Nabe News: April 15
More on the Grand Street Fire, NYU protesting, and noise deterrence, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
Death and taxes – Joey Ramone passed away nine years ago today.
In response to the fire at 283 Grand Street, Community Board 3 is currently discussing a resolution denouncing the mayor’s plans to shut down fire stations citywide, particularly the five located in the confines of their jurisdiction. These cuts are part of Bloomberg’s proposed 5% budget cut for 2011 [Real Deal; Previously]
…And a look at the carnage from within [Lo-Down]
Billy LeRoy and Keith McNally finally met and buried the hatchet [Eater]
NYU held its first open house last night regarding its grand expansion plans in the neighborhood. Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation held a protest rally outside the Kimmel Center before the meeting. As Save the Lower East Side notes, “Scarier still is their silence on the East Village. Looking at the fantasies-afar, you know it’s going to pop up here, but they don’t give a clue as to where.” [Curbed; Save the Lower East Side]
More clever ways of noise deterrence in the East Village. Cafe 81 warns patrons to keep it down or residents “will throw a shamwow at you.” [EV Grieve]
So that Marc Jacobs bookstore on Bleecker Street might actually happen? [Vanishing NY]
Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame allegedly tackle Mormonism in their new Broadway show, The Book of Mormon. That subject matter is not new to the duo, just watch Orgazmo [NY Press]
Recent Stories
Unprovoked Stabbing on Worth Street has Chinatown on Edge
In an apparently random attack yesterday evening, a 36-year-old Chinese man was stabbed in the back, and severely injured, by Brooklyn resident Salman Muflihi. The attacker wielded an eight-inch knife in the incident outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse on Worth Street, then surrendered at the entrance of the Manhattan DA’s office on Hogan Place. […]
Uncapped: In Conversation with Clayton Patterson and Cochise
Oh hey, Boogie Faithful, it’s your favorite historian here announcing our new graf-related podcast. We’ve done a few episodes, literally, and for the latest, Clayton Patterson has come out of his Boogie corner. We chatted, we laughed, we discussed some esoteric, anecdotal and priceless Lower East Side history. Local native and artist Jose “Cochise” Quiles also […]
Jing Fong Waiters Urge Landlord to Reinstate Dining Room
Chinatown shook to its core last weekend upon news that Jing Fong is closing down its massive dining room next week (March 7). The restaurant will continue operating as a ghost kitchen to fulfill orders for takeout, delivery, and outdoor dining on its patio. They’re reportedly on a month-to-month lease. “With our drastic decline in […]
Small Business Owners ‘Permanently Close’ to Demand COVID Relief
Local small business groups, along with the Cooper Square Committee, East Village Community Coalition, and Village Preservation are hosting a rally today in the name of economic survival. It’s part of a statewide week of activism to find commercial rent relief in the city. With that, businesses who fear forever closure due to rent burdens […]
Fired Laundry Workers Accuse Liox Cleaners of ‘Union Busting’
The Liox Cleaners chain is facing a raft of opposition in the wake of alleged “union busting.” Tuesday afternoon saw the first of two picketing actions outside the Allen Street location, just north of Delancey. According to the distributed literature, “On February 19, the Liox laundry chain fired the immigrant woman workers of the Wash […]
