City cleaning up nightlife on Lower East Side
BY GABE HERMAN
A new city plan from the Offi ce
of Nightlife will address quality
of life issues on the Lower East
Side through a set of measures that include
new rules for parking and trash
removal, Mayor de Blasio announced
on Tuesday.
The plan, which also includes an
awareness campaign to urge keeping
late night noise to a minimum and not
crowding sidewalks, applies to a sixblock
area on Ludlow and Orchard
streets, running between Houston and
Delancey streets.
The Department of Transportation
will implement a “No Standing” rule
daily from midnight to 6 a.m. on the
west side of the streets, and from 7
p.m. to 7 a.m. on the east side of the
streets. The aim is to reduce congestion
and noise by removing standing
vehicles, according to the announcement.
The Department of Sanitation will
alter its street sweeper schedule, operating
from 3 to 6 a.m. instead of midnight
to 3 a.m. The former schedule
was seen as less effi cient since there is
still a lot of night life on streets during
those hours.
The Lower East Side Partnership,
the local business improvement district,
will be cleaning streets daily and
Ariel Palitz, the city’s “nightlife mayor” — with city agency officials
behind her — addressing a 2018 town hall in Manhattan on nightlife.
for a total of 200 hours a week. Council
Member Margaret Chin allocated
$40,000 in capital funds for LES Partnership
to buy a power washer truck,
and allocated $30,000 to the BID for
cleaning Ludlow St., which is outside
the group’s offi cial boundaries.
TLC will also patrol the area, to
crack down on for-hire cars double
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parked and making unauthorized
pickups. It will do random late-night
patrols at least once every weekend.
The Offi ce of Nightlife also announced
a “Night Owl” etiquette campaign,
which will urge common sense
nightlife considerations such as keeping
noise down and keeping sidewalks
clean and clear. PSA’s will appear on
LinkNYC kiosks in the area.
The plan comes after Downtown
residents expressed past skepticism
over the Offi ce of Nightlife’s role and
how effective it would be. The mayor
created the offi ce in 2017. Ariel Palitz
was appointed the fi rst “Nightlife Mayor”
the following year, and then went
on a citywide listening tour.
“The world loves New York nightlife,
but we also have to take care of
the New Yorkers who live where others
play,” said Mayor de Blasio as part
of Tuesday’s announcement. “We are
creating cleaner, quieter streets to
improve quality of life while ensuring
bars, restaurants and clubs can
thrive.”
The targeted area in the LES has
over 80 food and beverage establishments
and has racked up many complaints
of excessive noise, congestion,
and trash. The new plan was designed
with input and support from residents,
business owners, workers and local offi
cials, the mayor said.
Alysha Lewis-Coleman, chair of
Community Board 3, lauded the plan
and its aims to address nightlife problems
like honking, trash and congestion.
“We particularly look forward to
the etiquette campaign to address the
noise complaints of residents,” Lewis-
Coleman said.
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