Bottcher threatens to sue real estate PAC that sent mailers backing him
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Erik Bottcher is on the attack against a super-PAC whose support he says he neither asked for nor wants. The City...
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Christopher Marte’s marathon: Going the extra mile in Council District 1 race
BY YUKIE OHTA | Christopher Marte isn’t just running for City Council, he’s also walking. “He walks a marathon every single day, knocking on doors,...
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Police ‘reassessing’ Washington Square curfew, let park stay open Sunday night
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In the words of Monty Python...and now for something completely different. After the mini-riot in Washington Square Park on Saturday night...
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Trigger’s cool new groove: Ice cream shops
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated June 10, 12:30 a.m.: Trigger is known for many things. He was the owner of the Continental, the East Village...
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Twenty-three arrested as cops clear Washington Square Park for early curfew
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | On second thought, maybe this won't be going so smoothly after all. On Friday night, police who had cleared Washington Square...
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Posts tagged as “gentrification”

Activists fire back at ‘East Village politicians’ over poster flap

Wing Lam, executive director of Chinese Staff and Workers' Association, said the Chinzilla poster is accurate. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Activists fire back at ‘East Village politicians’ over poster flap

December 9, 2020

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Lower East Side and Chinatown activists blasted local politicians Tuesday for unfairly tarring the group East River Park ACTION as racist over…

A Soho artist’s plaint: Up against the city’s upzoning and a greedy co-op board

The writer, Harry Pincus, chose this illustration of his about high-rise development, "Empire State," to run with this column. Pincus sees the city's push to upzone Soho as part of a trend that has been going on for years, as wealthy nonartists — who are not even legally supposed to be living in the district — seek to force out longtime certified artists. (Courtesy the artist)

A Soho artist’s plaint: Up against the city’s upzoning and a greedy co-op board

October 18, 2020

BY HARRY PINCUS | As a certified artist, who bought a space in an old harpsichord factory in 1975, I am concerned about the recent…

We’ll displace YOU, rezoning foes cry outside Johnson’s home

We’ll displace YOU, rezoning foes cry outside Johnson’s home

September 10, 2020

BY JEFFERSON SIEGEL | Labor Day was no holiday for housing activists who turned out in large numbers to protest the displacement of communities of…