Saturday, October 26, 2024

EVG Etc.: Potential jurors in Daniel Penny trial face further questioning; election races to watch

Photo from Houston and the Bowery

• Jury selection continues in the manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny (Courthouse News ... Remembering Jordan Neely (ABC News) 

• The nonprofits that operate NYC's homeless shelters are engaged in widespread corruption, officials say (The New York Times... UPI) 

• The mayor's defense team is arguing that law enforcement agencies deliberately tried to tarnish his reputation (Gothamist) 

• Races to watch in NYC this election season (THE CITY) 

• Panhandler attacked a customer at Mee Noodle on First Avenue (PIX 11) 

• A look at the fourth annual FranCon gathering at the Holiday Cocktail Lounge on St. Mark's Place (Vogue) 

• New gallery exhibit on Second Street near Avenue A: Survivor-Girl, "women-identifying artists exploring the spectrum of womanhood and the survivor-body" (Ruby/Dakota ... previously on EVG)

• In praise of "Energies," a new exhibition at the Swiss Institute on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Cultured) 

• The man fighting to save the Elizabeth Street Garden (Interview)

• A fall-time look at Christo and Amelia, the resident red-tailed hawks of Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography)

• A Taiwanese food crawl in the East Village (Gothamist) 

• A Sixth Street co-op "embodies East Village cool, all grown up" (6sqft) 

• Dirt Candy, which got its start on Ninth Street, turns 16 (Forbes) 

• The NYC restaurants going old-school with the return of the reservation book (Eater) 

• Two chances to see "All the President's Men" on the big screen, today and Wednesday (Metrograph) 

 ... and on Avenue B between Eighth Street and Ninth Street this afternoon...

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