Morning Reads: Local Housing Preferences Scrutinized, Velazquez in Cuba,...
The federal government is examining whether agreements to set aside affordable housing for local residents violate civil rights laws (WSJ via Google News). A housing court judge ruled that a rent...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Interest in Silver’s Seat, Construction at 76 East Houston...
Sheldon Silver shows no signs of relinquishing his Assembly seat. “I intend to fully represent my constituents in the best way I know how,” he told the Daily News (Daily News). Downtown District Leader...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Avenue D Murder, Winnie’s Bar is Closing, the “Tyranny of...
A man was shot and killed outside the Lillian Wald Houses on Avenue D yesterday afternoon (Channel 2). Tenant rights legislation sponsored by Sen. Daniel Squadron is ensnarled in the ongoing debate in...
View ArticleMorning Reads: East Village Murder, Robbery Suspect, Dwellers Profiled
Cops say 21-year-old Shaquille Fuller is still on the run after allegedly shooting and killing a man outside the Wald Houses (Daily News). Police are looking for a suspect wanted in several...
View ArticleMorning Reads: “Club Queen” Buys $7 Million Condo, Taking on “Tenant...
Emma Hsieh, a real estate investor who owns two Lower East Side bars, buys a $7 million penthouse at 100 Norfolk St. (Post). Local City Council member Rosie Mendez is co-sponsor of new legislation that...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Arrest in Avenue D Shooting, Support For Chrystie Street Bike...
Cops have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of an aspiring rapper on Avenue D (Daily News). Community Board 3 asks the city to install a protected bike lane on Chrystie Street (Streetsblog). Another...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Brooklyn Bridge Repair Woes, Documenting LES Gentrification,...
The Brooklyn Bridge repair project is behind schedule and $100 million over budget (Daily News). Time to end subsidies for billionaires? Tenant advocates push to end the 421-a tax abatement. The fight...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Serial Robbers, LMDC’s Life Span, Taqueria LES Relocates
Police are looking for two robbers who have hit businesses on Mott, Elizabeth and other surrounding streets (Channel 4). Editorial: The time has come to shut down the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.,...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Ludlow Street’s New Aristocracy, Hotel Slump, Squatters of the...
A dispatch from Monday night’s VIP reception at the newly minted Taittinger Gallery on Ludlow Street: “It will not be your typical downtown gallery—the high walls and sleek facade strut and soar like a...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Innovate Manhattan Charter School is Closing, Askan Menswear...
Innovate Manhattan Charter School on Delancey Street will close its doors, due to recruitment and budget woes (Chalkbeat). Askan Menswear leases space at 151 Orchard St. (Commercial Observer). The...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Local Housing Preferences Scrutinized, Velazquez in Cuba,...
The federal government is examining whether agreements to set aside affordable housing for local residents violate civil rights laws (WSJ via Google News). A housing court judge ruled that a rent...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Interest in Silver’s Seat, Construction at 76 East Houston...
Sheldon Silver shows no signs of relinquishing his Assembly seat. “I intend to fully represent my constituents in the best way I know how,” he told the Daily News (Daily News). Downtown District Leader...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Avenue D Murder, Winnie’s Bar is Closing, the “Tyranny of...
A man was shot and killed outside the Lillian Wald Houses on Avenue D yesterday afternoon (Channel 2). Tenant rights legislation sponsored by Sen. Daniel Squadron is ensnarled in the ongoing debate in...
View ArticleMorning Reads: East Village Murder, Robbery Suspect, Dwellers Profiled
Cops say 21-year-old Shaquille Fuller is still on the run after allegedly shooting and killing a man outside the Wald Houses (Daily News). Police are looking for a suspect wanted in several...
View ArticleMorning Reads: “Club Queen” Buys $7 Million Condo, Taking on “Tenant...
Emma Hsieh, a real estate investor who owns two Lower East Side bars, buys a $7 million penthouse at 100 Norfolk St. (Post). Local City Council member Rosie Mendez is co-sponsor of new legislation that...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Arrest in Avenue D Shooting, Support For Chrystie Street Bike...
Cops have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of an aspiring rapper on Avenue D (Daily News). Community Board 3 asks the city to install a protected bike lane on Chrystie Street (Streetsblog). Another...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Brooklyn Bridge Repair Woes, Documenting LES Gentrification,...
The Brooklyn Bridge repair project is behind schedule and $100 million over budget (Daily News). Time to end subsidies for billionaires? Tenant advocates push to end the 421-a tax abatement. The fight...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Serial Robbers, LMDC’s Life Span, Taqueria LES Relocates
Police are looking for two robbers who have hit businesses on Mott, Elizabeth and other surrounding streets (Channel 4). Editorial: The time has come to shut down the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.,...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Ludlow Street’s New Aristocracy, Hotel Slump, Squatters of the...
A dispatch from Monday night’s VIP reception at the newly minted Taittinger Gallery on Ludlow Street: “It will not be your typical downtown gallery—the high walls and sleek facade strut and soar like a...
View ArticleMorning Reads: Innovate Manhattan Charter School is Closing, Askan Menswear...
Innovate Manhattan Charter School on Delancey Street will close its doors, due to recruitment and budget woes (Chalkbeat). Askan Menswear leases space at 151 Orchard St. (Commercial Observer). The...
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