About 8000 votes were cast in a district with 71,000 eligible Democratic voters. / 6 comments
Marte opens a storefront in Chinatown. Plus more on the new Mexican coming to N. Moore; Beach Party at the Children's Museum of the Arts; Ferreiro Badia sculpture is returned. / 5 comments
The newly elected councilman takes questions from listeners about East River Park, Soho/Noho rezoning and the borough-based jail. / 6 comments
The Lower East Side resident won the June primary, beating out eight other candidates, and now has won against the Independent and Republican candidates. / 16 comments
The people have already made it clear. Christopher Marte is the best choice for City Council in this upcoming General Election on November 2nd. / Sponsored
Lower East Side resident Christopher Marte leads with 40 percent of the first choice votes. He needs to get to 50 to be declared winner. / 16 comments
Born and bred on the Lower East Side, Marte answers reader questions on the borough-based jail for White Street, pedestrian safety and sanitation, among others. / 20 comments
Plus: Galleries band together to support Christopher Marte; Argentine president visited terror site; new rendering for the Clocktower Building on Broadway; car hit by 111 Murray debris.
After nearly beating Margaret Chin in the Democratic primary, Christopher Marte will try again in the general election on November 7. / 8 comments
Plus: Christopher Marte is on the verge of conceding; Stuyvesant student learned that there's no easy way out of the river; 9/11 photo display stolen; the history of a beautiful building at Broadway and White; charging hubs for electric cars. / 1 comment
Plus: Analyzing the city council vote; the Board of Elections won't count absentee and provisional ballots yet; Margaret Chin's graceless victory statement; Barry Diller withdraws plan to build Hudson River Park pier; Battery Park City resident launching a fashion line of rowing blazers. / 4 comments
Plus: Revised renderings for the 50 Hudson topper; police looking for three teens who attacked man on Reade; a plan to save St. Joseph’s Chapel in Battery Park City; the retail rent "façade." / 15 comments
I agree. Put these dangerous men in a neighborhood where poor people live. PS - We're not allowed to use... — Steve C / City proposes another Safe Haven shelter for the Seaport
Makes more sense as a shelter for migrant families, especially with the school so close. — Steve C / City proposes another Safe Haven shelter for the Seaport
school is out so they slipping this shelter so parents can't fight it!! That is why the neighborhood is not... — NATIVE / City proposes another Safe Haven shelter for the Seaport
Nice, community and schools mean nothing. We have enough downtown. This should not be here. There are mentally ill and... — NATIVE / City proposes another Safe Haven shelter for the Seaport
Nice place but wish the owner would show some respect for his neighbors and park his motorcycle lawfully (at the... — Bruce Hood / Sneak Peek: Forge is now taking reservations
Happy to know about any Juneteenth celebrations in the neighborhood. Next time tell me in advance. — Tribeca Citizen / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
I have to agree here. Barely a mention.. And the park looked really bad after the Midsummer festival. Two days... — B.Thompson / A midsummer day at Rockefeller