East Village Blog Mafia vs. The New York Times

If a tree falls in a New York neighborhood and no one blogs about it, does it make a sound? Perish that thought.  The New York Times , with help from some N.Y.U. journalism students, will invade the East Village's hallowed blogging ground next Friday. Until now, The Times has shied away from documenting the minutia of Manhattan life, sticking instead to Brooklyn's Fort Greene and Clinton Hill ...