The Rent Guidelines Board gives preliminary approval to increases amid activists' protests (Gothamist, DNAInfo).
Councilwoman Margaret Chin joins Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and the NYC DOT commissioner in kicking off a $750,000 Chinatown curbside parking study (DNAInfo).
The Lower East Side's gallery scene...
According to the New York Post, the NYPD is dealing with a big increase in assaults downtown, the "city's party mecca." In the Lower East Side, there have been 43 assaults so far in 2009, up 30-percent from 2008....
