.  But during Community Board 3's deliberations, other topics., such as the need for new schools and...

One more note on last night's CB3/SLA meeting. As we reported last night, the committee voted not to support the transfer of Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge's liquor license to a new owner. About 20 residents showed up to oppose the...

As we mentioned earlier this morning, the former home of the beloved Amato Opera, 319 Bowery, is destined to become a new theater and restaurant. As Anthony Amato approached his 90th birthday last year, he made the difficult decision...

In a few short hours, CB3's SLA Committee will convene for another marathon meeting. There are only 19 applications to review this evening but, looks can be deceiving. As EV Grieve reported last week, neighborhood activists are planning a...

Community Board 3's July meeting agendas just showed up in the in-box. When the SLA Committee meets Thursday the 15th, 27 liquor license applications will be considered (fewer than usual). You can see the complete list on CB3's web...

What do we have here? Lo-Down contributor/reader Mitch Weinstein snapped this photo outside 183 East Broadway, a construction site idled in the spring of 2009 by a "stop work order" from the Department of Buildings. According to the DOB's...

EV Grieve summed up the shenanigans at Tuesday night's Community Board 3 meeting. If you haven't heard, the board rejected liquor license applications from Frank Prisinzano (fast food Italian) and Keith Masco (seafood restaurant/bar/fish market) -- both on Avenue...

Even as we speak, the U.S. Census has thousands of workers knocking on doors across New York City, in an unprecedented effort to make sure every individual is counted.  It's not an easy job. Case in point: Census officials...

As the clock ticked towards 2am May 18th, the bleary eyed members of Community Board 3's SLA Committee finally  took up one of the most intriguing applications on that night's agenda... Item #31: Ocean Club (MHUT, Corp.), 195 Chrystie...