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Save Beth Israel coalition holds ‘victory march’ after recent wins
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Chanting “Save Our Community Hospital!” activists with the Campaign to Save Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary braved...
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Police arrest suspect in brutal sucker-punch of young woman in Greenwich Village
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A 6th Precinct detective recently arrested a man accused of randomly punching a young woman in Greenwich Village — so hard...
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‘Blank ballot’ protest scores 15% in NYC in Dem presidential primary
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Showing the ongoing divide among Democrats over the Israel-Gaza conflict, 15 percent of the party's New York City voters submitted...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center...
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Erik Bottcher unveils ‘fang-tastic’ rat-control plan
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | One of Erik Bottcher's top issues is sanitation, so perhaps it's not so surprising that he is proposing a groundbreaking...
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Posts tagged as “bankruptcy”

Otways evicted from St. Mark’s Theatre 80, still praying ‘angels’ will save building from sale

On April 5, the court-appointed trustee overseeing Theatre 80 St. Mark's, right, arrived with a companion, center, to make sure the Otways were evicted. They spoke with Ori Kushnir, at left, an owner of Foxface sandwiches, a former commercial tenant in the building. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Otways evicted from St. Mark’s Theatre 80, still praying ‘angels’ will save building from sale

April 6, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated April 10, 12:01 a.m.: Lorcan and Genie Otway left St. Mark’s Theatre 80 on Wednesday. It wasn’t clear if they’ll…

St. Mark’s Theatre 80 in last-ditch effort to keep curtain from closing

A costume protest is planned outside City Hall on March 30. (Jah Spooky)

St. Mark’s Theatre 80 in last-ditch effort to keep curtain from closing

March 27, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Kenny Toglia, who leads the Guardians of Loisaida and has been fighting to return the old P.S. 64 on E. Ninth…

Old P.S. 64 / CHARAS auction thwarted after owner Gregg Singer files for bankruptcy reorganization

From left, Kenny Toglia, Elizabeth Ruf and Cary Rubin hoped to stop the auction of the former school building through their protest — but the owner's bankruptcy filing is actually what did it. (Photo by Paul DeRienzo)

Old P.S. 64 / CHARAS auction thwarted after owner Gregg Singer files for bankruptcy reorganization

March 22, 2023

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Protesters made a lifesize voodoo doll of bidders on the old P.S. 64 / CHARAS El Bohio, stuffed it with…

Malachy McCourt’s name (and handprints) added to Sidewalk of Stars at embattled Theatre 80 St. Mark’s

Malachy McCourt tells the story of the overcoat at Theatre 80 St. Mark's on June 30, to the delight of Lorcan Otway, to the left of him, and other friends. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Malachy McCourt’s name (and handprints) added to Sidewalk of Stars at embattled Theatre 80 St. Mark’s

July 9, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | With colorful, ribald stories and full-throated, joyous song, Malachy McCourt was officially installed among the pantheon of luminaries at Theatre 80…

Theatre 80 St. Marks owner, told to vacate by August, fights on to keep building

Lorcan and Genie Otway with carpenters in Theatre 80 St. Mark's in early 2021 as they were converting the space into a cabaret venue. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Theatre 80 St. Marks owner, told to vacate by August, fights on to keep building

May 18, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The plot thickened for Theatre 80 St. Marks this week — and, unfortunately, not in a good way. On Tuesday, a…