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Morning Reads: NYCHA Police Payments Nixed, Basquiat Exhibition, Clothing Swap

The mayor announces he's ending the practice of requiring NYCHA to pay for police protection (Daily News). A big residential building on East 3rd Street has been listed for $38 million (EV Grieve). A group of Grand Street residents has opened...

Morning Reads: Speaker Silver’s 20th Year, LES Real Estate Bargains, Tenement Museum Q&A

Sheldon Silver yesterday celebrated 20 years as Assembly Speaker (Daily News). Some possible, hazy clues about the mayor's affordable housing plan, which will be revealed in May (Observer). Lower East Side real estate is a bargain! A survey finds apartment prices...

Morning Reads: Common Core, New BEEP is No 7-Eleven Fan, Big Lebowski Burlesque

Sheldon Silver is pleased that the Board of Regents has made changes in the Common Core Curriculum (Daily News). City Council member Rosie Mendez wants to ban the use of animals in the circus (Daily News). ICYMI: Borough President Gale Brewer...

Lower East Side BID Launches Orchard Street Redesign Process

Orchard Street -- with its historic tenements, mix old and new retail and distinctive character --  remains a Lower East Side treasure.  But it's also got some drawbacks.  The narrow corridor is often congested with trucks making deliveries, and...

Morning Reads: New City Housing Leaders, Dangerous Drivers, Mosaic Man

The mayor picks new leaders for the New York City Housing Authority and HPD (NYT). NYCHA scaffolding and construction sheds create danger and waste money (Daily News). A proposal to build a hotel next to the Merchant's House Museum heads back...

Morning Reads: Silver’s New Challenger, Fung Wah Still Curbed, Architectural Hijinks

A Republican attorney has decided to challenge Sheldon Silver (Capital). The federal government has denied the Fung Wah Bus Company's application to resume operations (Boston Globe). The Living Room may find refuge in Brooklyn (Bedford & Bowery). ODA, the firm building that...

Snowy Rooftops on the Bowery

Thanks to Jan Sasson for this snowy cityscape above the Bowery, near Grand Street.

East Broadway Water Main Replacement Completed; Road Work Ongoing (Updated 9:31 p.m.)

A brief update from the intersection of East Broadway and Clinton streets, where city crews have finished replacing the water main that burst early yesterday morning after reportedly being struck by a snow plow.  About a dozen businesses had...
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Photo: NYCHA's Seward Park Extension. Recent headlines: --NYCHA has selected a private consortium consisting of MDG Design + Construction, Essence Development,...
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