Before a crowd of cheering supporters, plus his mom and dad, Erik Bottcher celebrated his win in the Third City Council District primary election on…
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BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated June 23, 5:10 p.m.: On a rainy primary election day that saw a low turnout, Downtowners went to the polls…
An open letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, all local politicians and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, cc’d to S.L.A. Chairperson Vincent Bradley,…
BY MARY REINHOLZ | Campaign workers on a Lower East Side block near the Tenement Museum were outdoors promoting their candidates in the final days…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Early Saturday morning Washington Square Park was the scene of a scary incident when a woman was knocked down and run…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated June 20, 8 p.m.: She’s known for her Loisaida roots, but Councilmember Carlina Rivera has moved out of the…
On Friday, police wheeled a mobile video surveillance tower into Washington Square Park next to the arch. It’s solar powered. Police might not be doing…
With drums, dance, song and inspirational words, Harlem commemorated Juneteenth, the new national holiday, on Sat., June 19. Juneteenth marks the day, two months after…
Sweet! They used to give out turkeys around election day. Leslie Boghosian Murphy is dishing out ice cream. The candidate is going around City Council…
BY PAUL DeRIENZO | Next month marks 202 years since the last execution in Washington Square Park. A 19-year-old Black woman, still enslaved, named Rose…