THERE’S A NEW JACKASS IN TOWN
…and he’s hiding out — truly — at El Vez.

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A HOMELESS WOMAN IS MURDERED AT THE SEAPORT
A homeless woman is murdered in the abandoned New Market Building at the Seaport; the suspects, whom she knew, have been arrested.

COVID TESTING RETAIL OPENS ON CHURCH
The new 2021 retail: a pop-up covid testing site opens on Church and Duane.

HIBERNATION ENDS FOR A FEW LOCAL RESTAURANTS
March 16, 2020, marks the day that bars served their last drinks indoors. A year later, The Hideaway is coming out of hibernation, Tiny’s is back and L’Angolo opens tonight.

POKE GREEN HAS CLOSED PERMANENTLY
The fast casual local chain, which opened on Greenwich in 2017, still has it’s Financial District location operating.

THE VIEWS OF FIDI FROM 77 GREENWICH
One of the newest supertalls has views of the harbor, but also historic Fidi, and will include the new building for PS 150 and a restoration of a historic mansion.

HURRICANE MARIA MEMORIAL IS COMING TOGETHER
The latest memorial pushed through by Cuomo memorializes the 3000 victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017.

IN THE NEWS
Gifts to downtown from two longtime New Yorkers. The lives of both the creator of Charging Bull and a founder of Hudson River Park are covered in obits by The Times.