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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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Posts tagged as “Adrienne Adams”

‘Unsustainable’: Rivera says city needs more than just one reticketing center for homeless migrants

Graffiti on the sidewalk outside the E. Seventh Street homeless-shelter reticketing center decries the chaotic situation as a "System of Abuse." (Photo by Chris Ryan)

‘Unsustainable’: Rivera says city needs more than just one reticketing center for homeless migrants

January 26, 2024

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | It’s time to center the critical need for more reticketing centers for homeless migrants. That’s the urgent message in a…

Mayor’s Op-ed: NYC’s budget — investing in working families and New Yorkers in need

Joined by city councilmembers at City Hall on June 29, Mayor Adams and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams shook hands on the $107 billion budget for fiscal year 2024. (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)

Mayor’s Op-ed: NYC’s budget — investing in working families and New Yorkers in need

July 10, 2023

BY ERIC ADAMS | Our city’s budget reflects our values, and for my administration, the needs of everyday people come first. This year, we navigated…

Mayor Adams praises R.G.B. vote; Speaker Adams: ‘This will harm our communities’

(Photo by The Village Sun)

Mayor Adams praises R.G.B. vote; Speaker Adams: ‘This will harm our communities’

June 21, 2023

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | The Rent Guidelines Board, for the second straight year under Mayor Adams, voted to hike rents on the city’s 2…

Hochul chills with local parish on MLK Day, helps stock Loisaida CommUnity Fridge

Governor Kathy Hochul helped fill the community fridge at Ninth Street and Avenue B with boxes of all-natural pasta on Martin Luther King Day. (Trinity LES Lutheran)

Hochul chills with local parish on MLK Day, helps stock Loisaida CommUnity Fridge

January 27, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Governor Kathy Hochul got a feel for the fridge experience on Martin Luther King Day. Hochul, along with City Council…