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Trader Joe’s on Lower East Side to unionize, first of its NYC stores to do so

Posted on March 24, 2023

Poet Bob Holman of the Lower East Side

The spoken word of Bob Holman, the globe-trotting unofficial poet laureate of the Lower East Side

Posted on March 15, 2023

Barry Reynolds and Friends on the Lower East Side

‘Barry Reynolds and Friends’ help raise great music and art from a Lower East Side gallery basement

Posted on February 22, 2023

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Runners strip down for charity during Cupid’s Undie Run

Posted on February 12, 2023

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FIRST ON amNY | Lower East Side deli shuttered for tobacco violations, selling cigarettes to minors

Posted on January 31, 2023

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State of the City | Legendary Brooklyn Banks skatepark set to reopen under Adams, Tony Hawk plan

Posted on January 29, 2023

Lower East Side musician Puma Perl

Arts & Entertainment

Doing it her way: Lower East Side’s Puma Perl asserts herself with her music and poetry

Posted on January 4, 2023

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‘Acker Awards’ return to celebrate The Village and the avant-garde art scene

Posted on December 14, 2022

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Shooting spree suspect tied to Lower East Side and Brooklyn murders turns himself in to police, sources say

Posted on December 5, 2022

NYC Parks opens a new waterfront space on the LES.

NYC Parks unveils new multi-million dollar Lower East Side waterfront space

Posted on November 30, 2022

Lower East Side graffiti artist Al Diaz

Lower East Side gallery exhibit chronicles ‘A History of Graffiti in New York’

Posted on November 22, 2022

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Man gets 8 years for Lower East Side laundromat stabbing

Posted on November 17, 2022

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‘The Art of Becoming’ Penny Arcade, a Lower East Side artist doing things her own way for decades

Posted on November 16, 2022

Jill Fiore sings from her Lower East Side fire escape

Jill Fiore rocks the Lower East Side from her fire escape

Posted on November 2, 2022

Chinatown and Lower East Side residents sue to stop mega development

Lower East Side, Chinatown residents sue to stop tower developments based on ‘Green Amendment’

Posted on October 22, 2022

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Spooky Halloween pop-up coming to Lower East Side’s Loreley Beer Garden

Posted on October 13, 2022

Ghost guns recovered from a Lower East Side apartment

Lower East Side man cuffed for building ghost guns in his apartment

Posted on October 11, 2022

Lower East Side book crawl

Second annual Lower East Side book crawl to return over Halloween weekend

Posted on October 11, 2022

Kissing creep sexually assaulted woman in Lower East Side apartment building

Kissing creep sexually assaults woman in Lower East Side apartment building

Posted on October 1, 2022

Suspect sought in Lower East Side slashing

Lower East Side slashing leaves would-be peacemaker injured, cops say

Posted on September 26, 2022

Bike-riding brute assaulted Lower East Side cop

Bike-riding brute on Lower East Side sought for assaulting cop

Posted on September 24, 2022

Jacob Riis Houses residents sue city over arsenic water scare

‘They have a right to damages’: Jacob Riis Houses residents sue NYC over arsenic water scare

Posted on September 12, 2022

Jacob Riis Houses water safe to drink as arsenic scare ends

City pronounces Jacob Riis Houses water safe to drink as mayor, health commissioner drink to end of arsenic scare

Posted on September 10, 2022

Jumaane Williams speaks out about arsenic contamination on Lower East Side

Arsenic contamination on Lower East Side: Latest water test results at Riis Houses negative for toxin

Posted on September 7, 2022

Lower East Side stabbing

Man hospitalized after Lower East Side stabbing

Posted on September 6, 2022

Arsenic contamination on Lower East Side

Arsenic contamination on Lower East Side: NYC expects water test results soon for Jacob Riis Houses

Posted on September 5, 2022

Lower East Side rape attempt suspect

‘Rude’ Lower East Side creep followed woman into apartment, robbed and tried to rape her: NYPD

Posted on September 5, 2022

Arsenic found in water at NYCHA complex

Federal monitor investigating how arsenic got into NYCHA’s water

Posted on September 4, 2022

DA Bragg funds ten gun violence prevention organizations

Posted on August 9, 2022

Interactive gaming experience Immersive Gamebox to open new location in Lower East Side

Posted on July 28, 2022

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Asian American International Film Festival to celebrate 45th anniversary this summer

Posted on July 27, 2022

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Snapshots and street art: Photographer Martha Cooper talks graffiti at ICP in LES

Posted on July 24, 2022

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Arts & Entertainment

There’s still time to see NYC artist Bianca Romero’s mural ‘Bloom’ on Lower East Side hotel

Posted on July 11, 2022

Lower East Side shooting suspects

Quick-changing gunmen on Lower East Side opened fire on group in broad daylight: cops

Posted on June 27, 2022

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DSA Assembly candidate blasts opponent for raking in campaign cash from GOP donors

Lower East Side slashing suspect

Injury to insult: Lower East Side man slashed after walking in on suspect with his girlfriend

Posted on June 23, 2022

Make Music New York Lower East Side block party

‘Make Music New York Day’ brings punk rock sounds of summer to Lower East Side block party

Posted on June 22, 2022

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New support from Brooklyn progressives give Rivera CD10 campaign momentum

Man on scooter runs down toddler at Lower East Side intersection: NYPD

Posted on June 17, 2022

Lower East Side subway assault suspect

Brute choked and slashed woman at Lower East Side subway station

Posted on June 12, 2022

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Rivera officially announces CD10 run, following days of campaigning

Book Crawl

Arts & Entertainment

Grow your personal queer book collection during Lower East Side Book Crawl in June

Posted on May 23, 2022

Shooting in the East Village

Separate shootings in East Village, Lower East Side leave man dead, two victims injured

Posted on May 16, 2022

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Queens man cuffed for hitting pedestrian while drunk driving on Lower East Side

Posted on May 2, 2022

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Lower East Side father charged for causing death of 4-month-old daughter

Posted on April 27, 2022

Harlem man stabbed

Machete attack on Lower East Side leaves man slashed in back: cops

Posted on April 18, 2022

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Jazz by Jorei bring jazz jam sessions to Sour Mouse in the Lower East Side

Posted on April 13, 2022

Steve Keene in his cage, a structure inspired by a Frank Gehry show

Artist Steve Keene showcases prolific works of pop culture on plywood

Posted on April 6, 2022

More from around NYC

Some of the Hostos Caimans women's basketball players are seen on campus on Thursday, March 16, 2023.

Dynasty in the making: Hostos women’s basketball falls just short of historic feat

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Trio brutally assaults teen and steal his sneakers inside of Forest Hills subway station: NYPD

Brooklyn DA man sentenced to prison

Former Sunset Park man sentenced to prison for brutally attacking former girlfriend: DA

Advocates and State Senator Robert Jackson urge Governor Kathy Hochul against imposing changes to 340B, a federal drug discount program.

Providers urge state to keep 340B drug discount program intact