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Dear readers, thank you for your readership over the last five years — and for your support, story tips, photos, reader comments and more, and...
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Editorial: Just say No to COYHO
The City of Yes. … eh, yeah, sure, it sounds positive. But you can’t judge a sweeping, citywide development program just on a catchy name....
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‘It had to go now’: East Village pizzeria owner sheds his shed
BY CHRIS RYAN | Workers recently dismantled Eleven B pizza restaurant’s outdoor dining setup in the East Village. Owner Vincent Sgarlato got a bit of...
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Elizabeth Street Garden’s last stand: Little Italy green dream faces City Hall’s wrecking ball
BY SUSAN SILVER | On the eve of its possible execution, the legendary Elizabeth Street Garden was dotted with afternoon visitors soaking up its perennial...
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Biking’s his life — but Bowery rider says e-bikes are making life hell
BY OTTO FRITTON | As electric bikes have boomed in New York City, enforcement of traffic regulations against scofflaw riders has failed to keep pace....
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E. 14th Street demo permit ‘ploy’ is intimidation: Attorney

Displaced tenants, housing activists and local politicians rallied outside the damaged building last December.

E. 14th Street demo permit ‘ploy’ is intimidation: Attorney

July 17, 2024

BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | “A cheap ploy.” That’s how tenant attorney Benjamin Cain characterized landlord Jack Lebewohl’s July 9 filing for a demolition permit for…

‘Please help us’: Displaced E. 14th Street tenants demand accountability, action

Tenant Mohamed Dawod said he and his family feel isolated and helpless after being forced to vacate their apartment. (Cooper Square Committee)

‘Please help us’: Displaced E. 14th Street tenants demand accountability, action

December 15, 2023

BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Susan Ingraham wept as she described the incalculable loss of being forced to leave her rent-stabilized East Village apartment, where she…