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Cuomo announces ‘Art Revival’ plan but no relief for local venues
BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Governor Cuomo will launch the return of the state's live-entertainment industry in three weeks, before the state reaches a coronavirus...
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Ian Knife presents new abstract works at Soho show
Local artist Ian Knife has a new series of abstract paintings on view at 454 Broadway. Called "Abstraction," the series of works are all 48...
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Corky Lee, renowned Chinatown photographer, fighting COVID in ICU
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Corky Lee, the legendary Chinatown documentary photographer, is battling to recover from coronavirus. Lee reportedly first began feeling symptoms of...
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Open Restaurants has ‘too many cooks,’ too little enforcement, town hall finds
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Who exactly — if anyone — is in charge of enforcement for the city's new Open Restaurants program? That was the...
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Arlene’s Grocery hanging on by a guitar string
BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Last we heard, Lower East Side music venue Arlene's Grocery was scheduled to close on Feb. 1 unless a new...
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DeGrupo dumps on Trump, mocks MAGA as CACA
This DeGrupo wheat-paste poster on the Lower East Side pretty much sums up feelings about Donald Trump after last week's crazed, chaotic Capitol coup, in...
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The miracle of mulch in Tompkins Square
MulchFest — where people can feed their dried-out Christmas trees into a wood chipper — apparently has come and gone in Tompkins Square Park. But...
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Cuomo: High Line-Moynihan station connection on track
On Monday, in his State of the State 2021 address, Governor Cuomo announced a proposal to extend the High Line to the recently opened Moynihan Train Hall. As...
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Hoylman pushes to disbar ‘Coup-dy’ Giuliani
Brad Hoylman wants to lay down the law against Rudy Giuliani — by getting the former mayor banned from practicing law in New York State....
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C.B. 3 chairperson: ‘Another direction’ on S.L.A. Committee means give others a chance to lead
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | What exactly does "another direction" mean in terms of the policy of Community Board 3 on bars and restaurants? Anti-bar watchdogs...
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Another young person leaps to his death from the Vessel
Just three weeks after a woman took her life by jumping off the Vessel in Hudson Yards, another young person has done so in another...
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Friends celebrate, safely, Doris Diether’s 92nd birthday
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | In the hardy spirit of Doris Diether, her friends didn't let the pandemic keep them from throwing a birthday bash...
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Redevelop Pier 76 now: Skip interim plan and expand the vision
BY TOM FOX | Governor Andrew Cuomo’s strong and decisive action has finally forced the city to vacate Pier 76 in the Hudson River Park....
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A question for Carlina Rivera before C.B. 3/C.B. 6 Open Restaurants/Open Streets Town Hall
Kimberley Wurster, an East Village resident who co-owns a local small business with her husband, Stuart Zamsky, an officer of the E. Fifth St. Block...
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Roger Stone won’t comment on Credico run for mayor; Says he denounced Capitol violence
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Last week, this paper first reported that Randy Credico, a comic-turned-Julian Assange advocate, plans to run for mayor. We subsequently...
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Posts tagged as “HARRY PINCUS”

On the sacking of our Capitol

Donald Trump destroys Liberty while Mike Pence is left "holding the bag." (Illustration by Harry Pincus)

On the sacking of our Capitol

January 9, 2021

BY HARRY PINCUS | We are a people in deep crisis. In the midst of a devastating plague, we have collapsed, and lost sight of…

The biggest loser: Dumping on Trump

An illustration by Harry Pincus that sums up the mood of a bit more than half of all Amercians. (Courtesy the artist)

The biggest loser: Dumping on Trump

November 7, 2020

In honor of Donald Trump’s being deposed as president, Downtown artist Harry Pincus quickly dashed off a drawing fit for the occasion. There were plenty…

Ya gotta believe! But please don’t turn the Mets into the Yankees

An illustration by Harry Pincus for a Daily News sports article in 1987. (Courtesy the artist)

Ya gotta believe! But please don’t turn the Mets into the Yankees

November 2, 2020

BY HARRY PINCUS | Steve Cohen, the new owner of the Mets, has asked us fans to send him our suggestions, and although I don’t…

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…

An illo on how we be illin’; Trump trashes Liberty

An illo on how we be illin’; Trump trashes Liberty

February 3, 2020

Award-winning Soho illustrator and fine artist Harry Pincus offers his take on the outcome of President Trump’s impeachment trial — the Statute of Liberty being…