EVG Etc.: More concerns at the Jacob Riis Houses; tributes for East Village Eye founder Leonard Abrams

Recent headlines in other media outlets include (with a spring in Tompkins photo by Stacie Joy)...

• Jacob Riis Houses residents concerned about soil contamination after arsenic scare (PIX 11) 

• Bob Perl, president of East Village-based Tower Brokerage, started the Ukrainian Habitat Fund to help war refugees find apartments in NYC at reduced rents (NPR)

• Remembering Leonard Abrams, founder of the East Village Eye (The New York Times... THE CITY ... previously on EVG) 

• Marking the one-year anniversary of the Sunset Park subway shooting (NY1) ... suspect Frank James was later arrested on First Avenue) 

• Superbueno, a new Mexican-American bar from Ignacio Jimenez and Greg Boehm, opens on Friday in the former Boilermaker space on First Avenue and First Street (The New York Times) 

• Brooklyn's Thief Bar opening an outpost on Ludlow Street this Thursday (Thrillist) 

• A series of documentaries that involve their subjects in the filmmaking process (Anthology Film Archives) 

• Take a virtual tour of the Fillmore East on Second Avenue circa 1970 (Far Out Magazine) 

• The bands of Dimes Square (Nylon) 

• The return of the "Miss Subways" contest (6sqft) 

• People are apparently hating food influencers more these days (NY Post)

EVG Etc.: Tenants speak out against new landlord; residents don't pick up after their dogs

Spring view of Cooper Triangle 

• These East Village tenants say their new landlord is pushing them out (THE CITY... Fox 5 ... Brian Kavanaugh's office ... previously on EVG) 

• Indictments obtained in drugging deaths of two men in New York City; other victims in the string of robberies were found in the East Village/LES (ABC News ... CBS News) 

• Ex-homeless tenants face mass eviction by Lower East Side landlord (Gothamist) 

• Profit on rent-stabilized buildings dropped a record 9.1% due to the pandemic, Rent Guidelines Board findings reveal (The Post) 

• NYC's pooper scooper law isn't really working (Gothamist) 

• Restaurants that "define" the East Village (Eater) 

• New photo book captures the diversity of the 1980s Lower East Side (Creative Review) 

• A retrospective of director Joe Dante, starting with the "masterwork of pop-cultural excavation," "The Movie Orgy" (Anthology Film Archives) 

• The return of "The Old School Kung Fu Fest" (Metrograph)

EVG Etc.: the 9 Lives of a 7th Street townhouse; the 17 NYC arts institutions with free admission

Photo on 7th Street the other evening by Steven (and there wasn't a fire) 

• LES fashion designer's homicide linked to fatal drug-facilitated robberies (ABC News) 

• The history of 64 E. Seventh St. includes Lou Reed and Yoko Ono (The New York Times) 

• Christo and Amelia are in the brooding stage in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• "[A]n experiment in queering fine dining" at HAGS on First Avenue (The New Yorker... previously on EVG) 

• Checking out Wild Rabbit Coffee on Seventh Street (Time Out... previously on EVG) 

• Women rob East Village couple of $8k worth of property (amNY) 

• A mother-daughter conversation about their home in Stuy Town and putting down roots (dwell)

• Workers at the Trader Joe's at Essex Crossing file petition to unionize (NY1) 

• Next on Musical Mondays at Village East by Angelika — "Victor/Victoria" (Official site) 

• How to get an NYC street co-named (THE CITY) 

• A list of free museums for New Yorkers to visit (Hyperallergic)

EVG Etc.: Veselka expanding to Brooklyn, Boris & Horton too

• Starting April 1, enforcement of street vending in NYC will soon be handled by the sanitation department; enforcing vendor rules currently belongs to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (Gothamist) 

• NYC sheriff deputies question the legality of their pot shop busts (The City... previously on EVG) 

• Chinatown 3 years after the start of the pandemic (Eater) 

• 6 lessons from NYC's first nightlife mayor (The New York Times) 

• Veselka is planning to open an outpost in Williamsburg and a kiosk at Grand Central (The Post) 

• Boris & Horton on Avenue A expanding to Brooklyn (Greenpointers)

• An interview with Chris Spencer of the noise-rock trio Unsane, formed on the LES in the late 1980s (The Big Takeover)

• Hip-hop film classic "Wild Style" turns 40 (The Source) 

• ANOHNI discusses the new photo book on the EV art gang, "Blacklips: Her Life and Her Many, Many Deaths" (DAZED) 

• Check out some essential cinema from the archives of the Anthology Film Archives, including screenings for films by Robert Bresson over the next few days (Official site) 

• And a very strange commercial for German sink brand Schock starring Iggy Pop (The Drum)

EVG Etc.: The NYC luncheonette trend; a Beth B retrospective

• An arrest in the murders last May of friends Nikki Huang and Jesse Parilla, an East Village resident (NBC New York... previously on EVG) 

• Where is the NYCHA's Public Housing Preservation Trust? (The City) 

• Village Works looking for a new home (PIX11 ... previously on EVG) 

• A feature La Sala de Pepe, a social club and gallery on Avenue C (NACLA) 

• Starting next month, the New York Restoration Project is giving out 3,500 free trees to New Yorkers (Time Out) 

• Ghost signs along Avenue A (Untapped Cities ... previously on EVG) 

• The artists paying tribute to NYC storefronts (Gothamist) 

• NYC's luncheonette trend (Eater) 

• A long-overdue showcase for Beth B (Metrograph) 

• Highlighting the work of multimedia artist Friederike Pezold (Pezoldo) (Anthology Film Archives)

EVG Etc.: Landlords challenge NYC rent laws; city seeks next Nightlife Mayor

Photo yesterday on 2nd Avenue by Derek Berg 

• Some landlords want the Supreme Court to overturn NYC's rent regulation laws (Gothamist) 

• It is Community Board application season (The City) 

• At the ribbon-cutting for the renovated new home of La MaMa (PIX11 ... previously on EVG) 

• Ya-Ting Liu, a former transit advocate, will become New York City’s director of the public realms (Streetsblog)

• Ariel Palitz, the current founding director of the Office of Nightlife, is officially stepping down from her role at the end of April (Time Out) 

• A visit to SOS Chefs on Avenue B (Eater)

• With Mary Ellen Mark's "Streetwise" as the blueprint, a young photographer captures teens who gravitated to Tompkins Square Park (i-D Magazine) 

• See "Citizen Kane" on a big screen this weekend (Anthology Film Archives) 

• Three chances to see David Cronenberg's "Videodrome" on a big screen (Metrograph) 

• The artists resisting the gentrification of Chinatown (Hyperallergic) 

• "Raw Power" turns 50 (The Wall Street Journal)

EVG Etc.: Protests over the killing of Tyre Nichols; reaction to the Mayor's state of the city address

• Local leaders react to Tyre Nichols video (NBC New York) ... Protestors rally in NYC (Gothamist) ... Justice Ride for Tyre Nichols today — meet up at Union Square 2:30 p.m. (@StreetRidersNYC)

• Highlighting the Mayor's state of the city address (The Times ... The City ... Streetsblog ... the Post)

• Chairman Gregory Russ is stepping down from his high-salaried job running the beleaguered NYCHA (The City) 

• Veselka named a James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Restuarant (PIX11)

• An early look at Foul Witch, now open on Avenue A (Eater ... first on EVG) 

• A feature on Lucie Franc de Ferriere, who just opened From Lucie on 10th Street (Vogue ... previously on EVG) 

• NYC bars are stocking up on opioid overdose rescue kits (CBS New York) 

• Councilmember Marte and several community groups file motion to intervene in NYU SoHo/NoHo rezoning expansion case (amNY ... Village Preservation) 

• A few local picks in this listicle on best NYC thrift stores for vintage and designer finds (Harper's Bazaar) 

• Tony Hawk is helping resurrect the legendary skate spot under the Brooklyn Bridge (The Times)

• Catch a screening of "Downtown 81" (Thursday, Feb. 2) at Metrograph on Ludlow Street (Official site)

• An interview with Amy Hill about her show on exhibit now at Fortnite Institute on Third Street (Whitehot Magazine) 

• The long history of a forgotten film that Paul Newman directed on the Lower East Side (The Forward) 

• Anna "Delvey" Sorokin, the fake heiress who now lives in the East Village, is to host a celebrity dinner club series (Deadline) 

• Elsewhere: City whitewashes famed Washington Heights graffiti tunnel (Hyperallergic)

EVG Etc.: an East Village population increase; an interview with EV artist Anton van Dalen

Recent headlines of possible interest include (with a photo from Fourth Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery) ...

 • "So what Manhattan neighborhoods are the hottest in our new, post-pandemic normal? At the top of the list is the Upper West Side, which saw a 30% increase in residents between November 2019 and October 2022. Next up are the East Village/Gramercy and the area around City Hall, all hovering around 25% during that same span of time." (The Post) 

• On Jan. 25, homeless outreach workers will fan out across the city and into the subway system to count the number of New Yorkers who call the streets and subways home (Gothamist) 

• Remembering Patrick Briggs, frontman for Psychotica, who died on Dec. 27 at age 58 (Legacy.com) 

• An interview with longtime East Village artist Anton van Dalen (artnet ... previously on EVG) 

• Personal essay about the East Village squatters' standoff of 1995, and how Dan Kois made it the center of his new novel, "Vintage Contemporaries" (Curbed) 

• Catching up with red-tailed hawks Christo and Amelia in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• What to know about Lunar New Year 2023 (6sqft) 

• Al Diaz on the evolution of NYC graffiti (huck ... previously on EVG) 

• About the fried mashed potato sandwich at Rowdy Rooster on First Avenue (Tasting Table) 

• A Fred Ward retrospective, including "Tremors," "The Right Stuff" and "Henry & June" (Anthology Film Archives) 

• The ashes of actor Robbie Coltrane were scattered around his favorite New York haunts — including Katz's (The Daily Mail) 

• Paddy Reilly's, the 36-year-old Irish saloon with live music on Second Avenue at 29th Street, is closing. The landlord won't renew their lease. (Gramercy Local) 

• At Cooper Union on Jan. 25: A panel exploring issues of mental health, addiction and social justice. Hip hop/theater artist Baba Israel, sound artist Fay Victor, and NY Phil Director of Media Production Mark Travis discuss the nuanced impact that the criminalization of addiction and drug use has had on music and other creative arts. (Official site)

EVG Etc.: Harvey Fierstein supports La MaMa; Pinky's Space sues NYC

Sophie's on Fifth Street the other evening

• Chef King Phojanakong of Kuma Inn on Ludlow Street dies at 54 (Eater) 

• City officials show indifference over Josefa Bonet, a resident of the Riis Houses, who had four times the normal level of arsenic in her system when she died (The City) 

• Harvey Fierstein donates a $250,000 matching grant to La MaMa (Playbill) 

• Pinky's Space sues NYC for $615,000 for tearing down outdoor dining shed (NY Post ... previously on EVG) 

• Bad Habit and Caleta debut at 133 Avenue A (Eater ... previously on EVG)

• What to do if you don't have heat in your apartment (The City) 

• Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village tenants secure rent-regulated status (Gothamist) 

• Cage the Elephant lead singer busted for gun possession at the Bowery Hotel (The Daily Mail) 

• NYPD makes arrest after robbery at the Metro PCS store on 14th Street and First Avenue last week (NY Post) 

• Is New York City facing a "doom loop" scenario? (Gothamist) 

• Gotham Burger Social Club coming to Essex and Rivington (Forbes) 

• Catch the original "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" on the big screen down at Metrograph this weekend (Offical site) 

• At Anna Delvey's NYE party (artnet)

EVG Etc.: East Village shroom bust; rent history insights

Photo by Derek Berg 

• The DA's office has charged 33-year-old Kenwood Allen with two counts of second-degree murder, three counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, one count of second-degree robbery, and two counts of second-degree assault for causing fatal overdoses of two people Allen robbed in venues on Seventh Street and Ludlow Street (The Post ... Gay City News ... press release from DA's office) 

• Police arrest four people during an investigation into the sale of magic mushrooms at East Village stores Come Back Daily on 11th Street and City Clouds on Seventh Street (PIX11 ... 

• The holiday season with a broken boiler at the Baruch Houses (CBS 2 ... The City) 

• More about Kōbo by Nai, now open on Avenue A (The New York Times... previously on EVG) 

• How to get your rent history in NYC (The City) 

• Revisiting the great Veniero's on 11th Street (Eater) 

• Adam Zhu on the enduring creative stamina of New York (Document Journal ... previously on EVG) 

• Latke time at Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery (NY1) 

• Remembering filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.'s influence on the LES (The Daily Heller) 

• Winter memories in the East Village (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• Riding with the Citi Bike Boyz in Tompkins Square Park (Curbed)

• An oral history of the Pyramid Club on Avenue A (Document Journal) What's next for the space? (EVG) 

• The most borrowed books from NYC’s public libraries this year (Gothamist) 

• Yo La Tengo pays tribute to the Ramones with Marky Ramone at the Bowery Ballroom (Brooklyn Vegan) 

• Recent EV arrival Anna Delvey, still under house arrest, has made $300,000 this year selling her art online (Artnet) 

• How the Lower East Side has changed since 1988's "Crossing Delancey" (New York Jewish Week)

EVG Etc.: Remembering Aline Kominsky-Crumb; artists raising money for Ukraine

Some recent headlines from other sources include...

• Remembering Aline Kominsky-Crumb (The New Yorker ... The Associated Press ... Artforum) 

• The Times talked with several men who said they were drugged at gay bars in the city, including the Boiler Room on Fourth Street; the NYPD is now investigating two recent deaths as homicides (The New York Times) 

• Mayor Adams faces backlash for move to involuntarily hospitalize unhoused people (NPR) ... What forced hospitalization feels like in New York City (Gothamist) 

• This pop-up gallery on 13th Street features the work of Ukrainian artists to help raise money to aid the resistance against the Russian invasion (ABC 7) 

• Pinky's Space on First Street has filed paperwork with intent to sue the city after the removal of its sidewalk structure (Eater ... previously on EVG) 

• The MTA says it needs new sources of income (The City) 

• A recap of the community meeting in Tompkins Square Park on Nov. 17 (The Village Sun... previously on EVG) 

• The Wafra Group sold The Nathaniel at 138 E. 12th St. and Third Avenue to the Westover Companies for $56.8 million, roughly 42 percent less than the $98.3 million it paid for the luxury rental building in 2015 (The Real Deal) 

• Screenings in the "Four Weeks of Christmas" series include "Gremlins" and "Meet Me in St. Louis" (Village East by Angelika) 

• The Klezmatics Hanukkah Show is Dec. 11 at Drom on Avenue A (Official site) 

• How LES mainstay Economy Candy keeps up with consumer trends (Retail TouchPoint)

... and happening today...

This Saturday December 3, 2022 from 10AM-4PM at Gethsemane Garden Baptist Church 223 East 7 Street New York, NY 10009 we will be giving cash for guns at our Gun Buy Back. No questions asked. No current or retired law enforcement. Let’s come together as a community. pic.twitter.com/ZbE9qDOFnF

— NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) November 29, 2022

EVG Etc.: NYCHA residents demand repair reforms; The Drunken Canal announces last issue

Some recent headlines (with a photo yesterday on Avenue A at 14th Street via EVG reader Doug)... 

 • NYCHA residents from the East Village and Lower East Side call on the mayor and NYCHA officials to improve its repair process and how it maintains the city's aging government housing (ABC 7 ... amNY) 

• The state's cannabis regulatory board approved 36 of potentially 175 pot-selling licenses Monday — with at least 13 of them to be based in NYC (The City) 

• To honor World AIDS Day, the Anthology Film Archives in Second Avenue and Second Street will present two programs as part of Day With(out) Art (Details here) 

• NYC theater on a budget with some EV options (Gothamist)

• Danny Fields is giving Iggy Pop history lessons (Page Six)

• Actress Spencer Grammer recalls trying to break up a fight in August 2020 outside Black Ant on Second Avenue (People... previously on EVG) 

• Recently opened Broome Street gallery champions women artists of color (Artsy) 

• Anna Sorokin self-promotion tour continues from her East Village apartment (Variety) 

• NYC's best wine bars are on the LES says this article (Condé Nast Traveler) ... The Times has its own list, with some EV picks, right here.

• LES history as seen through Seward Park (The Bowery Boys) 

• Christo, Amelia and raptor season (Laura Goggin Photography) 

... and the editors of The Drunken Canal, conceived in the East Village, announced its final issue...

THE FINAL ISSUE IS HERE, and its none other than Lucky Number 13. In a gesture to thank you for all the love, support, submissions, hate, kisses, hugs, free drinks, we are giving our farewell issue to YOU. Starting tomorrow @ NOON, you have 48 hours to send us whatever you want❤️ pic.twitter.com/cShQtvyiSu

— the drunken canal (@thedrunkencanal) November 21, 2022

EVG Etc.: City Council approves redistricting; Anna Delvey launches dinner series

Fall at Albert's Garden on 2nd Street 

• Your Election Day questions answered (NY1) 

• Local City Councilmember Carlina Rivera and others speak out about the warehousing of rent-stabilized units (The City) 

• NYC migrant crisis highlights long standing homeless shelter issues (Gothamist) 

• City Council approves redistricting maps (City & State ... Village Preservation) 

• Sietsema checks out MayRee on First Street (Eater ... previously on EVG) 

• Pete Wells says that the French-influenced Claud on 10th Street "is one of the most impressive places to hit the East Village in several years" (The New York Times ... previously on EVG)

• The Thrillist guide to the East Village (Thrillist) 

• Under house arrest, Anna Delvey is launching a dinner series out of her East Village apartment (Eater)

• The "Meet Me in the Bathroom" doc is now playing at the IFC Center (Official site... previously on EVG) 

• UFOs on the big screen (Anthology Film Archives) 

• Glendalis is the protagonist of this 10-year photographic voyage on the Lower East Side (i-D) 

• Scarlett Johansson and David Yurman hosted a shopping soiree to benefit the Lower Eastside Girls Club (Vogue) 

• The noise and traffic are constant complaints from the neighbors near Clinton Street and Grand Street (PIX11) 

• Goggla captures the fall bird migration (Laura Goggin Photography) 

• Heidi Klum's Halloween worm costume at the new Moxy Hotel on the Bowery inspired some good memes (Hyperallergic)

EVG Etc.: Creating more accessible housing; launching a Ramones fan club

Sky views from Third Avenue

• Local organizations come together to create more accessible housing through community land trusts in the East Village (The Indypendent ... previously on EVG) 

• What NYC's community aid groups need most to help migrants (Gothamist) 

• Roughly 1 in 10 rent-regulated apartments were vacant in 2021, Census survey data reveals (The City)

• 4 ballot measures facing New York City this general election (NY1)

• New York City saw its unemployment rate drop from 6.6% in August to 5.6% in September (Gothamist) 

• Thieves posing as art students robbed galleries on the Lower East Side (artnet)

• Residents sue to halt new towers in Two Bridges (The City) 

• A book excerpt on creating a Ramones fan club from the forthcoming memoir by Kid Congo Powers (Literary Hub) 

• The 95-square-foot EV studio with a shared bathroom that's asking $1,100 (CNBC ... we mentioned these units on St. Mark's Place in 2018) 

• Anna Delvey, now living in the East Village, discusses post-prison life (Page Six ... her "amazing audacity" Vogue) 

• The great old Milady's on Prince and Thompson "revived as a cocktail bar with appletinis and Jell-O shots" (Eater) 

• Reminders: Hitchcocktober continues at Village East by Angelika (Official site)

... and save the date...

Get ready! The LES Halloween Book Crawl is back! 🎃✨️ With new shops and new treats it's going to be a spooky good time. Save the date!October 30th from 12-7pm. See you there! Image ID in thread. pic.twitter.com/eHffloqLDA

— Bluestockings Cooperative (@bluestockings) October 4, 2022

EVG Etc. Remembering Chef Colin Alevras; assessing the mayor's street sweeps

• RIP Colin Alevras, who ran the the Tasting Room with his wife Renee on East First Street from 1999-2006 before moving to Elizabeth Street. He died of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. (The New York Times) 

• Assessing Mayor Adams' street sweeps six months later: "Property destroyed, people separated from services, no reduction in street homelessness" (1010 WINS) 

• Dysfunction in the Adams administration fuels housing crisis (The Post) ... And the mayor parties until late at Little Sister at the Moxy East Village (Page Six)

• State court keeps possibility of permanent outdoor dining program alive (Gothamist) 

• New program will convert unused newsstands to rest stops for delivery workers (The City) 

• Primary Wave Music has acquired a major stake in Joey Ramone's music-publishing assets for around $10 million (Variety) 

• Interesting behavior from Christo and Amelia in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggon Photography) 

• Fake heiress Anna Sorokin (aka Anna Delvey) is living in the East Village upon her release from prison yesterday (The New York Times... the Post) 

• The story of Angel Ortiz, Keith Haring's overlooked collaborator (i-D) 

• Some history of the recently opened Nine Orchard hotel on the LES ... aka, the old Jarmulowsky Bank building (The Forward) 

• Double Chicken Please on Allen Street named one of the world's best bars (6sgft) 

• The evolution of the egg cream (Eater) 

• Iggy Pop Covers Leonard Cohen's "You Want It Darker" (Pitchfork) 

• THIS WEEKEND: A few screenings left of Kathryn Bigelow & Monty Montgomery's "The Loveless" and Abel Ferrara's "The Addiction" (Anthology Film Archives)

The latest headlines from the Riis Houses water scandal

Photo via @THECITYNY 

 • NYCHA CEO steps down in wake of the arsenic crisis at the Riis Houses on Avenue D (1010 WINS) ... hefty pay left intact (The City) 

• Arsenic alarm still a drain on Riis residents' routines and resources (City Limits)

• Residents file lawsuit against NYCHA over arsenic water scare (NBC New York) 

 • City officials to testify under oath on NYCHA arsenic readings (The City) 

• City Council to launch two investigations into NYCHA water quality (NY1) 

In other headlines...

 • A suspect has been arrested for fatally shooting a gang rival outside Haven Plaza (Daily News ... previously on EVG) 

• City Hall says major crimes up, but NYPD response times slower (Gothamist) 

• Some thoughts on the Bowery (Flaming Pablum) 

• Take the M14a for these downtown dining spots (Eater) 

• History of the Sixth Street Industrial School (Ephemeral New York)

• Model Ivy Getty provides this "Cool Girl’s Guide to the East Village" (Elle) 

• On Henry Street, several galleries have enjoyed low rent from multi-year leases signed in 2020. What happens when those expire? (Artnet News) 

• The owners of LES party venue the Bowery Savings Bank filed for Chapter 11 protection to stave off a forced sale after defaulting on their $12 million loan (Commercial Observer)

• The possibility of a 23% taxi fare hike, base fare increase (The Post) 

• Dimes Square, post-shark-jump (The New Yorker) 

• Halloween with some early David Cronenberg (Film Anthology Archives)

EVG Etc.: 10th Congressional District post-mortem; homespun Serbian cuisine on Avenue C

Photo from 5th Street 

 • Remembering East Village-based art writer Charlie Finch (Artnet) ... Police say Finch jumped from his East 12th Street apartment (The Post) 

• The leaders of Yoga to the People, once housed on St. Mark's Place, arrested for tax fraud (The Cut ... "Downward dogged by feds," per TMZ...  previously on EV Grieve) 

• Carlina Rivera and the untold history of how East River Park was destroyed (The Indypendent) 

• Breaking down the numbers from the 10th Congressional District primary (Gothamist) ... Yuh-Line Niou eyes 'Hail Mary third-party run' (City & State) 

• Pete Wells likes the traditional Serbian dishes and unusual wines at Kafana on Avenue C (The New York Times) 

• Big Ash on Delancey is "vintage fashion's best-kept secret" (The Face ... previously on EVG) 

• How Blondie shattered the conventions of punk and pop (NPR)

EVG Etc.: The first 10th Congressional District TV debate; Coleman Skatepark at 10

Photo by H.H. in Tompkins Square Park 

• 18-year-old suspect in a fatal East Village shooting has been apprehended in West Virginia (PIX 11 ... the Post ... previously on EVG) 

• Highlights from the first televised debate in the race for the 10th Congressional District: "Dan Goldman and Carlina Rivera ... weathered attacks for their personal finances — Goldman, an heir to Levi Strauss, for investments in Rupert Murdoch's conservative News Corp. and Rivera for holdings in a fund that invests in gun manufacturers Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger." (POLITICO ... Gothamist) 

• "Murphy's has been attracting fans and skeptics with its well-designed interior and $6 Jamaican patties" on Ninth Street (Eater ... previously on EVG) 

• Checking in on HAGS on First Avenue (Eater) 

• The Coleman Skatepark beneath the Manhattan Bridge turns 10 (Quartersnacks) 

• The M102, which runs from the East Village to Harlem, is the slowest bus in the city (Thrillist) 

• In conjunctiopn with the ICP's new exhibition, "William Klein: YES – Photographs, Paintings, Films, 1948-2013," the Anthology Film Archives hosts screenings of a selection of his films (Official site) 

• Three chances to see Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" on a big screen this weekend (Metrograph) 

• Loving to hate Dimes Square (The Daily Beast) 

• On the town with the East Villains TikTok crew (The Cut) 

• Why the gallery Magenta Plains doubled down on Chinatown (artnet)

EVG Etc.: Andy Warhol's durational cinema; Economy Candy's 85th birthday

Some headlines from other sources this past week (with a random photo from Avenue A)...

• City announces a new "public-private partnership" to help unhoused residents (NBC 4 ... city news release)

• Columbia University graduate student is in the ICU with brain trauma; police believe he was attacked on the L after drinks in the East Village (NBC 4 ... ABC 7) 

• Police searching for two men for questioning in the murders of Nikki Huang and Jesse Parrilla (Daily News ... previously on EVG) 

• The number of legal evictions in New York City grew each month in the first half of 2022 (City Limits) 

• A look at the backers of Yuh-line Niou and Carlina Rivera for the open-seat Democratic primary race in the new NY-10 district (The Indypendent) 

• More about "7 Gardens" in East Village community gardens (Artnet ... previously on EVG) 

• Fine-dining destination Kajitsu, which first opened in the East Village before moving to Midtown East, is closing on Sept. 18 (Instagram) 

• Upcoming screenings for Andy Warhol's most often-discussed but rarely-screened films representing experiments in durational cinema — "The Chelsea Girls," "Sleep" and "Empire" (Anthology Film Archives) 

• Coming soon: "Easy Rider" in 35MM (Village East) 

• Some history of the "Physical Graffiti" building on St. Mark's Place (Atlas Obscura) 

• Economy Candy turns 85 (Untapped New York) 

• Russ & Daughters Café on Orchard Street reopens after extended pandemic-related closure (Gothamist)

• About the "Sweet Green" installation at Chinatown Soup (Hyperallergic) 

• Netflix-approved immersive "Squid Game" experience coming to 81 Essex St. on the LES (The Hollywood Reporter)

EVG Etc.: Remembering Hunter Reynolds & Claes Oldenburg; looking at de Blasio's campaign donors

Some links to other sources from the past week (with a photo from this morning on Houston and Ludlow) ... 

• Remembering Hunter Reynolds, East Village artist and AIDS activist (POZ) 

• RIP Claes Oldenburg (CNN ... more background on his LES history at Off the Grid)

• Family looking for answers after murder of Jesse Parrilla (PIX 11 ... previously on EVG) 

• Police seek man on e-bike accused of sexually assaulting 2 women in Manhattan early Saturday morning, including a 28 year old on Avenue A and Fourth Street (Westside Rag ... CBS 2 ... ABC 7 ...

• A $95 million lawsuit alleges sexual assault against famed East Village restaurateur Shuji Bon Yagi (The Post) 

• City under a heat advisory through tomorrow night (Gothamist ... find a cooling center via this city map) 

• De Blasio scores campaign cash for the Congressional District 10 race from subjects of his ethics probes (The City) UPDATE: The former mayor drops out of the race (Axios) 

• Displaced Lower East Side Ecology Center heading now to Canarsie (NY1 ... previously on EVG) 

• Jesse Malin pays tribute to his longtime friend Howie Pyro (The Village Voice) 

• The MTA has put up a want ad for companies seeking to install platform barriers at three stations in the subway system, including the L at Union Square (The City) 

• History of Mechanics Alley on the LES (Ephemeral New York) 

• More on the Acne Studios handbag ads with the butt shots (The Post ... previously on EVG)