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Dear readers, thank you for your readership over the last five years — and for your support, story tips, photos, reader comments and more, and...
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Editorial: Just say No to COYHO
The City of Yes. … eh, yeah, sure, it sounds positive. But you can’t judge a sweeping, citywide development program just on a catchy name....
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‘It had to go now’: East Village pizzeria owner sheds his shed
BY CHRIS RYAN | Workers recently dismantled Eleven B pizza restaurant’s outdoor dining setup in the East Village. Owner Vincent Sgarlato got a bit of...
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Elizabeth Street Garden’s last stand: Little Italy green dream faces City Hall’s wrecking ball
BY SUSAN SILVER | On the eve of its possible execution, the legendary Elizabeth Street Garden was dotted with afternoon visitors soaking up its perennial...
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Biking’s his life — but Bowery rider says e-bikes are making life hell
BY OTTO FRITTON | As electric bikes have boomed in New York City, enforcement of traffic regulations against scofflaw riders has failed to keep pace....
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Posts tagged as “environmental review”

Councilmember: Open Restaurants has no negative environmental impacts

In March 2022, on a tour of Greenwich Village's "Shed City," then-Community Board 2 Chairperson Jeannine Kiely showed Councilmember Marjorie Velazquez a viral video of rats cavorting in Tacombi tacos' enclosed bubble shed at Cornelia and Bleecker Streets. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Councilmember: Open Restaurants has no negative environmental impacts

August 2, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The city is sticking to its position that Open Restaurants has no adverse environmental impacts, and that an adequate environmental review…

Court nixes prior ruling against Open Restaurants, but dining-shed foes vow, ‘It’s not over!’

In March, during a tour of the Village's restaurant sheds with Councilmembers Marjorie Velázquez, Christopher Marte and Erik Bottcher, one of the bulky — and illegally fully enclosed — structures, on Thompson Street outside Cuba restaurant, was pointed out to the politicians. (File photo by The Village Sun)

Court nixes prior ruling against Open Restaurants, but dining-shed foes vow, ‘It’s not over!’

October 5, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 5, 12 p.m.: Just as in comedy, when it comes to community lawsuits, timing is everything. An Appellate court…