Police Blotter, Week of Jan. 16, 2019
SEVENTH PRECINCT Bad remedy Police are searching for a suspect for questioning regarding the slashing of a 32-year-old man in a Lower East Side…
M.T.A. emergency L-train meeting had ‘tunnel vision’
BY LESLEY SUSSMAN | Details of a new alternative plan to repair the L train’s East River tubes were presented at a hastily called emergency…
Village doyenne Doris Diether turns 90! Feted by friends at Judson bash
BY TEQUILA MINSKY | It was the party of the year — and we’re only 10 days in! Decked out in a red velvet frock with…
Lower East Side ‘activist estates’: A tale of three buildings
BY BILL WEINBERG | It gives a sense of passing time to see much of your life reflected in a work of recent history. This…
Costs make Upright Citizens Brigade decamp to SubCulture
BY SYDNEY PEREIRA | The Upright Citizens Brigade announced last week that it is set to close its East Village location next month. The venue…
San Francisco couple left their heart in NYC
BY MARTHA WILKIE | A West Coast couple is looking to return to New York City after living in the San Francisco area for years…
An open letter to Council Speaker Johnson post-‘L-pocalypse’
BY DAVID MARCUS | Dear Corey, Happy New Year. I wish you good health, happiness and success in the New Year. Quite a list…
Broken glass and sharp words over L-shutdown bike lanes
BY RICO BURNEY | The L-train shutdown may no longer be happening, but the flap surrounding the Department of Transportation’s plans to mitigate the effects…
Big chill at Westbeth: Tenants freezing due to bum boilers
BY KATE WALTER | Westbeth tenants have been freezing all week with no relief expected until boiler parts arrive from Canada. Tenants in apartments…
Manhattan Happenings, Week of Jan. 10, 2019
BY SYDNEY PEREIRA | ARTS “Battle! Hip-Hop in Armor”: Hip-hop dancers will meet knights in armor in a dance performance commissioned by MetLiveArts…
She’s the thread keeping the community together
BY SYDNEY PEREIRA | In the cozy basement of the Henry Street Settlement’s offices at the Vladeck Houses, Ruth Taube, 95, has kept a fortress…
Blaz slams the rich and landlords, touts prison reform, ‘3-K’ in State of City
BY SYDNEY PEREIRA | Mayor Bill de Blasio laid out a cornucopia of new plans for the Big Apple in his annual State of the…
‘Village Nights’ brings back that ’60s vibe
BY GABE HERMAN | On Sun., Jan. 13, “Village Nights” returns to the Washington Square Hotel. Season two of the monthly musical salon series…
Police Blotter, Week of Jan. 10, 2019 (Manhattan Express)
20th Precinct Jewelry job There was an apartment robbery at 322 W. 72 St., according to police. A woman, 41, was on vacation early…
Police Blotter, Week of Jan. 10, 2019 (Chelsea Now)
10TH PRECINCT Woman, 75, dead in river Police found Elizabeth Wallace, 75, floating facedown in the Hudson River off of W. 24th St.…
