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Nadler and political clubs back Grace Lee for Assembly

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Grace Lee’s candidacy for the 65th Assembly District got a big boost Thursday when the community organizer received the nod…

Their ‘cherry amour’: Park activists gird to protect Corlears Hook trees

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | East River Park activists are gearing up to make another stand. So far, workers have cut a swath of destruction…

Bottcher: Lack of enforcement on dining sheds has ‘undermined confidence’ in sprawling program

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON| Open Restaurants dining sheds have been getting a pass, according to Councilmember Erik Bottcher. Not a dining pass — but a free…

Is it possible to close Rikers without building a new jail in Chinatown?

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | “While most Chinatown businesses focus on food, health and medicine, this Chinatown dig specializes in mass incarceration,” activist and comedian says…

Council removes D.O.T. — for now — as lead agency for Open Restaurants as it drafts bill for permanent program

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | So what exactly is on the menu now for Open Restaurants — and, for that matter, for stressed-out Downtowners driven to…

‘Babushka have rifles’: At East Village Ukrainian center, professor breaks down Putin’s dangerous gambit

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | As the tense situation in Ukraine continues to rivet the world — with a Russian invasion said to be “imminent” —…

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