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Nighttime NYC

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In the city that never sleeps, the recent repeal of the city’s Cabaret Law is a landmark event for some night-owls. But other parts of nighttime New York have their own stories. (A partnership with the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.)

ARTS and CULTURE

Nighttime NYC: Law’s Repeal Alone Won’t End City’s Dance Drought

By Shelby Boamah | December 8, 2017

‘In real terms, the repeal alone is not going to increase the number of spaces that are able to offer dancing.’

ARTS and CULTURE

Nighttime NYC: Underage Drinking Still an Issue at Pub Cited in the Past

By Dave Gentile | December 8, 2017

The Abbey has had a series of underage drinking complaints since 2013, according to the State Liquor Authority.

ARTS and CULTURE

Nighttime NYC: How Nocturnal Trash-Pickers Profit from Discarded Treasures

By Samantha Maldonado | December 8, 2017

Although the pursuit has traditionally been about finding necessities, online sites and flea markets allow people to easily profit from once-trashed treasures.

ARTS and CULTURE

Nighttime NYC: Cabaret Law May Be Gone, But Zoning Still Curbs Dancing

By Anna Brooks | December 8, 2017

‘The Upper East Side is a residential neighborhood, people do not come to this neighborhood for dancing,’ was one City Council office’s take.

ARTS and CULTURE

Nighttime NYC: Chelsea Clubs, Bars Celebrate Repeal of Cabaret Law

By Michael DeSantis | December 8, 2017

‘It was frustrating having to tell customers why they can’t dance. Especially when you have good music going on.’

ARTS and CULTURE

Nighttime NYC: 12-Step Groups Squeezed for Space

By Virginia Jeffries | December 8, 2017

Many 12-step groups that meet in New York church basements and rectories after business hours have had to close or move when the churches sold off property or raised the rents to cover the church’s own expenses.

ARTS and CULTURE

Nighttime NYC: LES Residents, Community Board Wary of New Liquor Licenses

By Janaki Chadha | December 8, 2017

Residents have dubbed on area ‘Hell Square’—a 24-block area below East Houston Street with over 100 full liquor licenses.

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