Last week, a bill was introduced in Albany that, if enacted, would create a permit system for intercity buses operating in New York City. The legislation, sponsored by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senator Daniel Squadron, seeks to reign...
Residents on the Lower East Side have been waiting a long time for something to be done about the ever-growing number of so-called "Chinatown buses" clogging the neighborhood's streets. In December of 2009, Department of Transportation official Luis Sanchez...
Later today, the neighborhood's elected officials will announce proposed legislation setting up a permit system for those inter-city Chinatown buses. We got word of the long awaited move in a late night email message from Senator Daniel Squadron.
The Chinatown...
In Albany, the annual battle over New York's byzantine rent laws is starting to heat up. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver might refuse to extend a tax break benefiting real estate developers unless...
New York Jets fans are, of course, licking their wounds today. Among them: our state senator, Daniel Squadron (third from the left with a few other guys you might recognize). In a column published on ESPN's web site today,...
As power point slides go, this one was a doozy. During Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State speech yesterday, LES Assemblyman, Speaker Sheldon Silver, was cast in a starring role. Here's what Cuomo had to say, as this...
Whose neighborhood is it? This is the question that has divided the Lower East Side for at least the past 40 years and has stymied the development of the most valuable piece of land New York City owns. Last...
The LES Business Improvement District officially unveiled their new headquarters (and Visitor Center) at 54 Orchard Street on Tuesday night. They celebrated the long-awaited new space with a ribbon cutting ceremony and remarks from numerous elected officials who were...
This morning, members of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation board allocated $100 million for a performing arts center at the World Trade Center, $20 million for a bridge at West Thames Street in Battery Park City and $15 million...
