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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 “Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side”

Kathryn Freed, tired of politicians ‘not listening,’ is running for State Committee

Kathryn Freed was endorsed on June 16 by the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side. (Photo by Pat Arnow)

Kathryn Freed, tired of politicians ‘not listening,’ is running for State Committee

June 21, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | She’s mad as hell and she’s not going to take it anymore — so she’s running for elected office. Former City…

Chinatown museum protesters decry police for confiscating ‘dangerous’ soy sauce buckets

Bang Zhang, a former Jing Fong worker, at left, and other activists marched to the Fifth Precint on Saturday. (Photo by Dashiell Allen)

Chinatown museum protesters decry police for confiscating ‘dangerous’ soy sauce buckets

April 25, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | A group of about 50 protesters gathered outside of the Police Department’s 5th Precinct in Chinatown on Saturday afternoon, decrying officers…

In Chinatown, marching against displacement and healthcare workers’ 24-hour workday

Marchers protested against the Chinese American Planning Council and Museum of Chinese in America. (Photo by Dashiell Allen)

In Chinatown, marching against displacement and healthcare workers’ 24-hour workday

September 28, 2021

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Melania Batise spent 12 years as a homecare attendant, working physically and mentally grueling 24-hour shifts. “My mind would go cloudy…

Two Bridges towers turnaround: Court rules against pols’ lawsuit, but locals fight on

Community opponents of the Two Bridges Large-Scale Residential Development plan, which would add four new megatowers, continue to fight on. One massive residential skyscraper, by Extell, has already been built next to the Manhattan Bridge.

Two Bridges towers turnaround: Court rules against pols’ lawsuit, but locals fight on

September 2, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Right now — amid the economy-crushing pandemic and with the wealthy hiding out in the Hamptons — does not exactly…

Chinatown/L.E.S. coalition: Workers, merchants need emergency aid

Members of the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side said emergency measures must be taken to stop displacement that will be worsened by the pandemic.

Chinatown/L.E.S. coalition: Workers, merchants need emergency aid

March 14, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Saying they’re concerned the city will use the coronavirus pandemic to further displace small businesses and working people, an activist…