Community Board 3 voted 27-11 last night to support a liquor permit application for a new restaurant on Monroe Street from the team that owns Forgtmenot and Kiki's.
Members of Community Board 3's land use committee last night pressed city officials for a more robust role in deciding the future of the former Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal below Delancey Street.
In the past year or two, the Lower East Side's robust nightlife scene has gradually drifted down below Canal Street. At last night's meeting of Community Board 3's State Liquor Authority (SLA) Committee, residents showed up to voice concerns...
Community Board 3 last night joined the citywide revolt against Mayor de Blasio's rezoning plans.
Two initiatives - Zoning for Quality & Affordability and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing - are now making their way through the land use approval process. Community...
Community Board 3 took a stand last night against a new permit for a bus company operating illegally from 125 East Broadway.
Earlier this month, the board's transportation committee signaled its support for an application from GD Tour Inc. For...
What do we have here? On the left, that's a city bus attempting to pull into a regular MTA bus stop in front of 125 East Broadway. On the right, you have an intercity bus, operated by GD Tour...
It's been awhile since we've checked in on the Lower East Side/Chinatown intercity bus wars. As we've reported on numerous occasions, local residents are beyond frustrated with the onslaught of both legal and illegal bus companies using the neighborhood's...
We sat down with determined local entrepreneur Alexander Olch to talk about the ambitious proposal for Metrograph, a world-class art house cinema located inside a former food supply warehouse at 7 Ludlow St.
We told you yesterday that Community Board 3 is gradually moving toward asking the city's Department of Planning to look into creating a Special Purpose District to bolster independent business on the Lower East Side. The idea would be...
In the past few years, Community Board 3 has been studying potential ways to curb the proliferation of chain stores and to help struggling independent businesses. Now CB3's economic development committee is inching toward a proposal for a possible...
