Newsletter: June 18

KNICKS PARADE SHUTS DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
For five hours yesterday morning, there was not an inch of open asphalt from Chambers down to The Battery as the Knicks took their victory lap through Fidi and Tribeca.

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THE CANDIDATES 2026:
JEANNINE KIELY FOR ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 66
The June 23 primary will include the race for our assembly seat, which Deborah Glick is vacating after 36 years.

EARLY VOTING WRAPS UP SUNDAY
Polling stations are open until Sunday; Primary Election Day is Tuesday, June 23.

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NATURINO SHOE STORE IS MOVING TO CHAMBERS
The kids shoe store that has been on Reade for a decade will join several new stores in the former Petco space.

UPDATE: WASHINGTON MARKET PARK LAWN + MORE
The sod is now in place; the bathrooms are now open; there’s events for kids coming up in June and July.

SEEN & HEARD
“Estate sale” at Duane Park Patisserie. Plus a Chinatown restaurant is named #1 by James Beard; World Cup street closures in Midtown; HUSO roots for the Knicks.

KNICKS FANS STARTED EARLY
Fans got in position now for the Knicks ticker-tape parade as early as 1a, hunkering down for the night till the parade rolls by sometime after 10a.

ICYMI, THE SPEED LIMIT IS NOW 20 MPH
Everything south and including Canal is part of a Regional Slow Zone. And the speed limit around a dozen Lower Manhattan schools is now 15 MPH.

COMMUNITY BOARD 1 AGENDAS FOR JUNE
There are some big projects on this month’s agendas: the tower for Independence Plaza, the conversion of 100 Gold, changes to historic buildings.

SEEN & HEARD
TC Gators are champs. Plus the new FedEx office is open; music in the Washington Market Park playground; a Brazilian dance party in Bogardus.

 

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