Glick-Koch split on N.Y.U.: Assemblymember Deborah Glick is calling Ed Koch out of touch with the community after the former mayor penned an op-ed in the Daily News two weeks ago boosting the N.Y.U. 2031 Plan. “As a fellow resident of Greenwich Village,” Glick said, “I can say Mr. Koch is the first constituent I [...]

Would have had Ray’s vote: Before he recently decided to call off a run for Democratic state committee in what would have been a June primary race, Dodge Landesman was making the rounds, as he put it, “in the process of racking up endorsements.” And his first was Ray of Ray’s Candy Store on Avenue [...]

New life for Life Cafe space: Well, the mystery about what’s happening with the former Life Cafe is over — partially. Ninth Street Espresso will be taking over the western half of Life’s former space at 10th St. and Avenue B. As this newspaper reported in September, the Life space was in the unusual situation [...]

Mall of confusion: Community Board 2 has given the city’s Department of Investigation the fraudulent letters that the Little Italy Merchants Association recently submitted in support of extending the seasonal Mulberry St. Mall by an extra block, from Broome St. to Kenmare St. On Monday, Bob Gormley, C.B. 2 district manager, told us he had [...]

Mall mayhem: Extremely concerned over the recent revelation that support letters submitted to Community Board 2 in support of expanding the Mulberry St. Mall by an extra block were fraudulent, Board 2 last week brought the hammer down. In a resolution proposed by board member Tobi Bergman, the board said it would not give approval [...]

[media-credit name="Photo by Clayton Patterson" align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] Friends of Jesus “Pee Wee” Santos gathered at his wake on Feb. 7 at the Ortiz Funeral Home on First Ave. Santos, who was born and raised on Allen St., had moved uptown. On Feb. 6, he had an accident and fell out of a six-story window. Lin [...]

Noticeable absence: After all the excitement had worn off from the rousing speeches at last Saturday’s historic rally against the N.Y.U. 2031 plan, we realized something had been missing, a person actually — namely, Andrew Berman. Terri Cude, co-chairperson of CAAN (Community Action Alliance on N.Y.U. 2031), the rally’s co-sponsor along with Assemblymember Deborah Glick, [...]

Fashioning another win: Tuesday night, Scarlett Johansson and Anna Wintour co-hosted a fundraiser for President Obama at the Theory store in the Meatpacking District. With 23 top fashion designers in attendance, they launched the Runway to Win campaign, whose online store features a line of designer styles, with everything from tote bags to T-shirts ($45), [...]

[media-credit name="Photo by Tequila Minsky" align="alignleft" width="300"][/media-credit]Sound and vision: The Lower East Side “Street.Life.Live” photo show opened at the 14th St. Y street-level gallery recently with some help from the hot Afrodelic rock band Timbila, featuring Nora Balaban, left, and Louisa Bradshaw. Balaban formerly ran the music store Tribal Soundz on E. Sixth St., which [...]

[media-credit name="Photo by Clayton Patterson " align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] Dana Beal, left, and Michael McKenna, the Yippie! Cafe’s manager, during Beal’s recent visit at 9 Bleecker St. Prison blues: It looks like Yippie icon Dana Beal unfortuntaely will be spending another year in the slammer. Last time we spoke to him he said it sounded like [...]