After 20 years in charge of one of the Lower East Side's largest and oldest social service organizations, Margarita Rose is stepping down as executive director of Grand Street Settlement. She made the announcement earlier this week, saying she...
Mayor de Blasio and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer tangled yesterday over Universal Pre-K, one of the mayor's signature initiatives. More than 50,000 kids (4-year-olds) are expected to take part in the program when it debuts next week....
We received the following email from Judith Sam, director of youth services at Grand Street Settlement. The social services agency is located just a few steps away from the location in which Raphael Ward was shot and killed:
Classmates and...
Our friends at the Grand Street Settlement are hosting an evening of comedy and music in support of ongoing Sandy recovery efforts here on the Lower East Side this Thursday, Nov. 15th at 7:30pm. Comedienne Wendy Liebman and the...
The Grand Street Settlement is holding their "fall rock fundraiser" on Thursday evening at Think Coffee. This is their second year hosting the event and they have added musicians David Rogue and Jimmy McDonald to the bill. One hundred...
The Grand Street Settlement is looking for a few good men and women for its AmeriCorps Program:
The AmeriCorps program at Grand Street Settlement is entering its thirteenth year and currently seeking summer volunteers from June through August, to participate...
This afternoon we have the final installment of our series leading up to the 10th annual Taste of the Lower East Side. The benefit for the Grand Street Settlement begins this evening at 7 o'clock. We're wrapping up with...
The Grand Street Settlement's Taste of the Lower East is just a day away. For the past month, we've been profiling many of this year's participants. We saved one of the most enticing entries until second last -- il...
We resume our series profiling the participants in this year's Taste of the Lower East Side with a perennial neighborhood favorite -- Sugar Sweet Sunshine. When I arrived on a sunny afternoon last week to interview co-owners Debbie Weiner...
Several girls gather around a large chef's table, as Alicia Sanchez explains the finer points of making tortillas from scratch. On the menu today: fresh fish tacos. Sanchez, owner of the Sugarplum Bakery in Brooklyn, comes to the Lower...
