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Leave the gun — take the book! If you enjoy reading true crime Mafia stories, “The East Village Mafia” reveals a virtually unknown, seven-decade Cosa Nostra stronghold in the tenements and storefronts just south of East 14th Street in Manhattan. This book profiles the most notorious Mafia gangsters who came from or frequented the East Village. Venture into the enclave where they planned and perpetrated headline-grabbing murders, international heroin trafficking, extortion, counterfeiting, gambling, and loan-sharking. Discover the social clubs, bars, restaurants, and coffee houses where the Mob changed the course of organized crime. “The East Village Mafia” is available on Amazon.

Latin Mass celebrated in East Village as pope cracks down on ancient rite
BY MARY REINHOLZ | The Reverend Father Sean Connolly faced about 30 parishioners from behind a free-standing altar at the Church of the Most Holy...
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Were a ‘bad shot’ — and a bad actor — to blame for man’s death in Tompkins Square Park?
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The man found dead on a bench in Tompkins Square Park more than a week ago was a regular who went...
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Security upgrade: Block associations near Washington Square Park hire guards
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In some countries where police are overwhelmed by crime, it’s not unusual for residents to hire private security in order to...
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Opinion: Council redistricting maps are huge step forward for voter equality
BY ANDREW BERMAN | Are you a resident of the West Village in Council District 3, currently represented by Erik Bottcher? If so, though you...
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Hot off the press! The Village Sun launches print edition
You can now read The Village Sun in print! That's right! Our first print issue rolled off the press Thursday afternoon and will soon be...
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East Village pacifist Carmen Trotta freed from jail for anti-nuke protest only to face COVID outbreak at St. Joe’s

Carmen Trotta, third from left, with the rest of the Plowshares 7, including Martha Hennessy, Dorothy Day's granddaughter, to the right of Trotta. (Courtesy Plowshares 7)

East Village pacifist Carmen Trotta freed from jail for anti-nuke protest only to face COVID outbreak at St. Joe’s

December 25, 2021

BY MARY REINHOLZ | East Village pacifist Carmen Trotta left a low-security prison camp at the Upstate Otisville federal correctional facility on early release from…

East Village pacifist starts sentence for ’18 nuke-sub protest action

Pacifist Carmen Trotta in the soup kitchen of St. Joseph's House of Hospitality on E. First St. (Photo by Mary Reinholz)

East Village pacifist starts sentence for ’18 nuke-sub protest action

December 16, 2020

BY MARY REINHOLZ | Updated Fri., Dec. 18, 3 a.m.: Prominent East Village pacifist Carmen Trotta, a Catholic Worker volunteer who opposed the war in…

No room at the inn: Housing at Nativity Church site won’t have affordable units

William Arroyo, who lives in the Cooper Square Mutual Housing Association, at a rally for affordable housing outside the closed Church of the Nativity in January. (Photo by The Village Sun)

No room at the inn: Housing at Nativity Church site won’t have affordable units

September 3, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Thurs., Sept. 3, 12 p.m.: Permits were filed on Aug. 31 for a new 11-story building on the site…