You gotta fight for your right to petition. Brooklyn hip hop promoter Leroy McCarthy returned to Community Board 3’s Transportation and Public Safety Committee last…
Police, Pols Call For More Safety at ‘Most Dangerous Intersections’ and Beyond
It happened again this morning: around 7 a.m., a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Bowery and Hester. The victim was…
Valentine’s Day Is Never a Bust at This 45-Year-Old Corset Shop
On the weekend before Valentine’s Day, the Orchard Corset Center was crowded with customers looking to get fitted for bras, bridal bustiers and corsets. The Lower East Side…
This Woman Says the Chelsea Hotel’s New Owner Offered Her Nearly Half a Million to Move
The plastered on a lobby door of the historic Hotel Chelsea could be lifted any day now, allowing for a new round of renovations in…
Stanley Cohen Defends Himself One Month, Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law the Next
The judge was a little late getting to his 13th-floor courtroom in lower Manhattan, so Stanley L. Cohen, the controversial criminal defense lawyer from Avenue D,…
No ‘Beastie Boys Square’ On the LES Just Yet: CB Says Get It Together
The quest to have a Lower East Side corner co-named after the Beastie Boys isn’t looking like a “sure shot.”
Judge Says Yippie Building Tenants Must Peace Out
A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled that the venerable Yippie Museum be cleared for new tenants and has handed yippie leader Dana…
Remembering Al Goldstein: ‘Pioneer of Free Speech,’ ‘Ralph Kramden of Porn’
He was arrested numerous times for obscenity and reviled as the devil incarnate by religious figures and feminists. But when pornographer Al Goldstein died at…
Drunken Santas Are ‘Not Bad People,’ Says Police Captain
Despite a noticeable police presence around Tompkins Square Park and a viral video of Santas brawling near Union Square, SantaCon posed few problems in the…
Sorry Morrissey, The Bowery Mission Served 540 Turkeys to 7,000 People
Mayor Bloomberg came by after the 8 a.m. meal and police commissioner Ray Kelly showed up a few hours later. But for the homeless and…