In historic vote, C.B. 3 O.K.’s SPURA redevelop guidelines
By Lesley Sussman
A long and bitter 43-year stalemate over future development of a 7-acre parcel of land at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge came to a successful conclusion this Monday when Community Board 3’s Land Use, Zoning,

Non-artist residents feel like ‘criminals’ in Soho, lawyer says
By Aline Reynolds
Two of the city’s trendiest neighborhoods have a regulation in their zoning law that some loft residents say is outdated and want the city to do away with.

NYCHA officials say 6 percent of units have bedbugs
By Lesley Sussman
In an effort to prevent the type of bedbug epidemic that swept the city in 2009, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the New York City Housing Authority joined forces last week with Councilmember Rosie Mendez, who co-sponsored two community forums on how to prevent and combat such infestations in one’s home

.Lady of Vilna appeal goes to state’s highest court

Just Do Art!

Before Dick did waterboarding: What Houdini knew
BY JERRY TALLMER
Reconstructed Water Torture Cell part of exhibit’s bag of tricks

Ms. Jones becomes an assertive ‘Mrs.’
BY JERRY TALLMER
Tony winner crafts a ‘full, courageous, thinking, complex human being.’

A slice of the future