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Rep. Nydia Velazquez and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadek-Khan just wrapped up a news conference in Chinatown. Standing on Hester Street, on the edge of Sara D. Roosevelt Park, they announced the beginning of a neighborhood traffic safety study. More...

Opponents of the Chinatown Business Improvement District staged a rally in Chatham Square yesterday, urging members of the City Council to vote against the proposal. The Council's Finance Committee heard testimony May 26th, but will not vote for a...

The following op/ed was submitted by Patrick Y. Yau and David J. Louie, Chinatown businessmen and leaders of the effort to establish a Business Improvement District in Chinatown: When 500 children at the Transfiguration School participated in a poster contest...

In the wake of another tragic bus accident, the neighborhood's elected officials gathered in Chinatown today to renew their calls for stronger laws regulating interstate bus companies. More on their pleas in a moment. First, there have been some other...

The City Council's Finance Committee this morning scheduled a hearing on the proposal to create a Chinatown Business Improvement District, the latest step forward for the plan, which has been championed by City Councilmember Margaret Chin. "We're really happy that...

Seven weeks after the tragic casino bus accident in the Bronx, friends and loved ones gathered in Chinatown yesterday to remember Wang Jianhua, the last of 15 victims to be buried.  The funeral was delayed while his widow waited...

Most of the time, City Councilmember Margaret Chin's news conferences, on topics such as affordable housing and education funding, are attended by just a few journalists from community media and Chinese language newspapers.  But yesterday, a gaggle of reporters...

Hope you enjoyed the sunshine over the weekend. Rain showers off and on today and windy,  with a high of 66. More of the same tomorrow. Our Calendar is freshly updated. Lots happening this week on the Lower East...

This afternoon in Washington, D.C., a Senate subcommittee examines the topic of intercity bus regulation. The issue has become a national priority in the aftermath of the deadly bus accident in the Bronx earlier this month (many of the...

Prosecutors say a well-off woman from Florida - a frequent visitor to New York's Chinatown - is a prolific pickpocket. 67-year old Ha Vasko is now being held at Rikers Island on $124,500 bail. According to the New York...