Saturday, April 5, 2025

EVG Etc.: New mixed-income housing for the LES; an expanded car-free Earth Day

Photo by Stacie Joy 
Resources for immigrants at the Tompkins Square Library branch (and at other NYPL branches) 
Local stories of interest from other sources this past week include... 

• In the works for Essex and Delancey: mixed-income housing on the former site of the Essex Market plus an ADA-compliant subway stop (amNY ... press release

• $2 billion in federal funding for NYC schools at risk amid Trump administration's DEI threats (Chalkbeat

• Today's "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protest — also happening nationwide — starts at 1 p.m. in Bryant Park (The Times ... Axios

• Now-independent Mayor Adams bashes Democrats at mayoral forum (The City

• Meanwhile, law enforcement investigations of some of the mayor's closest aides continue (The City

• A list of all the candidates for NYC mayor (City & State

• Mayor Adams lets Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy talk shit about NYC subways during "a media and press clown show" at the Broadway-Lafayette Street station (Streetsblog

• Impact of tourists avoiding the U.S. being felt in NYC (Gothamist

• About the "largest-ever" car-free Earth Day in NYC (amNY ... DOT press release

• Two new NYC bars will feature women's sports, including Wilka's on the Bowery (Eater... previously on EVG

• A rundown of the food at the recently opened Bananas on First Avenue between 10th and 11th (The Infatuation ... previously on EVG

• At Performance Space New York's 2025 Gala on First Avenue and Ninth Street (Document Journal

• RIP, legend: The most-skated part of Hamilton Fish Park has been demolished (Quartersnacks

• Check out the early films of John Sayles (Metrograph

... we don't know where they are moving, but Karma Books on Third Street between Avenue A and First Avenue is having a moving sale all month...

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