Morton Williams is looking to open a liquor store on East 23rd Street between First and Second avenues, but residents and business owners say more alcohol is not what their neighborhood needs.
Despite concerns from several residents, a proposal for a Baruch College pedestrian plaza on East 25th Street was voted in unanimously by a Community Board 6 committee.
On Friday, residents of Gramercy and Kips Bay braced for Hurricane Irene, a Category 2 storm that has prompted NYU Medical Center to evacuate 400 patients.