After closing them in March for smoking ban violations, NYC’s Health Department will allow M2 Ultra Lounge to reopen. The Chelsea hotspot must pay $7,500 in fines and submit a plan to the city detailing how it will stop patrons from lighting up. It was one of several clubs busted in a Health Department undercover sting in January. Undercover inspectors …
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Two Men Shot Outside NYC Gay Dance
Details are sketchy so far, but local NYC news is reporting that two men were shot at 4:30am this morning outside Chelsea’s M2 Ultralounge, which is hosting the annual post-Black Party event Alegria Extreme. One man was shot in the foot and the other was shot in the leg as both patrons stood in the club’s outside smoking area. The …
Read More »NYC Moves Closer To Shuttering M2 Nightclub Over Smoking Violations
The New York Times reports today that the city is one step closer to shuttering the popular M2 Ultralounge nightclub over smoking law violations. The club is on trial this week. If the closure happens, it will be the first NYC business shut down because of smoking. The Bloomberg administration is moving closer to shutting one of the largest and …
Read More »Clubs Survive NYC’s Nightclub Smoking Crackdown (But Not The Gay-ish One)
It looks like four of the five NYC nightclubs set to be closed down for smoking violations have struck deals to live another day. Not surviving the city’s wrath is Chelsea’s M2 Ultra Lounge megaclub, host to the city’s largest gay dance parties. The Health Department’s top lawyer sat down with reps for M2 Ultra Lounge in Chelsea after he …
Read More »NYC To Close Down Clubs Over Smoking
This week NYC announced plans to close down at least five clubs for violating the city’s ban on indoor smoking. Included on the list of clubs to lose their liquor licenses is Chelsea’s massive M2 Ultra Lounge (formerly Mansion, formerly Studio Mezmor, formerly Crobar), which is host to numerous gay dance parties including the popular Alegria circuit party events. M2 …
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