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Grand Street Dems to re-endorse for mayor after Stringer accusations
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated May 7, 1:45 p.m.: Following accusations at the end of last month by a woman who claimed she was sexually...
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Hoylman rejects R.F.K. Jr. debate challenge, calls on Twitter to suspend top anti-vaxxer
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Two weeks ago, state Senator Brad Hoylman called on Twitter C.E.O. Jack Dorsey in a letter to permanently suspend Robert...
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City hesitates…delays certifying Soho/Noho rezoning as opposition mounts
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated May 4, 3:15 p.m.: On Monday afternoon, amid snowballing opposition to the proposed Soho/Noho rezoning, the city balked on...
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Pols for pot: At cannabis rally victory lap, politicians pay respect to hippies who were there first
BY PAUL DeRIENZO | The annual New York City Cannabis Parade and Rally jumped off Saturday with a spirited march down Broadway led by a...
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Lawsuit: De Blasio abusing Zoom to mute opposition to Soho/Noho rezoning
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | You don't do ULURP right -- you're violating the rules. And tightly controlled Zoom virtual sessions don't constitute legally required in-person...
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Posts tagged as “Governors Island”

Flocking to Governors Island on opening weekend

(Photo by Milo Hess)

Flocking to Governors Island on opening weekend

May 3, 2021

People visited Governors Island in droves Sunday as it reopened for the season. The most notable new additions were the flock of five sheep as…

Earth Day call for pols to protect at-risk green spaces

Earth Day call for pols to protect at-risk green spaces

April 22, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | This green team wants action on climate change and saving beloved open spaces, not just more hot air, literally and…

Governors Island: Can the Trust be trusted?

A design rendering showing the new development, in brown, that the de Blasio administration wants to add on bucolic Governors Island.

Governors Island: Can the Trust be trusted?

April 6, 2021

BY ROGER MANNING | Governors Island, first used by the Lenape people, was the first Dutch settlement in New York and instrumental in the escape…

Governors Island rezoning is wrong on so many levels

One of the few truly great open spaces in New York City, Governors Island would be developed with a campus of 20-to-30-story buildings for a "climate-research center" under the de Blasio administration's plan. (Courtesy M.A.G.I.C.)

Governors Island rezoning is wrong on so many levels

January 25, 2021

BY ALLIE RYAN | The Trust for Governors Island has applied to upzone the island potentially to make way for a climate-change research center. The…

No dice! Pols say Yang’s Gov’s Island casino idea is a no-go

No dice! Pols say Yang’s Gov’s Island casino idea is a no-go

January 24, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang thinks a casino on Governors Island would be a great idea. But Manhattan politicians say that,…

‘Stop racist rezonings,’ cry community groups from across the city

Community groups from around the city blasted Mayor de Blasio's rezoning schemes as racist against indigenous and black people and people of color. (Photo by The Village Sun)

‘Stop racist rezonings,’ cry community groups from across the city

December 17, 2020

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Thurs., Dec. 17, 6:30 p.m.: Soho and Noho may be only the latest battle, but New Yorkers have been fighting…