Happy ISD is granted The Billy E. Hibbs Safety Award, by CAS along with a $500 scholarship for having the most improved loss ratio for the school year.
We get a little break from the storms today. 75 degrees and partly sunny, but the rain comes back late this evening.
Last night, Community Board 3 narrowly approved a liquor license for La Flaca, a New Mexican restaurant opening on Grand Street. We’ll have details a bit later. Also today, we’ll have highlights from our conversation with Thomas Sung, the owner of the shuttered (and newly landmarked) Loews Canal Theater.
Other headlines: It appears Anthony Franzese, the man struck by a falling air conditioner on 2nd Avenue is doing fairly well. EV Grieve talks to the organizer of an upcoming protest over the new 1st & 2nd Avenue bike lanes. The Times profiles the Tompkins Square Gospel Fellowship, where (according to the Rev. Bill Jones) “People are not only hungry for food, but hungry for the word of God.”