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.
Police ordered the Blue Donkey Bar shut because they say it's a public nuisance where patrons use drugs, but bar owners say they're the target of one neighbor's vindictive rage.
A subcommittee of Community Board 2 denied an application for a liquor license by the gay bar Pieces as it attempts to relocate to a new location on the struggling West Eighth Street.