Sheldon Silver

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  Low Line Endorsements and First Glimpse of Full-Scale Model

  For its next trick, Low Line is set to display a model of the park inside the sometimes-vacant Essex Street Market building south of Delancey.

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  Seward Park Athletic Grounds Reopens to the Public!

  Score one for grassroots Lower East Side activists, as the Seward Park athletic grounds finally reopens to the public today.

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  The 2012 PAL “Playstreets” Program

  With the increase in crime across the city through the early part of the summer, Assemblyman Sheldon Silver has successfully pushed to have the Police Athletic League ("PAL") open one of its programs on the Lower [...]

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  Seward Park Athletic Grounds Remain Closed to Public

  Anyone who's tried to take advantage of the expansive Seward Park athletic grounds in recent months has likely experienced the lockout.

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  New Permitting System for Intercity Bus Industry

  With the influx of intercity buses in the clogging Manhattan streets and causing major traffic congestion, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced the passage of legislation that will create a new permitting [...]

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  Lower East Side Shootings Prompt Calls for Gun Buy Back

  In response to an increased number of shootings on the Lower East Side, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver informed both Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly last week about his [...]

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  Plans Unveiled to Improve Safety of Delancey Street

  It is Manhattan's version of the “Boulevard of Death.” Manhattan's version of Queens Boulevard. The point where the Williamsburg Bridge empties onto Delancey Street.

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  Mayor Boozberg and Company [Cartoon]

  Living on the Lower East Side (anywhere in Community Board 3) is a perpetual lesson in nightlife over-saturation.