Opening for the day at Globe Slicers on the Bowery
• Four people injured in a mini-van collision on Third Avenue at Sixth Street; driver arrested (ABC 7 ... 1010 WINS ... CBS 2)
• The Mayor's "City of Yes" — with a few concessions — gets approvals from key City Council committees. News and reactions to the plan that will accelerate housing construction: (The City ... Streetsblog ... Gothamist ... City & State ... The New York Times ... The Post)
"The approved plan included almost no changes to address objections raised about its impact in neighborhoods like Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo" (Village Preservation)
• City Hall plans to transfer all shelter operations, including those for asylum seekers, back to the Department of Homeless Services by June 2026 (The City)
• Daniel Penny will not testify in subway chokehold trial as defense rests (Gothamist)
• Police just released info about a 60-year-old man hit with a pipe for not giving stranger money on First Avenue and 13th Street last month (1010 WINS)
• Another new bakery, this one on Cooper Square at the former Dunkin' (Eater)
• At 95, Shaindel Schreiber still dispenses babka and advice at Moishe's Bakery on Grand Street (The Forward)
• A look at the archives of Paul Morrissey, a longtime East Village resident, a fixture of the NYC underground cinema scene, and a collaborator of Andy Warhol. He died last month at age 86. (Air Mail — you need to provide an email address to access the article)
• "3 Weeks of Christmas" films at the Village East by Angelika (Official site)
• Two chances to see David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" on the big screen (Metrograph)
• An archival interview from 1989, in the East Village, with My Bloody Valentine after the release of their mesmerizing debut full-length record, Isn't Anything (Hot Press)
... and always a lot of interesting programming from the storefront studio on First Avenue on East Village Radio... for example...
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