EVG Etc.: The end of mandatory broker fees; the return of congestion pricing

An evening stroll on 2nd Street between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue 

• City Council passes bill that shifts broker fees to landlords (ABC 7 ... The Associated Press) 

• Congestion pricing plan returns with new reduced tolls for Manhattan (ABC News ... Politico) 

• RIP Cowboy Ray Kelly, sculptor, leader of the Rivington School, and co-founder of the performance space NoSeNo (Legacy.com) 

• The latest from the Daniel Penny trial (Gothamist) 

• City announces 'Drone as First Responder' program (NYC.gov ... Daily News) 

• Brush fires reach historic levels across NYC (The City) 

• Recently arrived immigrants from Africa are turning to Instacart outside places like Wegmans on Astor Place with few other options for work (Streetsblog) 

• Knickerbocker Village on the LES was the only district in Manhattan where Trump received the majority of votes (The Post) 

• Post-election therapy in the form of Post-it notes in an underpass at the 14th Street subway complex (Hyperallergic)

• A look at four co-named streets in the neighborhood (Village Preservation) 

• At the Swiss Institute Benefit Gala (Cultured) 

• What to eat at YongChuan, a 2-month-old restaurant that opened at 90 Clinton St., above Delancey, that is the lone restaurant in Manhattan focusing on the cuisine of Ningbo, a port city in the Zhejiang province, south of Shanghai (Eater) 

• Almost time for "A Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House: Charles Dickens in New York, 1867" (Merchant's House Museum)

• Two chances to see "Downtown 81" on a big screen (Metrograph)

• About a local resident's AI wingman (Observer) 

... and if you're a Bluesky person, we set up on that platform this week...

EVG Etc.: Election Day the day after

Sunrise from 3rd and A today

• Where Donald Trump's policies are likely to affect New Yorkers (Gothamist)

• How Trump's mass deportations and tariffs would impact NYC's economy (The City) 

• Mayor Adams vows to fight for rights of New Yorkers after Trump election victory (ABC 7) 

• Adams was way off the political radar last night (Politico) 

• How your NYC neighbors voted in the election (The City) 

• NYC voters approve most local ballot measures (CBS News) ... Voters approved four of the mayor's five ballot proposals in a blow to City Council (Politico) 

• NYCHA tenants, including at the Riis Houses on Avenue D, sue the city, saying the agency does not disclose hazards such as lead and rats (Gothamist) 

• Village Preservation study finds high housing growth policies like "City of Yes" tend to make neighborhoods more white (PDF here)

• ICYMI: SNL spoofs EV resident and Assembly Member Harvey Epstein (City & State ... NBC)

• A curbside dining farewell tour (The New Yorker) 

• Book Club Bar turns 5 on Saturday (Official site... previously on EVG) 

• How Frank Kabatas, the owner of East Village Pizza, spends his Sundays (The New York Times)

• East Village well-represented in the best-coffee-in-NYC listicle (Eater) 

• A listicle of the East Village's best restaurants (The Infatuation) 

• Elbow Bread now open on Canal and Division (The Infatuation)

• The Berlin-founded Cabin Gallery debuts on Henry Street (artnet) 

• An Insomnia film series includes "Taxi Driver" and "Fight Club" (Metrograph)

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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EVG Etc.: Ballot questions for New Yorkers; early voting starts Oct. 26

Vote art on Great Jones

• The 6 ballot questions New Yorkers will vote on next month (The City) ... Early voting starts on Oct. 26 (NYC Votes) 

• Mayor Adams unveils a new effort to address homelessness in the subways (Gothamist ... press release) 

• Mayor says new NYPD commish is on the way since the interim one didn't work out after the previous one resigned; Feds search the offices of the NYPD's School Safety Division (NBC 4) 

• Why the MTA is enjoying a sudden outpouring of public support (Gothamist) 

• Exploring the neighborhood's community gardens (Village Preservation) 

• A long read on the history of ABC No Rio and its new home built with an unlikely ally — the city (The New York Times ... previously on EVG) 

• A look back at after-hours club Save the Robots on Avenue B (Flashbak) 

• An interview with NO Wave pioneer Beth B (Mubi) 

• A look at Komune, a new boutique on Orchard (Time Out) 

• Details on the 2024 La MaMa Puppet Festival (Official site) 

• He has his father's eyes: "Rosemary's Baby" in 35mm at the Village East by Angelika (Official site)  

And this might be of interest at the main branch of the NYPL... opens today...

 

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EVG Etc.: The possible future of Mayor Adams; the effect of unlicensed weed shops

Tompkins Square Park photo shoot via Derek Berg

• Insiders talk about what might be next for Mayor Adams (Politico) ... Inside the mayor's "clumsy" attempt to hinder foreign bribery probe (NBC News) 

• A State Supreme Court judge refused to toss two lawsuits seeking to overturn Gov. Hochul's congestion pricing pause (Streetsblog) 

• The enforcement of illegal weed shops has left the LES and East Village with dozens of empty storefronts for the foreseeable future (Gothamist)

• A feature on East Village musician Jesse Malin's recovery from a spinal stroke — with some help from friends (CBS News) 

• An interview with EV native Kyota Umeki, who now runs the skateboard-friendly Star Shop on Ninth Street (Office Magazine) 

• About "Dickhead," now playing at Theater for the New City (Our Town) 

• Mapping the city's best slices (Eater) 

• "The Substance" is a reminder of all the films Demi Moore has made, and don't sleep on "Margin Call" (Metrograph) 

And this weekend at Cooper Union (info here): 

Hello From The Data Vandals (or free as air and water, or whatsoever things are true) is the premiere exhibition by the New York City data-activist collective known as the Data Vandals (artist Jen Ray and data visualization expert Jason Forrest). 

It will be on view in Cooper's Civic Projects Lab at 41 Cooper Square. The Data Vandals' art focuses on starting conversations on universal issues through data visualization. Using sculpture, performance, music, and bold designs, the Data Vandals create dialogues that are relatable, accessible, and dynamic.

The exhibition will be a fun look at the East Village through data past and present, filling the Civic Projects Lab with large data visualization paintings and sculptures, workshops, lectures, and a movie night.

EVG Etc.: Testing the Good Cause Eviction law; exploring the East Village through a new exhibition at the Swiss Institute

Crossing 1st Avenue at 10th Street 

• A longtime East Village resident will be putting to test New York's recently enacted Good Cause Eviction law (CityLimits) 

• "Energies," the new exhibition at the Swiss Institute, invites visitors to explore other parts of the East Village related to the exhibition's themes of "ecological affordances and effects, social formations, and political arrangements attached to energy past and present" (World-Architects) 

• The rich history of 143-145 Avenue D (Village Preservation) 

• LES kava bar sues city to reopen (The Post) 

• The mayor's staffing decisions come back to haunt him (Politico) 

• The challenges facing the interim police commissioner (Gothamist) 

• The Lower East Side Film Festival debuts a new horror series in October (IndieWire) 

• 21-year-old man in critical condition after being struck by cab on Clinton and Delancey (1010 WINS ... PIX 11) 

• Eljuri Concerts for Democracy Fundraiser takes place on Sept. 26 at Drom on Avenue A (Official site) 

• "Batman" Day in theaters on Sept. 21 (Village East by Angelika) 

• How to get your apartment security deposit back (The City) 

• America's stores are winning the war on shoplifting (CNN)

EVG Etc.: A 4th Street building aims for landmark status; Max Fish returns for NYFW

Above: A reader-submitted photo from 11th and 3rd from the other day

• The Feds raid the homes of the Mayor's inner circle (Gothamist ... Politico ... The Associated Press)

The mayor insists that he regularly reminds his appointees to “follow the law.” It never seems to occur to Hizzoner that it might be better to hire aides who don’t need a daily reminder not to commit crimes. My take in ⁦@NYMag⁩ https://t.co/YFJSstqxNm

— Errol Louis (@errol.louis on Threads) (@errollouis) September 6, 2024

• Ten years after the city passed a Paid Sick Leave Act, some of the worst recent violators in NYC are major corporations and franchises like Starbucks, Shake Shack, Chipotle and Amazon (The City) 

• 82 E. Fourth St. just west of Second Avenue up for landmark designation (Village Preservation) 

• Carnitas Ramirez on Third Street in the battle for NYC's best tacos (Eater... previously on EVG) 

• Today and tomorrow (9/7-8), screenings of a largely obscure body of 16mm films from Andy Warhol (Anthology Film Archives) 

• "Goodfellas" in 35mm Monday at the Village East by Angelika on 12th Street and Second Avenue (Tickets) 

• The 1990s LES photos of Angela Cappetta (Dazed) 

• Vans recreates Max Fish for NYFW (Hypebeast)

• Emma Stern's "The Rabbit Hole" exhibit now at the Half Gallery on 4th and B (Official site... Interview)

EVG Etc.: Blink Fitness files for bankruptcy; cops find cocaine at smoke shop

The return of "Law & Order SVU" to the EV tomorrow, Aug. 14 

• Blink Fitness, Equinox-owned gym chain with an outpost on Avenue A, files for bankruptcy (CBS News ... CNN) 

• The East Village is now the nexus of a $10 takeout pasta trend (Eater) 

• Tompkins Square Park red-tailed hawk class of 2024 ready to venture out (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• Ticket to ride, white line highway: Law enforcement discovers 13 pounds of cocaine at Clinton Street smoke shop (PIX11)

• The sometimes watchable "Blank Generation" with Richard Hell gets a rare screening (Metrograph) 

• Locking up items to deter shoplifting is pushing shoppers online (Axios) 

• ICYMI: Pier 35 to be home to the East River floating pool (6sqft) 

• Did you lose something in a public place in NYC? How to maybe get it back. (The City) 

• After 57 years, AM fave WCBS-880 will shift from an all-news format to sports (amNY) 

•  The New York Times will no longer offer endorsements of local NYC candidates, including governor (Media Nation)

• NYC travel and tourism are back, report shows (McKinsey & Company) 

EVG Etc.: A garbage dilemma on 10th Street; a chance to catch night fever

Above: 4th Street cooling center 

• Why 10th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue poses a challenge to Mayor Adams' "trash revolution" (Gothamist) 

• Two NYPD sergeants shot and wounded responding to a robbery on Delancey and Eldridge (1010 WINS ... the Post ... CBS News) 

• DA announces indictment in horrific collision that killed four and injured seven others at Corlears Hook Park on July 4 (DA's office... previously on EVG) 

• Why Chika and Don Tillman decided to close their 10th Street dessert bar, ChikaLicious, after 21 years in business. (Grub Street) 

• An East Village best restaurants listicle (Time Out) 

• The red-tailed hawk fledglings are getting around Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• 50 years of the Ramones at CBGB (The Bowery Boys) 

• The mystery balcony on the Bowery (Ephemeral New York) 

• Catch a screening of "Saturday Night Fever" Monday at the Village East by Angelika (Official site) 

• An ongoing series with films that incorporate preexisting documentary transcripts into fictionalized or re-staged contexts (Anthology Film Archives) 

• This September, Belarus Free Theatre returns to La MaMa with "KS6: Small Forward," a new stage production based on the life story of Belarusian international-basketball-player-turned-activist Katsiaryna (Katya) Snytsina (La MaMa) 

... and free today on 10th Street at First Avenue (H/T Steven)...

 

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EVG Etc.: Those Link5G towers don't actually have 5G; the Swayze days of summer are here

• Fourth person dies from suspected drunken-driving collision on July 4 in Corlears Hook Park (ABC 7) 

• The Brooklyn builder linked to the Mayor Adams FBI probe is under scrutiny over the new development at 280 E. Houston St., seen above on the right (Gothamist... previously on EVG) 

• City records show that just 23 restaurants have hearings scheduled so far for the new outdoor dining program, with just three weeks left to sign up (Streetsblog) 

• The man preserving NYC's old signs and marquees, like the old Essex Card Shop signage (The New Yorker) 

• Baruch Bathhouse to remain empty as developer moves on from ice rink plan for the Lower East Side (The City) 

• Only two of the nearly 200 Link5G towers installed since 2022 have been fitted with 5G equipment (Gothamist ... Curbed ... previously on EVG) 

• The three juvenile red-tailed hawks are having a fun summer in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• More details about the two new EV spots from the Unapologetic Foods team (Eater... previously on EVG) 

• The Lower East Side's last Jewish pickle maker (The Jewish Chronicle) 

• Gov. Hochul signs a package of moped and e-bike safety bills into law (Streetsblog) 

• A look back at the work of "actor, agitator, musician, and writer" Zoë Lund, who wrote the screenplay for "The Bad Lieutenant" (Anthology Film Archives) 

• The Lazy, Hazy Swayze Days of Summer at Metrograph (Official site) 

... and memories...

Super important discovery in @SInow research (for a super niche audience). This ad is from Swimsuit issue 1997 and … isn’t that the matriarch of 2000s Lower East Side dive bar Lucy’s? @kicklikeagirl1 @evgrieve. 99% sure that’s Ludwika “Lucy” Mickevicius pic.twitter.com/Y4F8HI9DqX

— Adam Duerson (@adamduerson) July 15, 2024

EVG Etc.: NYPL funding restored; gunshots or fireworks?

Photo Monday from Avenue A and St. Mark's Place 

• Advocates and lawmakers frustrated by late City Hall report on homeless encampment sweeps (City Limits... previously on EVG) 

• A woman was killed in a hit-and-run on the FDR Drive near East Houston (CBS 2) ... Family blames construction signage from the East Side Resiliency Project for the fatal hit-and-run (Daily News) 

• NYCHA steps up evictions on tenants (The City) 

• Where top New York politicians stand on Gov. Hochul's congestion pricing pause (New York Focus)  ... 7 Years, $700M wasted: The 'stunning collapse' of congestion pricing (The Wall Street Journal, sub required) 

• Nearly united City Council votes 46 to 3 to approve fiscal year 2025 budget (City and State) ... NYPL funding restored amid threats from the Mayor's budget cuts (NY1 ... CNN) 

• A housing lottery launched this week for 196 affordable apartments in a new rental building on the Lower East Side — 165 Broome St. (6sqft) 

• And the EV/LES lags in affordable housing options (City Limits) 

• The city accuses the owner of Gelatoville on First Avenue and 10th Street of allegedly running illegal short-term rentals (Crain's ... W42st. ... City of New York) 

• Lucy Sante remembers James Chance (The Baffler... previously on EVG)

• Lyft has jacked up the price for bike-share members to ride pedal-assist electric bikes for a second time this year (Streetsblog) 

• A review of Spice Brothers on St. Mark's Place. Pete Wells says it's "a showcase for the power of cinnamon, turmeric and other flavors of the Middle East." (The New York Times) 

• Tompkins Square Bagels opening an Upper East Side outpost (Patch) 

• An expanded Pier 42 reopens along the East River (PIX 11 ... official press release)

• In case you want to watch the Macy's 4th of July fireworks on the WEST side (West Side Rag ... NBC 4) 

• Helpful: Were those fireworks or gunshots?????? (Gothamist) 

• How to keep your dog calm during fireworks shows (Axios) 

• A Denys Arcand crime trilogy (Anthology Film Archives)

• On July 5, catch an interactive screening of kitschy classic "Piranha" in the company of Hedda Lettuce (Village East by Angelika)

EVG Etc.: Report: NYCHA mishandled Riis Houses arsenic crisis; Beth Israel patient care lagging

Morning view of Astor Place

• Watchdog report: The NYCHA bungled its response to concerns about the water at the Jacob Riis Houses two years ago (Gothamist) ... NYCHA failures led to panic over nonexistent arsenic (The City) 

• 19-year-old Riis House resident on Avenue D arrested for alleged role in killing 16-year-old Mahki Brown in Soho (The Post)

• With Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital winding down to close, patient care suffers (The New York Times)

• Human service professionals discuss what's needed to reduce homelessness in NYC (NY1) 

• Harvey Epstein to run for City Council District 2, currently represented by the term-limited Carlina Rivera (City & State)

• E-bike shops are blowing off the city ban on unsafe batteries (The City) 

• Police arrest man who has allegedly been menacing neighbors for years along Avenue C (The Post) 

• The red-tailed chicks are GROWING in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography) 

 • Lower East Side History Month continues (Official site)

• Pastrogi: When you merge Katz's Deli pastrami and Veselka pierogi (1010 WINS)

• New single by Scottish alt-rock band Travis pays tribute to the now-closed Black & White on 10th Street (Billboard ... previously on EVG)

• A feature on East Village Pizza at 145 First Ave. (NBC 4) 

• Sietsema checks out the boba pancakes and Japanese souffles at Little Uluh on 14th Street (Eater) 

• Revisiting the sincere glamour of Candy Darling (Document Journal) 

• Out of the shadows! See "The Third Man" on the big screen on Monday (Village East by Angelika) 

• And a month-long trip back to the 1980s started yesterday at the Film Forum on West Houston (details)

 

EVG Etc.: NYPD arrests 56 in clearing NYU and New School protest encampments; Knickerbocker Village sells for $85 million

Sky view from St. Mark's Place 

• The NYPD clears protestors at NYU and The New School; 56 arrested (NBC News ... ABC News ... ABC 7 ... The Guardian) 

• Mayor Adams and top NYPD officials continued to blame "outside agitators" for the campus protests (The City) 

• The number of homeless New Yorkers moving into city public housing under the Adams administration has dropped to the lowest number in a decade (Gothamist) 

• Multiple NYCHA buildings going under renovation, part of the agency's PACT/RAD program, which converts Section 9 public housing into Section 8 housing operated by private landlords (Arch Paper)

• L+M buys Knickerbocker Village for $85 million (The Real Deal) 

• Assemblymember Harvey Epstein unveils pilot program legalizing basement apartments (NY1) 

• Cafe Mogador on St. Mark's Place — same as it ever was (Grub Street) 

• A new book celebrates Lee Quiñones, subway graffiti pioneer (Vanity Fair) 

• "NYC 2000-2005" at WHAMM! on Elizabeth Street features the photos of Alain Levitt (PAPER) 

• What your NYC tourist recommendations really say about you (McSweeney's) 

• Eva's Kitchen, an all-day cafe, debuts on Grand Street (The Lo-Down) 

• A collection of rarely seen work by Marguerite Duras (Anthology Film Archives) 

• Classics coming to Village East by Angelika on Second Avenue and 12th Street include "The Third Man" and "Metropolis" (Official site) 

• The new shop on Canal called Fugazi has nothing to do with the band (Brooklyn Vegan) 

• Diversions: About the new reality fashion series featuring (former EV resident) Julia Fox (Variety)

EVG Etc.: 2nd Avenue subway sidetracked again; 'Flaco's Law' introduced

From this past week, a new Mr. Monopoly mural by Alec Monopoly Art on the Bowery and Rivington.

• Man who forced his way into woman’s East Village apartment indicted for attempted sexual abuse (1010 WINS ... DA's office) 

• Model recounts beating he suffered outside the Little Sister Lounge at the Moxy East Village on 11th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue (PIX 11) 

• Keep dreaming about the Second Avenue subway to Houston Street (Gothamist) 

• Catholic Workers on Third Street bring new growth with rooftop garden (Religion News Service) 

• The Albanian cuisine of Dua Kafe on 14th Street between A and B (Washington Square News) 

• Robert Sietsema praises the fries now served at lunch at Superiority Burger on Avenue A (Eater... previously on EVG) 

• City Council introduces "Flaco's Law" that would change how the NYC mitigates its rat population (The City) 

• Spaghetti Ramadan at La Plaza Cultural tomorrow (April 14) (Instagram ... Time Out) 

• The films of Amsterdam-based Bosnian filmmaker Ena Sendijarević (Metrograph) 

• Different eras of comedy classics coming to City Cinemas at Angelika on Second Avenue and 12th Street — "His Girl Friday" (Monday) and "Animal House" (Wednesday) 

And...

 

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EVG Etc.: Congestion pricing plan approved for below 60th Street; million-dollar condos unveiled at the former Streit's Matzo Factory

Spring rain last evening on Third Avenue at St. Mark's Place 

• Congestion pricing gets final approval: The MTA board gave the green light to how much drivers will have to pay as soon as June as part of the first-in-the-nation congestion pricing program that will toll vehicles going south of 60th Street (The City ... Streetsblog ... West Side Rag) 

• Several women, including on downtown streets, say they have been sucker-punched on sidewalks ... in attacks that have gone viral on social media (Gothamist ... The Cut... NBC News ... The Post) 

• Nuyorican Poets Cafe on Third Street breaks ground on $24.1 million renovation project (CBS 2 ... previously on EVG) 

• The million-dollar penthouses at the former Streit's Matzo Factory on Rivington (6sqft ... previously on EVG) 

• History of the Henry Street Settlement (Daily News via aol)

• A look at the Rent Guidelines Board (The City) 

• On April 12, The Cooper Union School of Art presents a free screening of the documentary "Looking at Pictures on a Screen: Thomas Nozkowski," which enters the homes of Nozkowski’s friends, family members, collectors, and critical champions to explore his life and work. Nozkowski, the abstract painter who died in 2019), graduated from The Cooper Union (Official site) 

• Starting on April 13, the film craft of cinematographer Frederick Elmes, including "Blue Velvet," "Wild at Heart," "River's Edge" and "Night on Earth" (Metrograph) 

• I want to party with you, cowboy: "Stripes" plays Monday evening at City Cinemas by Angelika (Official site) 

• And from noon to 3 p.m. today at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery on 10th Street and Second Avenue, "Good Friday Blues," a St. Mark's musical tradition directed by Jeannine Otis and featuring guest preachers the Rev. Dr. LaKeesha Walrond, Nell Gibson, and the Rev. Matthew Hey (Official site)