Fox 5 News is the latest media outlet to catch on to the plight of Ray's Candy Store, an Alphabet City hole-in-the-wall still selling classic New York concoctions (and where this blogger got her first egg cream for $1.50 in 1999). Ray is in danger of being booted from his space due to rising rents and the expensive repairs needed, but the neighborhood is rallying to help.
A Facebook page is up to donate money to the cause, a protest is planned for Saturday night, and a benefit concert may even be in the works. Fox 5 has a video (below), in which Ray offers some insight on the changes in the neighborhood: "There are no more kids. They are all adults. Wall Street bankers, so they really don't want a candy store." Not even one with burlesque dancers on the counter?
