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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 “guardian angels”

Can’t keep a good man down: Ray is back serving up egg creams

Pump it up! Ray Alvarez. (Photo by © Jefferson Siegel)

Can’t keep a good man down: Ray is back serving up egg creams

February 19, 2023

BY JEFFERSON SIEGEL | While some people recover from injuries by lying low and pumping the TV remote control, Ray of Ray’s Candy Store was…

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…

Curtis Sliwa, running for mayor, wants to ‘Refund N.Y.P.D.,’ save shelter pets

Curtis Sliwa, the Guardian Angels founder, at a press conference on April 18, calling for no-kill animal shelters in New York City. (Photo by Mary Reinholz)

Curtis Sliwa, running for mayor, wants to ‘Refund N.Y.P.D.,’ save shelter pets

April 25, 2021

BY MARY REINHOLZ | Freshly minted Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa showed up last Sunday afternoon at a city-run Animal Care Center in East Harlem.…

We want you, Guardian Angels say

(Photo by Bill Weinberg)

We want you, Guardian Angels say

June 19, 2020

The Guardian Angels and their founder, Curtis Sliwa, were back in the news recently as they tried to lend a hand when looting broke out…