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Serena Dai/Eater 74 NYC restaurants file a motion to reopen at half capacity A group of 74 NYC restaurants — including East Williamsburg bar Our Wicked Lady and Bushwick spot Momo Sushi Shack — have filed an emergency motion calling on a New York judge to issue an injunction allowing them to reopen indoor dining at half capacity. The motion is part of an ongoing lawsuit that the restaurants filed against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state of New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and the city of New York, last month, over what they argued were unpredictable regulations that were costing them thousands...

City dwellers—and downtown aficionados in specific—have probably met the unique proprietor of Ray's Candy Store, Ray Alvarez, countless times: while nursing a hangover with his famous chili cheese dogs, late at night while indulging in the shop's deep-fried Oreos or just walking around Alphabet City, where the funky deli has taken up residence since 1974. The shop is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, after all. A former Iranian sailor who landed in New York and eventually became a local celebrity, Alvarez turns 88 in just a few days, on January 25. Since 2007, tradition calls fo...