The exclusive club meets resistance from the community in opening a new location By Adam Janos Groucho Marx once humorously stated, “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept people like me as a member.” In the spirit of that irony, he’d be positively tickled to explain the current state of affairs 
Community Board 3’s Parks committee voted to support the plan for restoration By Nora Bosworth Two barbells lie beneath a peeling bench, bound by a rusty chain that allows just enough room to lift them if one should choose, though it’s such a forlorn sight it’s hard to imagine anyone has actually done so in 
With NYC afterschool programs continuously cut , the Possibility Project brings relief to struggling students through the performing arts By Helaina Hovitz It’s a brisk Saturday morning in April, and a group of inner city students are rehearsing a musical of their own making at East Side Community High School on 12th Street and 1st 
Tenants and City Council members say NYCHA’s plan is moving too quickly and without transparency A plan by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to generate much-needed revenue through land leasing has been met with uproar from public housing tenants and elected officials. NYCHA’s land leasing plan involves eight different sites and 325,000 square 
Community members and congregation leadership are butting heads over whether, and how, to save a cherished LES landmark The Beth Hamedrash Hagodol synagogue (BHH) on the Lower East Side is in obvious ruin. The facade is crumbling, windows have been blown out and behind the barbed wire fence, trash and leaves have been accumulating for 
A walking tour with a music journalist brings his memoir to life If “raucous” and “intimate” can coexist adroitly, that describes the atmosphere at the release party for Marc Spitz’s new memoir Poseur, an affair tucked cozily away up a staircase at the Lower East Side’s Slipper Room. Everyone here knows each other, laughs heartily 
Our intrepid snacker hunkers down and orders in to find the best food options on the web By Elian Zach When a perfect meal knocks at your door wearing nothing but a plastic bag and a smile, you can’t help but be seduced, let it in and have your way with it. I’m not a 
