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Cycling advocate offers his spin on the e-bike dilemma
BY OTTO FRITTON | Four years ago, electric bikes were riding high in New York City. They allowed food delivery drivers — often hailed as...
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Opinion: Public hearings — minus the public — on roadway cafe applications
BY LESLIE CLARK | There are two tests of whether a public hearing is a truly effective way for citizens to engage with their government:...
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One man dead, one badly wounded after another Tompkins Square shooting
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Friday morning, Tompkins Square Park was rattled once again by gun violence, apparently drug related, that left one man dead and...
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Editorial: ‘Pause’ applause — Hochul hits brakes on congestion pricing
For weeks the news was dominated — until panic over Joe Biden's fitness to run for reelection recently bumped it — by outraged articles about...
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Poor Old Joe
BY HARRY PINCUS | Poor Old Joe I like you... So it's really sad That it's time to go Just like Willie When he...
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The Village Sun NYPA Better Newspaper Contest Awards:

2023:

News Story — First Place

Coverage of Local Government — Second Place

Best Editorial Page — Third Place

Spot News Photos — Third Place

Coverage of Elections/Politics — Honorable Mention

Picture Story — Honorable Mention

2022:

News Story — First Place

Headlines — Second Place

Best Editorial Page — Third Place

Coverage of Religion — Third Place

Best House Ad — First Place

2021:

Best News or Feature Series — Second Place

Obituaries — Second Place

Coverage of Elections and Politics — Honorable Mention

Investigative/In-depth Reporting — Honorable Mention

Posts tagged as “Curtis Sliwa Show”

Guardian Angels launch ‘Ray Patrol’; Curtis Sliwa says Avenue A merchant saved him from becoming ‘a vegetable’ in ’92 bat attack

Curtis Sliwa with a banged-up Ray Alvarez outside his Ray's Candy Store on Fri., Feb. 3. Shortly after the photo, a nurse took Alvarez to Beth Israel Hospital for treatment for his jaw, which was still badly swollen after a Jan. 31 random assault. (Photo by Keiji Oda)

Guardian Angels launch ‘Ray Patrol’; Curtis Sliwa says Avenue A merchant saved him from becoming ‘a vegetable’ in ’92 bat attack

February 7, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Ray Alvarez once had Curtis Sliwa’s back — saving him from possible death during a mob hit by a gang of…