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Opinion: Congestion pricing would fuel pollution on Lower East Side
BY KATHRYN FREED | Congestion pricing is coming. Most people either love it or hate it. Most of us acknowledge the need to reduce traffic...
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Rep. Goldman: No ceasefire until all hostages freed, Hamas’s ‘removal from Gaza’
BY THE VILLAGE S SUN | On Nov. 27, Congressmember Dan Goldman — representing Manhattan south of 14th Street, plus part of Brooklyn — called...
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Landmarks Preservation Commission in thrall to Big Real Estate, panel says
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | “Time To Reform Our Landmarks Preservation Commission?” That was the question before an Oct. 18 panel at Grace Church High School...
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City pulls permit for illegal Soho penthouse as wealthy West Broadway neighbors battle on
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A wealthy Soho co-op owner is trying to score a "takedown," literally, against his even more monied neighbor. The Department of...
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The eagle-owl has landed: Free bird Flaco spotted on Lower East Side
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Flaco — New York City's favorite celebrity owl — touched down at the Grand Street co-ops on Wednesday night. Robin Herbst, ...
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Posts tagged as “Avenues for Justice”

Arrest made in June murder of Baruch Houses teen Eliahs Brazoban

Eliahs Brazoban, right, received an Andy Award from Avenues for Justice last year for "Most Improved" for his music. Presenting the award was Brian Stanley, AFJ's court advocate. (Avenues for Justice)

Arrest made in June murder of Baruch Houses teen Eliahs Brazoban

October 3, 2023

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Police have made an arrest in connection with the slaying of Eliahs Brazoban, 18, this past summer. Jonathan Morales, 36,…

LES murder victim Eliahs Brazoban, 18, was turning his life around, stepdad, advocates say

Eliahs Brazoban, right, received an Andy Award from Avenues for Justice for "Most Improved" for his music in 2022. Presenting the award was Brian Stanley, AFJ's court advocate. (Avenues for Justice)

LES murder victim Eliahs Brazoban, 18, was turning his life around, stepdad, advocates say

June 26, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The grief-stricken stepfather of an 18-year-old Lower East Side youth gunned down on the street Sunday raged that the city has…

East Village’s Avenues for Justice program honored with street co-naming

Angel Rodriguez, co-founder of Avenues for Justice, doused a keepsake version of the co-naming street sign in champagne at the ceremony. (Photo by © Jefferson Siegel)

East Village’s Avenues for Justice program honored with street co-naming

May 22, 2022

BY JEFFERSON SIEGEL | Spend any time in the Criminal Court building in Lower Manhattan and you’ve probably seen Angel Rodriguez moving through the halls,…

Avenue B block to be co-named Avenues for Justice Way for longtime program helping at-risk youth

Avenues for Justice court advocates, staff and participants posed for a photo in the East Village near the Robert Siegal Center. (Photo by Andrew Tivon)

Avenue B block to be co-named Avenues for Justice Way for longtime program helping at-risk youth

April 27, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and local politicians will speak at the dedication of an East Village block as Avenues…