A number of local elected officials are calling on the developer Tishman Speyer to pay the legal bills of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village tenants whom Tishman wrongly accuses of breaking rent-stabilization rules.

Published by New York Sun on July 23, 2008.

He was gritty, this kid Joe Miceli from the lower East Side, and I'm going to miss my friend at "Ring 8" meetings of the Veteran Boxers Association.

Published by New York Daily News on July 22, 2008.

On Tuesday afternoon, City Councilman Dan Garodnick called on Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village landlord Tishman Speyer to pay the legal fees of tenants who are proven to be legitimately occupying rent-stabilized apartments in the complex after contesting non-lease renewal notices from the landlord.

Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

Born on the lower East Side in 1923, Getty briefly worked in local theater but left the limelight to raise her two sons with her husband, Arthur Gettleman, in Queens.

Published by New York Daily News on July 22, 2008.

In the 17th Precinct - which includes Sutton Place, Beekman Place, Kipps Bay, Turtle Bay and Murray Hill - burglaries are up 20.2 percent over the last year.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Once an uninteresting dining scene, Second Avenue in the East Village now offers a compelling variety in these restaurants, most of them no more than two years old.

Published by New York Times on July 19, 2008.

In a blog, barbed musings are aimed with unambiguous loathing at the management of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.

Published by New York Times on July 19, 2008.

The tournament runs Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 8 p.m. at St. Mark's Church at 10th Street and First Avenue.

Published by The New York Observer on July 18, 2008.

All around her were dozens of Chinese and Hispanic residents of the lower East Side. They held up placards with words like: "Stop Racist Rezoning" and "Chinatown/Lower East Side Are Not For Sale."

Published by New York Daily News on July 16, 2008.

This month, hosts in Manhattan’s party districts can send a text message to an ice truck sponsored by the company that markets Baileys Irish Cream, Smirnoff, and Captain Morgan to have ice delivered to their door (the truck will cover the East Village on July 19 and the West Village on July 26).

Published by New York Times on July 15, 2008.

Running Against Albany on Manhattan's Lower East Side (64th Assembly District): One of the state's most powerful men -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver -- faces two political novices bidding for political history in his rapidly changing home district.

Published by Gotham Gazette on July 14, 2008.

12:30 p.m. Community members demand a stop to the East Village/LES Rezoning Plan before scheduled public hearing; in front of 1 Centre St.

Published by The New York Observer on July 14, 2008.

In 2005, it was reported that six of the 11 candidates running for a City Council seat on Manhattan's Lower East Side faced challenges from the Coalition for a District Alternative, a political club that actively supported outgoing Councilmember Margarita Lopez and Rosie Mendez, her protégé who was seeking the seat (and won).

Published by Gotham Gazette on July 14, 2008.

The 25th District includes parts of the Lower East Side, Alphabet City, the Financial District, Tribeca, Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn. It is home to two of the largest and most controversial development projects in the city: the World Trade Center site and Atlantic Yards.

Published by Gotham Gazette on July 14, 2008.

"I was smoking two packs a day, so right now I saved $600 over the last month," said Jeana Farelli, an artist from the Lower East Side who quit smoking 27 days ago.

Published by New York Post on July 11, 2008.

At Jane's Exchange, a consignment shop on E. 3rd St., between avenues A and B, toddlers hang out in a play area with purple chairs and a train set while their parents shop for clothing, toys, books, carriages and an assortment of baby items.

Published by New York Daily News on July 11, 2008.

Thus it was refreshing to sit down at Kafana, a mid-priced new place in the East Village, and find the food entirely unreconstructed from its Eastern European antecedents, with nary a drop of balsamic, leaf of mizuna, or doodle of fuchsia-colored sauce in sight. "This is just the way we eat in Belgrade," my Serbian friend Ana effused, running her eye approvingly over the menu

Published by Village Voice on July 9, 2008.

Grant is the brother of Rudy Fleming, who is serving life without parole for the Jan. 27, 2005, slaying of Nicole DuFresne, who had asked him after a Lower East Side robbery: "You got what you wanted. What are you going to do now, shoot us?"

Published by New York Post on July 9, 2008.

Lately, when 10 a.m. rolls around, I'm hunched over my laptop, twitching like a madwoman, trying to click on one of those elusive green check marks that will signify a reservation at Momofuku Ko. David Chang's new prix fixe venture seats only 14 diners and has inspired a blogosphere frenzy of epic proportions, complete with a reservations black market.

Published by Village Voice on July 9, 2008.

I've invited novelist Paul Beatty to meet me at a restaurant that no longer exists. Informed that the writer lives in the East Village, I'd suggested meeting at Alphabet Kitchen on Avenue A.

Published by Village Voice on July 9, 2008.

Organizers are promising an even bigger Independence Day celebration this year, and spectators have been arriving on Manhattan's east side since early Friday morning for the fireworks.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 4, 2008.

Friday at 9, New York will be starting summer with a bang as fireworks are launched from the East River between 10th and 23rd Sts. While the rest of us are watching the show, one man will be orchestrating it. Meet Robin Hall, the man behind the city-wide blast.

Published by New York Daily News on July 3, 2008.

A 68-year-old woman running errands near her lower East Side apartment Wednesday was crushed by a city bus that continued on its route as the woman died in the street.

Published by New York Daily News on July 3, 2008.

The number of locations on the East Side for public viewing this year has been increased, and they can be found as far south as Houston St., providing even more opportunities to see the sky light up.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

The former child star and daughter of actor Ryan O'Neal was charged was misdemeanor drug possession last month when cops nabbed her buying drugs from a lower East Side street dealer.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

Davis was arrested March 25 and charged with promoting prostitution and money laundering. Prosecutors said the 32-year-old ran a high-priced escort ring called "Wicked Models" out of two East Side apartments. She has pleaded not guilty.

Published by WNBC on July 2, 2008.

Davis was arrested March 25 and charged with promoting prostitution and money laundering. Prosecutors say the 32-year-old ran a high-priced escort ring called "Wicked Models" out of two East Side apartments. She has pleaded not guilty.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.

MOCHA SUPREME Alison Nelson's Chocolate Bar has opened a new store (127 E. 7th St., between First Avenue and Avenue A, 212-366-1541). For the next month, coffee there is half price.

Published by New York Sun on July 2, 2008.

Davis was arrested March 25 and charged with promoting prostitution and money laundering. Prosecutors say the 32-year-old ran a high-priced escort ring called "Wicked Models" out of two East Side apartments. She has pleaded not guilty.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 2, 2008.

De Montebello Sells East Side Co-op for $2.1 M., But Stays in Met’s Neighborhood

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Using 2000 census data, the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side, which was recently formed, points out that while Community Board 3 is 28 percent white, almost three-quarters (73 percent) of that population sits in the rezoned area.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Village chocoholics don't have to travel too far for their fix: former West Village choco-star The Chocolate Bar re-opens today at its new location at 127 East 7th Street, near First Avenue.

Published by The Real Deal on June 30, 2008.

Using 2000 census data, the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side, which was recently formed, points out that while Community Board 3 is 28 percent white, almost three-quarters (73 percent) of that population sits in the rezoned area.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Neighborhoods that produced the most noise complaints were Williamsburg and Flatbush in Brooklyn, Norwood in the Bronx and the East Village.

Published by New York Daily News on June 29, 2008.

It can be tough being a responsible pet owner and living in an urban area. That's why the American Kennel Club offered key tips and taught basic good manners to dogs living in an urban setting at the Canine Good Citizen training event on Saturday.

Published by WNBC on June 28, 2008.

The four waterfalls — one under the Brooklyn tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, one off the north shore of Governors Island, one between Pier 4 and 5 along Furman Street in Brooklyn Heights, and one off the coast of Manhattan’s Lower East Side — range in height from 90 to 120 feet and vary in width.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Nearly 30 television cameras and countless reporters have gathered to hear Michael Bloomberg launch his latest public art project, aptly named "The New York City Waterfalls," here at Pier 17 in Lower Manhattan.

Published by The New York Observer on June 26, 2008.

His plea deal came four weeks after 44-year-old Tatum was arrested just blocks from her lower East Side home by undercover narcotics officers who spotted her buying crack and powder cocaine from a homeless street hustler.

Published by New York Daily News on June 26, 2008.

A teenager was fatally shot on the lower East Side during a bloody 12-hour stretch that left four other people in the city murdered, cops said Tuesday.

Published by New York Daily News on June 25, 2008.

This Bloomberg era will be forever known as the age of housing gluttony. How else to describe a city where those with the means to do so have no compunction about seizing an entire tenement for their personal enjoyment, as one landlord is doing on a Lower East Side block? What better word is there when a clothing designer splurges $17.5 million on a new West Side condominium, an apartment that includes a parking spot for his automobile—on the 19th floor?

Published by Village Voice on June 24, 2008.

Gentrification has put enormous pressure on low- and moderate-income lower East Side residents who don't live in subsidized housing.

Published by New York Daily News on June 22, 2008.

SCREEN SAVINGS Tompkins Square Park kicks off its summer movie festival with "Blade Runner." Future flicks include "The Big Lebowski" and "The Graduate." Tuesdays thru Sept. 17. (Free, sunset, Seventh and 10th Sts. & Avenue A and Avenue B, www.filmsintompkins.com)

Published by New York Daily News on June 22, 2008.

There will be no wedding, no joy, because her fiancĂŠ, crane operator Donald Leo, was killed in an East Side crane collapse on May 30.

Published by New York Daily News on June 21, 2008.

Residents of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town are concerned over what they say is the danger posed by golf carts driven by maintenance workers along the pedestrian walkways.

Published by New York Times on June 21, 2008.

Earlier in the day, on the Lower East Side, a car veered onto the sidewalk - injuring six people.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 21, 2008.

And on the East Side a 60-year-old man stepped on the gas instead of the brake while exiting a parking spot and struck seven people, two of whom were in serious condition at the hospital Saturday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 21, 2008.

The Wiccan Family Temple's annual "Summer Solstice Masquerade Soiree: A Midsummers Night's Dream Ritual" starts at 7 tonight at 638 East 6th Street. "Everyone is welcome, of all genders, ages; solitaries, covens & friends, et al. We are respectful of all spiritual paths and all people," the invite says. Suggested costumes include: "Fairies, Sun Deities, Pixies, Satyrs, Woodland creatures, Nymphs, Elves, Sirens, Belly dancers," and glitter or fairy dust are also encouraged.

Published by The New York Observer on June 20, 2008.

First, David Chang limited our access to his 12-seat Momofuku Ko by instituting the online only reservation system that one must return to at 10 a.m. every morning for weeks--and be quick with the mouse--in order to even have a chance of reserving a seat.

Published by The New York Observer on June 20, 2008.

A middle-aged man parking his SUV on the Lower East Side this afternoon jumped a curb and slammed into six people, seriously injuring two of them, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 20, 2008.

“The Lower East Side and East London are so similar it’s unbelievable,” says John Hoad, who will move from England to manage the New York store. Hoad, speaking from the London salon, said that the store’s owners looked all over Manhattan and Brooklyn — Chelsea, the Meat Packing District, the West Village and Williamsburg — for the right neighborhood before settling on the LES.

Published by amNY.com on June 20, 2008.