Read Borough President Scott M. Stringer’s letter to Cooper Union’s president, regarding the St. Mark’s Bookshop.

A mosaic of 160 people who make the East Village what it is.

Jenifer Rajkumar is running against first-term council member Margaret Chin in the District 1 City Council race. We sat down with her to discuss affordable housing, business improvement districts, and stop & frisk downtown.

Elderly residents are worried they’ll be left in the lurch when Peter Stuyvesant Station Post Office moves to a smaller location next year.

They’ve been compared in size to squirrels, gophers, chihuahuas and cats. This much can be agreed upon: rats are a big problem at Baruch Houses, and residents plan to do so something about them.

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Local pols joined students and teachers of Earth School, P.S. 64, and Tompkins Square Park School, where a rooftop garden designed by the architect of the September 11 memorial is now in full bloom.

A public housing residence on 13th Street just got a mod-tastic new entryway as part of a $4.4 million makeover.

The latest in neighbor Sandy Berger’s ongoing diary chronicling the sights, smells and sounds of IHOP.

New York University has reached an agreement with the co-op board at 505 LaGuardia that will prevent dramatic rent hikes at the building. The new agreement extends the current lease in perpetuity, as long as the building remains part of the Mitchell-Lama affordable housing program.

Eric Ho cataloged 212 vacant lots in the East Village and Lower East Side, and has founded a group dedicated to putting them to good use.

The vacant property will become the Bea Arthur Residence For L.G.B.T. Youth.

The Local’s daily roundup of East Village stories from around the web, including a Katie Holmes spotting, an art opening, a Wojnarowicz, and more.

Preservationists came out in force on Tuesday to support a proposed historic district that would encompass a large chunk of the East Village, and ran into familiar anger from religious groups.

Students at the Earth School may soon be growing ingredients for their school lunches. This fall, the elementary school plans to unveil a $1.1 million rooftop garden designed by Michael Arad, the architect of the 9/11 Memorial.

A first-person account of life next door to IHOP.

Critics and supporters of N.Y.U.’s planned expansion in Greenwich Village pleaded their cases before the New York City Planning Commission yesterday. The lively exchange was a critical one, since the controversial project must be approved by both the Planning Comission and the City Council before construction can begin.

Advocates hope vegetation along the banks of the East River will reduce sewage overflow and make the proposed Blueway more appealing.

Before finalizing a controversial set of stipulations that would ease Community Board 3’s stance against new beer-and-wine licenses in nightlife-heavy areas – so long as applicants agree to close shop early – a task force decided last night to seek counsel from a higher power: the State Liquor Authority.