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) 

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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)

EVG Etc.: Another week for the Veselka documentary; a national championship for NYU women's hoops

St. Patrick's Day weekend outside McSorley's on 7th Street by Steven

• Police arrest a second suspect in the gang-war-related 2022 murders of LES salon owner Nikki Huang and East Village resident Jesse Parrilla (The Daily News ... previously on EVG) 

• Report shows that more New Yorkers are struggling to afford public transit (City Limits) 

• NYC can restrict shelter stays for adult migrants to a single 30-day placement, with extensions granted only under "extenuating circumstances," according to the terms of a new settlement (The City) 

• Wegmans denies the "frivolous" lawsuit by the owner of Osakana on St. Mark's Place (PIX 11) 

• No end in sight on the MTA construction project that has turned a two-block stretch of Forsyth Street between Delancey and Stanton into a — paraphrasing — shithole (Gothamist) 

• The Veselka documentary got another week at the Village East (theater site ... previously on EVG) 

• Check out all the programs and shows at La MaMa on 4th Street (official site)

• Congrats to NYU's undefeated women's basketball team, who won the Division III national championship! (Washington Square News)

• More praise for Foul Witch on Avenue A (stupidDOPE) 

• A map of the 22 restaurants that "define" the East Village (Eater) 

• Jamian Juliano-Villani, who owns O'Flaherty's on Avenue A, makes her debut solo exhibition with Gagosian this month (Ocula) ICYMI: The current exhibit at O'Flaherty's (EVG)

• The Forever Young film series features "insubordinate teenagers from around the globe" (Metrograph)

EVG Etc.: Fighting to preserve and protect the Merchant's House Museum; mapping out the Lunar New Year Parade

• A look at the fight to preserve and protect the Merchant's House Museum on Fourth Street from new development next door (The New York Times ...official website... previously on EVG)

• Osakana on St. Mark's Place sues Wegmans over a "confusingly similar" fish market on Astor Place (Supermarket News) 

• The state has levied more than $25 million in fines against unlicensed smoke shops — but barely collected any of it (The City) 

• Tom and Jason Birchard talk about Veselka ... and the new documentary about the East Village staple (WNYC) 

• Man caught sleeping inside Immaculate Conception Church on 14th Street vandalizes statue of Jesus (The Post) 

• Police arrest the public urinator who allegedly slashed the throat of caretaker at Immaculate Conception Church last month (1010 WINS ... previously on EV Grieve)

• The authentic Pakistani rolls at Kolachi on First Avenue (ABC 7 ... previously on EVG)

• The 2024 Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade is Sunday (tomorrow!) (Gothamist) 

• A new documentary, "Ken Jacobs - From Orchard Street to The Museum of Modern Art," puts the spotlight on "one of the titans of American experimental cinema" (Anthology Film Archives) 

• What's up with Swedish candy? (Eater)

And tomorrow (Sunday) at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery...

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Tribecart's Black Voices Concert, Sunday, Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery (131 E. 10th St. at Second Ave.) 

Join us for a live production of Black Voices, featuring singer/pianist and St. Mark’s Music Director Jeannine Otis, Larry Luger on guitar, Bim Strasberg on bass, Yuki Koike on sax and flute, plus baritone Dorian Lake and soprano Chelsi Clarke. The music performed will include traditional spirituals, classic rhythm and blues songs and jazz focused on the works of Duke Ellington. A suggested donation of $20 at the door is welcome, students and children are admitted for FREE.

EVG Etc.: Halting the closure of Beth Israel; watching '2001: A Space Odyssey' in 70mm

Photo from 9th Street at 1st Avenue this morning by Steven 

• Judge tells Mount Sinai to halt closure of Beth Israel (DotMed ... Our Town) ... Mayor Adams warns NYC-run hospitals would be strained by Beth Israel closure (Daily News)

• Landlords kept an estimated 26,000 regulated units offline last year (The City) 

• New York could become the 21st state to permanently allow bars and restaurants to sell to-go cocktails (Gothamist) 

• The Earth Chxrch on Avenue C is serving as a warming center for asylum seekers (The Indypendent) 

• ICYMI: The Market Line, the food hall located inside Essex Crossing, is closing on April 1 (Eater) 

• East Village well repped in this best-coffee-in-NYC listicle (Eater) 

• A trip to Mr. Throwback on Ninth Street (Fox 5) 

• "Job" at the Connelly Theater on Fourth Street "is one of the best shows playing in NYC right now" (Time Out ... previously on EVG) 

• "2001: A Space Odyssey" is showing in 70mm at the Village East by Angelika on Second Avenue and 12th Street (Official site) 

• Support the Anthology Film Archives on Second Avenue and check out some Essential Cinema (Official site) 

• See the final cut of "Blade Runner" (Metrograph) 

• Elsewhere: The end of Village Cigars on Seventh Avenue South at Christopher (Village Preservation) ... landlord won't rent to a weed shop or bank (The Village Sun) 

 ... and work from East Village-based photographer Daniel Root will be on display at Cozmos, 280 E. 10th St. just west of Avenue A, starting on Feb. 22...

 

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EVG Etc.: Remembering Wayne Kramer; celebrating Black History Month

Early evening view from 2nd Avenue

• RIP Wayne Kramer of the MC5 (Pitchfork ... The Associated Press... Detroit Free Press) 

• New York eyes rule changes to hire thousands of migrants and asylum-seekers who have legal work status in the U.S. (Bloomberg ... Gothamist) 

• Police seek four men who robbed the market on Eighth Street at Avenue D (CBS 2 ... The Post)

WANTED ROBBERY: 1/31/24 @NYPD9pct @ 8:00 AM inside 403 E 8 St four unidentified individuals approached a store employee. One of the individuals displayed a firearm & the others proceeded to remove currency & tobacco products from the deli. Any info call us at 800-577-TIPS pic.twitter.com/cj8PBdb5u7

— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) February 1, 2024

• Gov. Hochul called the rollout of New York's cannabis program a "disaster" (The City) 

• Celebrating Black History Month at the Abrons Art Center on the Lower East Side (Official site) ... take a guided tour of African American history in the East Village (Village Preservation)

• Inside the new exhibit, called "A Union of Hope," at the Tenement Museum (PIX11 ... official site) 

• Veselka has closed its outpost in the Market Line food hall on the LES after five years (Eater) 

• Inside the home of a yoga instructor on St. Mark's Place (Curbed)

• East Village students call for a ban on horse carriages in the city (The Village Sun)

• Sietsema praises the Thai dishes at the newish Rynn, 105 E. Fifth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue  (Eater) 

• A quickie review of Potenza Centrale on Avenue B (The Infatuation ... previously on EVG) 

• A tiny Orthodox synagogue, a relic of the old Jewish Lower East Side, struggles to survive (NY Jewish Week) 

• Yu and Me Books reopens on Mulberry Street after fire (NY1 ... NBC 4) 

• Check out NYC's new garbage truck (Gothamist)

• Next up in the 35mm series at the Village East by Angelika on Second Avenue and 12th Street — "Casablanca" on Feb. 12 (Official site) 

• Vaya con Dios! It's the North American premiere of a new 4K restoration of... of "Point Break"! (Metrograph) Too cerebral? You could also see "Alphaville."

 

EVG Etc. Speaking out against closing Mount Sinai Beth Israel; remembering the Speedball Baby era

• Judge denies request to dismiss subway chokehold case against Daniel Penny (Gothamist) ICYMI: The New York cover story on Jordan Neely (Link)

• The push to save Mount Sinai Beth Israel on First Avenue (CBS 2 ... previously on EVG) 

• Another anti-congestion pricing lawsuit is on the books, this one via a group of East Villager and LES business owners and residents led by former Councilmember Kathryn Freed (The Post ... CBS 2... amNY)

• On Suffolk Street, Bluestockings is under attack for offering basic outreach services, such as Narcan training and a bathroom (The Guardian ... A community divided Gothamist) 

• How Mayor Adams played the city budget numbers (The City)

 • An interview with playwright Max Wolf Friedlich, whose play "Job" started at the Connelly Theater last night (Vulture ... tickets) 

• A birthday for the East 10th Street Historic District (see pic above ... and at Village Preservation)

• A feature on Francis Kite Club, the "bar and cultural forum" at 40 Avenue C (The New York Times)

• Longtime EV resident Ali Smith on her new book, which we can't wait to read — "The Ballad of Speedball Baby" (Shondaland)

   

• A where-to-drink-tea listicle with many East Village choices (Eater) 

• Time FLIES: Christo and Amelia gear up for their 7th nesting season (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• Surf's up for this beach-related film series (Point Break! Thunderball!) (Metrograph) 

... and tomorrow... a book fair fundraiser at My Little Village preschool, 383 Grand St. at Seward Park...

EVG Etc.: Jesse Malin continues rehab after spinal cord stroke; Foul Witch serves 'voluptuous food'

Photo on Second Avenue by Derek Berg 

• Police searching for a suspect who broke into a woman's apartment near 11th and A and climbed into bed with her (ABC 7 ... The Post) 

• Following a spinal cord stroke in June, East Village musician and bar owner Jesse Malin is undergoing daily stem-cell treatments at a clinic in Buenos Aires along with intensive physical therapy (Rolling Stone... Brooklyn Vegan ... American Songwriter) 

• Tracking NYC's record-high homeless shelter population (City Limits) 

• DOT adds more rush hour vehicle capacity to attempt to ease congestion approaching the Williamsburg Bridge (Streetsblog) 

• Some landlords are renting rent-stabilized units at market-rate prices (The City)

• If you want to oppose a 5G tower at 184 E. Seventh St. at Avenue B (Village Preservation) 

• A visit to Monkey Thrift Shop Upcycling, which recently opened on Ninth Street near Avenue A (NBC New York) 

• Frigid NYC is underway at the Kraine Theater and Under St. Marks (Official site) 

• On Avenue A, Foul Witch serves "voluptuous food in a scrappy space" (The New Yorker) 

• Crowds are flocking to Tokuyamatcha & Onigirazu for the rice sandwiches on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C (Eater) 

• Max Wolf Friedlich’s "Job" will get an Off-Broadway run at the the Connelly Theater on Fourth Street from Jan. 19 through March 3 (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Romeo's is a new cocktail bar in the former St. Dymphna's space at 118 St. Mark's Place (Time Out) 

• Classics playing on Dec. 18 at the Village East by Angelika — "The Apartment" and "White Christmas"

• Why NYC Christmas trees are so expensive (Gothamist)

• A topic of interest: The U.S. shoplifting scourge is a lot of hype with little evidence (CNN) 

EVG Etc.: Veselka continues its support of Ukraine; CBGB memories 50 years later

Reader-submitted EV skyline pic

• Perspectives on NYC's budget crisis (The City) 

• Veselka has raised more than $400,000 to support humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine ... and has employed former Ukraine residents who came to the U.S. (NY1) 

• Teen arrested in fatal stabbing of an unhoused man in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on the Lower East Side (Daily News ... ABC-7) 

• A look at the Fair Housing Framework, the affordable housing legislation passed earlier this month by City Council (City Limits) 

• Support for Mayor Adams is sinking amid federal investigation, poll shows (Gothamist) 

• If you want to speak out against having a 32-foot 5G tower on Seventh Street and Avenue B (Village Preservation) 

• Kushner Companies sold a multifamily property at 504-508 E. 12th St. for $19.5 million. An entity controlled by Sabet Group bought the 50-unit property (The Real Deal) 

• This Broadway building owner takes retail landlord to court ... 1 Great Jones Alley located on Broadway near Fourth Street (Habitat) 

• A look at the slate of films featured in the month-long World Cinema Project courtesy of Martin Scorsese and others! (Anthology Film Archives) 

• A new exhibit at Brooklyn Museum, Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines, includes REBEL FUX by longtime East Village resident Kate Huh (Official site) 

• A quick review of Kolachi on 1st Avenue (The Infatuation... previously on EVG) 

• Rice to Riches is opening on Ludlow and Rivington (Eater) 

• Ex-Rolling Stone Press director Jonathan Wells recalls his first visit to CBGB (Reader's Digest) 

• Street closures and info about the Thanksgiving Day Parade (NY1)

EVG Etc.: Lawmakers want more enforcement of illegal pot shops; Lyft will add to e-bike fleet

Sunrise from 2nd Street 

• Police searching for suspect who strangled woman near Houston and Avenue D (PIX11 ... 1010 WINS) 

• New resident speaks out against unhoused man who allegedly continues to harass women along Second Avenue between Third Street and Fifth Street  (The Post)

• State cannabis agency pauses trials for unlicensed shops (The City) ... Lawmakers turn up heat on cannabis regulators at hearing (City & State) 

• Info on the NYC general election (NYC Votes) 

• Analysis: 1 in 9 NYC students was homeless last year (NY1) 

• FBI raid of key fundraiser complicates Mayor Adams' 2025 re-election campaign (Gothamist)

• Lyft will double the number of electric Citi Bikes while also reducing the speed of its second-generation e-bikes (Streetsblog) 

• Revel is officially shutting down its shared moped business in New York City (TechCrunch) 

• Catalytic converter thefts decline after pandemic-era surge (NBC News... previously on EVG)

• A career-spanning survey of Želimir Žilnik's uncompromising and politically engaged films is underway at the Anthology Film Archives on Second Avenue and Second Street (Official site) 

• Are you ready for Christmas movies? (Village East by Angelika)

EVG Etc.: Tensions at Cooper Union; 'Basquiat x Warhol' at the Brant Foundation

A view inside La Plaza Cultural the other afternoon 

• The body of 13-year-old Kavion Brown Godfrey, a student at Lower East Side Prep, was pulled from the East River. He was last seen entering the river near Sixth Street on Oct. 20. (CBS News ... People) 

• Tensions at Cooper Union over Israel-Hamas war protest (CBS New York ... The New York Times ... NBC New York) 

• Early voting is underway — here's a primer on this year's elections in NYC (The City)

• Eleven years after Sandy, the Army Corps of Engineers' plan to protect the city from coastal storms still on the drawing board (City Limit)

• Report: Chains are using theft to mask other issues (CNN Business)

• Life at 58-72 Avenue A under the new landlords (Hell Gate ... previously on EVG) 

• A look at the new "Basquiat x Warhol" exhibit, opening Wednesday at the Brant Foundation on Sixth Street (Time Out... previously on EVG)

• Details on "Connected Cozmos,' a new art exhibit curated by two NYU students at the recently opened Cozmos on 10th Street near Avenue A (Washington Square News)

• The well-reviewed "Past Lives," filmed partly in the East Village, is enjoying another run at Village East by Angelika on Second Avenue — several screenings are in the large Jaffe Art Theatre auditorium (Official site) 

• The H.P. Lovecraft-inspired series continues through Nov. 5 (Anthology Film Archives)

• Thurston Moore discusses his new autobiography (The Guardian) 

• Q&A with "Gen Z thrifting icon" Emma Rogue, who has a popular shop on Stanton Street (Mashable)

EVG Etc.: Checking in with the red-tailed hawks of Tompkins Square Park; revisiting 'Frances Ha'

Some headlines from other sources in recent days...

• Remembering veteran character actor Mark Margolis who had roots in the East Village (Variety ... The Hollywood Reporter ... previously on EVG) 

• A tribute to Brice Marden, the decades-spanning abstract artist who ran Rivington Arms on the LES (Artnet News) 

• Ex-con who allegedly made menacing threats to women along Second Avenue and Fifth Street back on the corridor after a short jail stint (The Post) 

• NYPD investigating an assault on 13th Street and Broadway from June as a hate crime (Gothamist) 

• Cat Marnell makes a statement about the Marc Jacobs ads with Kim Kardashian, as seen in the photo above on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place (The Sun)

• This 12th Street co-op for sale has a plant wall (6sgft) 

• Red-tailed hawk highlights from Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography)

• Remember the John Spacely "Gringo" mural on St. Mark's Place (Flaming Pablum) 

• Some love for P&T Knitwear on Orchard (USA Today) 

• There are several upcoming screenings of the 2013 comedy "Francis Ha," co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig — and directed by Noah Baumbach... with scenes filmed in the East Village and Lower East Side (Metrograph and part of a series titled The Color of Black and White)

 

EVG Etc.: Club Cumming honors slain dancer O'Shae Sibley; Anthology Film Archives presents a John Wilson-curated series

Photo from 1st Avenue at 6th Street 

• On Sixth Street, Club Cumming honors O'Shae Sibley, who was murdered while dancing at a gas station in Midwood, Brooklyn (CBS New York ... update on the case here) 

• The body of John Castic, a Goldman Sachs analyst, was found in Newtown Creek three days after being reported missing following a concert at Brooklyn Mirage. Castic, who lived on the Lower East Side, was 27. (PIX11 ... Daily Mail) 

• Local City Councilmember Carlina Rivera on her just-passed legislation that creates a "Current Conditions" report for cyclists (Streetsblog)

• An interview with LES post-punk/no-wave vets Bush Tetras (The Guardian ... previously on EVG) 

• To celebrate the return of HBO's "How to With John Wilson," the filmmaker is guest-curating a special two-part series at the Anthology Film Archives on Second Avenue (Official site) 

• Or go "Back to School" with Kirsten Dunst films at Metrograph on Ludlow (Official site) ... or spot the East Village locations in "The Godfather Part II" Tuesday evening (Tickets) 

• Public Access, the gallery that started on St. Mark's Place before relocating to Henry Street, has closed (Instagram... previously on EVG) 

• Claud, the 1-year old restaurant and wine bar at 90 E. 10th St., will not be pivoting to a bakery after all amid liquor license confusion (Eater... Instagram) 

• The International Puppet Fringe Festival coming to the LES next week (Time Out) 

•  A feature on local resident Hila Perry — aka, Hila the Earth — who's hoping to inspire climate action through music (CBS New York) 

• EV's Tompkins Square Bagels isopening an outpost on the Upper East Side (Patch)

... and we mentioned this in last week's links roundup ... the corner of Rivington and Essex was to be co-named "Morris 'Moishe’ Cohen Way" to honor the founder of NYC's oldest candy shop, Economy Candy (and very much still open!)

EVG Etc.: A street co-naming for Economy Candy; new food options on St. Mark's Place

Second Avenue at 12th Street 

Added several new posts...

• Woman struck in the left arm by a stray bullet last evening while sitting in a car on Orchard between Houston and Stanton (ABC 7)

• Police arrest man accused of harassing women along Second Avenue and Fifth Street (The Post) 

• As NYC limits access to migrants and asylum seekers, many are left homeless (NPR) 

• The corner of Rivington and Essex will now bear the name "Morris 'Moishe' Cohen Way" in honor of Economy Candy's founder (Time Out) 

• Why more deliveristas are turning to gas-powered mopeds (Streetsblog) 

• 3 newish places to eat on this block of St. Mark's Place (Eater ... previously on EVG)

• 2 EV spaces in this listicle of essential NYC coffee shops (Eater)

• About Avenue A's Foxface Natural — "NYC's most original new restaurant" (Grub Street) 

• The new Bush Tetras record is now out (Wharf Cat Records ... previously on EVG) 

• A few more chances to see "Make Me Famous" — a documentary on 1980s-era East Village-based painter Edward Brezinski — on a big screen in the next few days (Official site... previously on EVG) 

• About Essx, a new retail concept on Essex Street (Wallpaper*)

EVG Etc.: Superiority Burger's 3 stars; Red Gate Bakery's birthday cake

Photo from Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg 

• Carlina Rivera wins the June 27 Democratic primary with 61% of the vote (Our Town ... The Village Sun) 

• A look at a former synagogue on Sixth Street between Avenue A and First Avenue that several artists bought in 1982... two of the units are now for sale (Curbed... previously on EVG) 

• Lifeguard shortage means no adult lap swim at NYC pools (Gothamist) 

• About those winged bugs around NYC (The City) 

• Pete Wells drops three (out of four) stars on Superiority Burger (The New York Times ... previously on EVG) 

• Red Gate Bakery on First Street just may make the best birthday cake in NYC (Eater) 

• The Tompkins Square red-tailed hawk fledglings are having some summer fun (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• July 4-related street closures and where to watch the Macy's-related fireworks (Gothamist)

• A look at Whim Golf's new pop-up store on Avenue A (Hypebeast ... previously on EVG) 

• East Village resident Graham Nash discusses his latest record (Relix) 

• An oral history of Paper, now with a new owner (The New York Times ... Study Hall) 

• Henry Street gallery owners discuss the current economic client (Artnet News) 

• D.A. Pennebaker's "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" gets a 50th-anniversary screening on July 9-10 at Village East by Angelika (Official Site) 

• Check out the upcoming screenings in the Essential Cinema Repertory collection at Film Anthology Archives on Second Street and Second Avenue (Official site)

EVG Etc.: the 11-ingredient Fak-Tin at Sunny & Annie's; the 26 best East Village restaurants

Avenue A in the rain this a.m. 

• Roger Clark checks in on Theatre 80 as auction looms (NY1 ... previously on EVG) Ways to help (Village Preservation) 

• Man stabbed in rear on Avenue A near Sixth Street (1010 WINS ... the Post) 

• The Rent Guidelines Board could seek increases of up to 8.5% for rent-regulated units (THE CITY) 

• Enjoying the 11-ingredient sammy Fak-Tin at Sunny & Annie's (Eater) 

• The MTA ends its Twitter service alerts because Elon (THE CITY)

• The 26 best EV restaurants, per TONY (Time Out New York) 

• A long read on Superiority Burger (GQ... previously on EVG)

• The Walkmen reunite at Webster Hall (NME)

• A look at 'Nowhere New York,' in which Julia Gorton captures 'the city's punk and no wave subcultures in all their hedonistic glory' (i-D) 

• May 1 is the next First Mondays reading at Performance Space New York on First Avenue and 9th Street (Official site) 

• Molly Ringwald’s former East Village duplex on 10th Street sells for $7.9 million (Architectural Digest)

• That Fyre Fest-7th Street Burger grilled cheese mashup flopped (Rolling Stone) 

• Mayor Adams bids farewell to NYC's nightlife mayor (Page Six) 

• Works by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat 'are suddenly so L.A.' (Los Angeles Magazine) 

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EVG etc.: The fries at Ray's Candy Store; the martinis at Madeline's

Sunrise view of the Christodora House and Con Ed plant the other morning... 

• NYC libraries could end weekend service with the mayor's budget cuts (Gothamist) 

• Economic trouble signs emerge for NYC (THE CITY) 

• The Children's Workshop School on 12th Street is holding its annual Schoolapalooza 2023 online fundraiser this week (Official site) 

• The fries at Ray's Candy Store are some of the best around (Eater) 

• Tied vote stymies union effort at the Trader Joe's at Essex Crossing (NY1) 

• Owners of the Wayland open Madeline's Martini at 171 Avenue C (Time Out ... previously on EVG)

• Save the date May 31 for an unveiling of a plaque to honor jazz icon Charles Mingus on the building in which he lived and planned to launch a school on Great Jones (Village Preservation) 

• Thoughts on Adam Zhu's photography book "Nice Daze" (The New Yorker... previously on EVG) 

• The Old School Kung Fu Fest is back (Metrograph) 

• A model claims she was drugged and scammed at Little Sister Lounge in the Moxy Hotel on 11th Street (The Post) 

• Inside an East Village apartment redesign (Design Milk) 

• Podcast: How the Lower East Side's history shaped NYC (Travel + Leisure) 

• Iggy Pop covers "Walk On The Wild Side" for the first time as new tour commences (Stereogum)