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Fire-displaced East Villagers plead for landlord to help find them new homes
Catherine Barna, one of the displaced tenants, spoke at the rally about the pain of losing their longtime homes. Her husband, John, is to the left behind her. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Fire-displaced East Villagers plead for landlord to help find them new homes

August 4, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | They’re hoping for a kernel of kindness from Popcorn. Former tenants of 48 E. Seventh St., joined by Councilmember Carlina Rivera,…

Chin, Rivera say Soho/Noho rezoning must ‘guarantee’ affordable housing; Foes say scrap flawed plan now
With time running out on Mayor de Blasio's and Councilmember Margaret Chin's terms in office, Chin, left, and Councilmember Carlina Rivera are now suddenly saying they are alarmed that the Soho/Noho rezoning plan does not guarantee the creation of any new affordable housing or the preservation of existing affordable housing.

Chin, Rivera say Soho/Noho rezoning must ‘guarantee’ affordable housing; Foes say scrap flawed plan now

August 2, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Councilmembers Margaret Chin and Carlina Rivera are finally seemingly jumping on the bandwagon with opponents of the mayor’s Soho-Noho rezoning plan…

East River Park activists not giving up the fight, or their sumac mocktails
Emily Johnson and Magda Napoleon, front row, second and third from right, and other East River Park advocates held a "cocktail party" near Councilmember Carlina Rivera's new building. (Photo by The Village Sun)

East River Park activists not giving up the fight, or their sumac mocktails

July 7, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Sumac mocktails, a Twitter flap, a police raid gone awry on said sumac slingers and the future of East River Park…

Rivera, Marte, Bottcher win Council races; Hoylman and Levine fight it out for B.P.
Christopher Marte spoke in May at a rally in Chinatown against the Soho/Noho upzoning plan. But Jenny Low, at right, front row, was not given a turn on the microphone by the event's organizers, who charged she does not support the full Chinatown Working Group Plan, a community-based effort to rezone the area. (Photo by The Village)

Rivera, Marte, Bottcher win Council races; Hoylman and Levine fight it out for B.P.

June 23, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated June 23, 5:10 p.m.: On a rainy primary election day that saw a low turnout, Downtowners went to the polls…

Woman, 24, dies after fall from ‘dangerously crowded’ Avenue A rooftop party
A woman died after falling off the roof of the Topanga, at 202 Avenue A, center. This image that was put out when the building was being marketed includes a building to the left of it that is not there.

Woman, 24, dies after fall from ‘dangerously crowded’ Avenue A rooftop party

May 22, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Following the fatal fall of a woman from a reportedly packed rooftop party in the East Village early Saturday morning, local…

Open Streets program made permanent; Pedestrian malls, parking removal among possibilities
Volunteers, including District Leader John Blasco, second from left, and Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, far right, painted Open Streets police sawhorses with eye-catching custom designs and messages on Avenue B last July. (Twitter)

Open Streets program made permanent; Pedestrian malls, parking removal among possibilities

April 30, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | New York City is going from “Mean Streets” to Open Streets. The City Council voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to make…

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