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Dominic Pisciotta

Recent Headlines

Lower East Side

July 09, 2012

New LES Community Board Chair to Focus on Social Service, Retail Diversity

Gigi Li, 30, recently took the reins of Community Board 3.

Lower East Side & East Village

January 05, 2012

Lower East Side Residents to Landlords: Rent to Grocers, Not Bars

Community Board 3 wants to see more butchers, shoe stores and grocers on the Lower East Side.

Lower East Side & East Village

July 25, 2011

City Worker Spends Day Making Weddings Perfect, Then Says 'I Do'

The last couple married in Manhattan Sunday were glad they waited for their big day.

Lower East Side & East Village

January 26, 2011

Community Board Approves Development Plan for Lower East Side Lots

Community Board 3 unanimously approved a plan to develop a swath of land on the Lower East Side.

Lower East Side & East Village

January 25, 2011

Plan to Revitalize Area of Lower East Side Gets OK

Community Board 3's land use committee worked on a development plan for the vacant lots over the past three years.

Lower East Side & East Village

October 02, 2010

Tompkins Square Park Concerts Under Fire

An attempt at limiting concerts at Tompkins Square Park has not been greeted well by organizers.

Lower East Side & East Village

September 29, 2010

New Mexican Restaraunt La Flaca Approved For Liquor License

Community Board 3 narrowly approved a liquor license application for La Flaca despite some gripes.

Lower East Side & East Village

July 28, 2010

Community Board 3 Backs CB 1's Mosque Efforts in Contentious Vote

CB 3 voted narrowly to pass a resolution supporting CB 1's efforts in dealing with the proposed mosque near Ground Zero.

Lower East Side & East Village

July 27, 2010

Fate of East Village Bar Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge to be Discussed Tonight

The troubled Second Avenue nightspot's bid for a new liquor license will be taken up by Community Board 3.

Lower East Side & East Village

June 03, 2010

Harry Wieder, Beloved Local Activist, May Have Lower East Side Street Named for Him

Friends of the 'monumental' advocate who was recently killed by a cab want to rename his LES block 'Harry Wieder Way.'

Lower East Side & East Village

April 28, 2010

Increased Call for Pedestrian Safety After Transportation Advocate Killed by Cab

A local transportation advocate was just the latest victim of the Lower East Side's bustling thoroughfares.

Downtown

February 05, 2010

Protesters Press for Quick Decision on Terror Trials

Fear That Donations Could Keep Trials in City