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Soho/Noho rezoning incentivizes demolition and displacement: And landlords know it
BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Housing activists and preservationists fear the Department of City Planning’s proposed Soho/Noho/Chinatown rezoning would make rent-regulated tenants vulnerable to one of...
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Doris Diether, legendary Greenwich Village activist, dies at age 92
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Fri., Sept. 17, 11:30 p.m.: Doris Diether, the iconic Community Board 2 member who was an ally of Jane Jacobs,...
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Toxic shock: Seaport tower foes fear mercury-site cleanup would endanger schoolkids
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Temperatures are boiling in the South Street Seaport area as a developer hopes to start cleanup of a toxic former thermometer-factory...
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Kips Bay woman, 28, reported missing
Police are seeking the public's help in locating a Kips Bay woman who was reported missing on Sat., Sept. 4. According to cops, Brittany Hobart,...
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Brewer balks at Soho/Noho rezoning, locals lambaste plan at six-hour session
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | They just kept on coming, one after the other...for six hours. Longtime Soho and Noho artist residents testified in droves against...
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Posts tagged as “hate crime”

In hate crime, man spits in Asian woman’s face as she parks Citi Bike in East Village, cops say

In hate crime, man spits in Asian woman’s face as she parks Citi Bike in East Village, cops say

August 9, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | In yet another anti-Asian incident, police said a man recently targeted a woman as she was parking a bike outside…

Man busted for punching Asian woman on Astor Place, trashing her anti-violence sign

People rallied at Union Square on Friday against anti-Asian violence. On Sunday, an Asian woman in the East Village heading to another rally had her sign grabbed away and was punched in the face when she protested. (Photo by Milo Hess)

Man busted for punching Asian woman on Astor Place, trashing her anti-violence sign

March 22, 2021

Monday evening, police said they had made an arrest of a suspect in an attack on an Asian woman on Astor Place on Sunday. Erick…

Asian woman punched in face on Astor Place

A woman told police this man stomped on her anti-Asian violence sign and then hit her in the face. (Courtesy N.Y.P.D.)

Asian woman punched in face on Astor Place

March 22, 2021

The New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating an incident in the East Village in which an Asian woman was punched in…

Asian man attacked in ‘hate crime’ at East Broadway subway stop

Police say this man is wanted in connection with a hate-crime assault at the East Broadway subway station. (Courtesy N.Y.P.D.)

Asian man attacked in ‘hate crime’ at East Broadway subway stop

March 4, 2021

Police said a thug punched out an Asian man at a Lower East Side subway station on Tues., March 2, in what they are calling…