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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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Steps to sustainability: Policies and incentives shape behaviors

E-commerce delivery companies, like Amazon, could be charged a fee per package, based on size, to help encourage a return to sales through traditional brick-and-mortar stores. (Photo by Clayton Patterson)

Steps to sustainability: Policies and incentives shape behaviors

August 9, 2022

BY MICHELE HERMAN | Earlier this month The Village Sun published “Not Sustainable: People Won’t Take Even Small Steps to Save the Planet,” my entry…

Amazon closes six Whole Foods stores across U.S. but adds food hall at Union Square, new NoMad store

The Whole Foods Market at Union Square has added a new food hall. (Photo by Mary Reinholz)

Amazon closes six Whole Foods stores across U.S. but adds food hall at Union Square, new NoMad store

July 1, 2022

BY MARY REINHOLZ | Whole Foods Market at 4 Union Square South has been a fixture in this Downtown neighborhood since 2005, long before Amazon.com,…

May Day rage is Amazonian, with a latte Starbucks anger, too

A costumed May Day demonstrator at Union Square on May 1. (Photo by Milo Hess)

May Day rage is Amazonian, with a latte Starbucks anger, too

May 10, 2022

Union workers, immigrant-rights groups, socialists, communists and guerilla theater actors rallied in Union Square on May Day, Sun., May 1, before marching off to various…

Wallace Shawn’s ‘The Fever’ is the perfect antidote

Lili Taylor gives a deceptively captivating performance in "The Fever." (Photo by Daniel Rader)

Wallace Shawn’s ‘The Fever’ is the perfect antidote

October 14, 2021

BY STEPHEN DiLAURO | It is impossible for me to imagine any other show being a more perfect antidote to the last however long it’s…

Ken Loach puts a lens on a working family’s struggles

"Sorry We Missed You" will be opening at Film Forum in March.

Ken Loach puts a lens on a working family’s struggles

February 25, 2020

BY ARIBELLA PELLICANO | Ken Loach never fails to bring truth to fiction. He and screenwriter Paul Laverty’s “Sorry We Missed You” tells the story…