Tuesday, August 22, 2017

EVG Etc.: Commercial rent tax battle; wedding on an M14D


[At the former Golden Market on 1st Avenue at 7th Street]

Police have arrested the Uber driver accused of raping an East Village resident after she fell asleep in his car (New York Post)

The East Village Queer Film Festival is underway at the Wild Project on Third Street (Official site)

A proposal to declaw Manhattan’s commercial rent tax has pitted de Blasio against his own party (The Real Deal)

Couple gets married on a 14D bus (B+B)

East Village man arrested, accused of taking peeping-Tom photos of neighbor (Daily News)

City Hall reported 70 pedestrians and cyclists killed by city motorists through July, and 8,074 injured, compared to 80 deaths and 8,502 injuries in the first seven months of 2016. (Streetsblog)

Pier 36 becomes party boat, cruise ship destination (The Lo-Down)

Celebrating the longstanding and ongoing ties between boxing and cinema (Anthology Film Archives)

Invasion of the outlet malls in NYC? (Gothamist)

Diversions: Andy Kauffman's 1979 show at Carnegie Hall (Dangerous Minds)
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 22, 2017 at 2:20 PM

    "City Hall reported 70 pedestrians and cyclists killed by city motorists through July, and 8,074 injured, compared to 80 deaths and 8,502 injuries in the first seven months of 2016."


    So much for the Vision Zero initiative by zero vision de blasio

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  2. AnonymousAugust 22, 2017 at 2:45 PM

    We recently lost one of our own to death-by-car. Eddy, who hung out in Tompkins and rode his bike everywhere, passed away last week.

    http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2017/08/friends-gather-in-les-garden-to-remember-eddy-menuau.html

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  3. AnonymousAugust 22, 2017 at 4:48 PM

    The "killed by city motorists" numbers, how do they compare to the murder numbers for that period? Has NYC become the most dangerous city in the USA to walk or ride???

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  4. EV GrieveAugust 22, 2017 at 6:24 PM

    I was sorry to hear about Eddy. I was waiting on more information for a post.

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  5. Scuba DivaAugust 23, 2017 at 12:39 AM

    Fuck; I saw a sign about Eddy, but it was spelled "Eddie."

    I had just met him; he fixed my window. It's not fair.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 23, 2017 at 10:43 AM

    I think it's high time deBlahBlahBlahsoso got off his duff and banned murderers once and for.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 24, 2017 at 8:59 AM

    Rip Eddy. Was a kind soul. My dogs loved him and he loved tgem

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