nightlife crackdown

An event that began as a hip-hop CD release party at Orchard Street nightclub Tammany Hall yesterday evening ended with blood on the sidewalk, the arrest of half a dozen patrons and at least five police officers injured in the wee hours of the morning. Ten...

Fans of hip hop acts Smif N Wessun and Pete Rock are reporting this morning that dozens of NYPD officers stormed the Tammany Hall bar at 152 Orchard St. late last night, breaking up the crowd with pepper spray. One concertgoer described...

On Friday afternoon, defense attorney Kevin O'Donoghue rose to his feet in closing arguments, telling a state Supreme Court judge, "something stinks on the Lower East Side and (referencing a recent New York Magazine story on the city's smelliest...

As we tweeted in the wee hours this morning, another bar has been shuttered by the 7th Precinct. This time, it's Welcome to the Johnsons at 123 Rivington Street.  Last night, the NYPD and city attorneys showed up with...

Last night we were at Foundation, 137 Essex Street, the latest target of the 7th Precinct's Lower East Side nightlife crackdown, which was slapped with three bright orange restraining order stickers citing underage drinking, overcrowding and safety hazards. But The...

For the past eight months, we've been following the 7th Precinct's nightlife crackdown closely. As bar after bar is shut down temporarily for alleged underage drinking and other violations, tensions between the Police Department and nightlife operators  rise sharply....

In the past few months we've been reporting about the 7th Precinct's crackdown on Lower East Side bars and clubs.  Our requests for information about the enforcement sweeps have gone unanswered by the NYPD's press office.  But this week,...

Here's the latest on the 7th Precinct's crackdown on Lower East Side nightlife establishments.  About a week ago, the NYPD filed a civil lawsuit against Le Lupanar, a four-year-old restaurant/bar at 103 Essex Street. As you may recall, the Police...