Newsletter: May 9
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Crackdown (finally) on illegal smoke shops?
With an emergency procedure added to the City Charter, the Sheriff's Office can now seal businesses after inspections. / 8 comments
Boy killed in Soho at the Dominick hotel public plaza
The 16-year-old male victim intervened in an argument between two groups of girls when shots were fired.
Aahar on Murray has closed its restaurant
But they are still cooking for delivery through online ordering. / 2 comments
Nosy Neighbor: What happened to the American flag on the post office?
First the flag stopped flying over the USPS Canal Street Station, then the flagpole itself disappeared. / 4 comments
In the News: Long Islanders can’t handle the subway
A lawsuit from a town on Long Island states that the subway is so dangerous that the town's residents have to drive their cars here instead. / 15 comments
Seen & Heard: Colony moves to new space on Varick
Plus free adult Zumba in BPC; progress at 24 Murray; Belle Reve pouring at Macao Trading. / 4 comments
Hashi Japanese market has opened on Greenwich
The bodega fresh out of Tokyo has two floors of everything Japanese, packed floor to ceiling. / 9 comments
Newsletter: May 6
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Specters and portals at the World Trade Center
Where's Sigourney Weaver when you need her? / 1 comment
Satellite Collective in residence on Reade Street
The artists' collective will present a series of ballets, concerts and visual art shows in the Mriya space on Reade May 9-21.
Seen & Heard: Japanese market opens today
Plus a dry cleaner emerges from the shadows of a sidewalk bridge in Fidi; Washington Market School sets street fair for June 1; harbor safety day this weekend at Pier 26. / 8 comments
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