BY ART GATTI | It was 1993. A coalition that took over Community Board 2 were dead set on removing all the benches outside and…
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BY THE VILLAGE SUN | A young East Village artist is really kicking it up a notch for Black Lives Matter and his local church.…
Polly Trottenberg, the city’s Department of Transportation commissioner, on Monday announced her resignation from the de Blasio administration, effective in early December. Trottenberg has led…
BY CHARLEY CRESPO | About 60 of the East Village and Lower East Side’s most marginalized residents gathered in Tompkins Square Park on Saturday afternoon…
Grand Street Democrats announced their endorsement of Christopher Marte for City Council District 1 after a candidate forum on Sun., Nov. 15. The club heard…
BY EFREM SIGEL | In the early morning hours of June 7, 2007, five young men, all involved in peddling crack cocaine, were playing dice…
In New York City, homelessness isn’t uncommon. In fact, with unemployment on the rise, the number of homeless New Yorkers is steadily climbing from 60,000.…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Alec Baillie, the bassist for the East Village punk rock bands Leftöver Crack and Choking Victim, died Tuesday morning. Word…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Wed., Nov. 11, 1:30 a.m.: After a terrific run of 37 years, Pam Pier will be closing her East Village…