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Soho, Noho residents urge Adams to veto Chin’s ‘punitive’ bill against nonartist residents
Soho and Noho residents are urging Mayor Adams to veto a contentious last-minute bill snuck in by Councilmember Margaret Chin, above, just weeks before she was term-limited out of office. In a highly unusual move, there was no public discussion of the bill before it was approved by the full City Council.

Soho, Noho residents urge Adams to veto Chin’s ‘punitive’ bill against nonartist residents

January 11, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | You’ve got to pick your battles. Soho and Noho residents believe that Mayor Eric Adams will not veto the contentious…

Bodega and deli owners fight against threat of 15-minute-delivery tech companies
Critics say the new stores, like this Gopuff on Rivington Street, are basically illegal warehouses, in violation of commercial zoning, since they don't allow walk-in customers. (Photo by Dashiell Allen)

Bodega and deli owners fight against threat of 15-minute-delivery tech companies

January 11, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Venture capital-backed 15-minute delivery companies are putting displacement pressure on New York City’s bodegas and delis, by siphoning off their business…

Tiny Union Square Chase bank helps customers from branches closed over vax mandate
Customers have been flocking to the small Chase branch on Union Square West after some of the bank's other nearby branches temporarily closed due to the COVID vaccine mandate. (Photo by Mary Reinholz)

Tiny Union Square Chase bank helps customers from branches closed over vax mandate

January 10, 2022

BY MARY REINHOLZ | When a mini-branch of Chase bank took over the Coffee Shop, a Brazilian-themed eatery that drew A-listers along with neighborhood folk…

Hoylman seeks to hold social media accountable for violent hate speech, vaccine misinfo
Whacked-out Capitol rioters, like the QAnon Shaman, organized for their violent mayhem by using social media, abetted by Big Tech's algorithms, says state Senator Brad Hoylman.

Hoylman seeks to hold social media accountable for violent hate speech, vaccine misinfo

January 7, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Brad Hoylman wants to turn Big Tech’s algorithms against it, in order to stop the spread of violent hate speech,…

Church facade restoration in-‘spires’ as missing copper finials are replaced on W. Fourth St.
Four historically accurate copper finials have been added atop the former United Methodist Church's spires as part of the facade renovation. (Mayta & Sebastian Architecture)

Church facade restoration in-‘spires’ as missing copper finials are replaced on W. Fourth St.

January 5, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Finially…er, finally! After more than two years of painstaking restoration work, on Jan. 17, the scaffolding will be dismantled from…

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