Sound familiar? Residents of the Riis Houses are without hot water for several weeks (WNBC).
The Landmarks Commission finally approves a developer's plan to build on top of the Puck Building (Crain's).
A revitalized Pier 15 is now open (DNA Info).
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Common Cause thinks Sheldon Silver's district (AD-64) should be redrawn to incorporate all of the Lower East Side, including Latino-leaning areas north of Houston Street. More affluent neighborhoods, such as Battery Park City, would be eliminated (WNYC).
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Some parents and former employees believe Marta Valle High School is downplaying violent incidents (Post).
A check of Building Department records shows the elevator at 129 Ridge Street is one of the city's most dangerous (Post).
A review of a federal...
A couple of weeks ago, the New York Daily News published a story that sounded just a little too wacky to be true. The paper reported that a Long Island woman had bought a one-bedroom apartment in the Seward Park Co-0p...
More Chinatown supporters of Comptroller John Liu are under scrutiny, as a federal investigation widens (NYT).
The "Delancey Underground" is not the only potential development project in New York inspired by the success of The High Line (Metro Focus).
Inside one...
Pizza a Casa, the learn-to-make-pie-at-home school at 371 Grand St., is having a New York Times moment today.
Reporter David Koeeppel delivers an interesting blow-by-blow account of the school's battle with TripAdvisor, a travel site that categorizes and rates dining, lodging...
Millionaire tax musings: "While the political winds blew (Governor) Cuomo away from his party and to the right, and then back to the left," political reporter Jimmy Viekind writes, "Silver achieved his goals by staying dead still." (Capital NY).
Preservationists...
A "mystery" buyer snaps up 315 East 10th Street from the Educational Alliance. There are strong hints that the buyer was also behind the purchase of the Cabrini Nursing Home building and is, in fact, developer Ben Shaoul (EV...
John Liu is forced to cancel a Chinatown fundraiser (Post).
Why would K&T Farm Corp., 38 Monroe Street (Knickerbocker Village) have received $100,000 in farm subsidies? That is a very good question (City Limits).
Oliva, the Spanish tapas restaurant on East...
Another piece of the old Bowery fades away. The tent housing "Billy's Antiques" on East Houston Street is coming down; Billy Leroy will set up shop in a new building his landlord plans on constructing where the tent now...
