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 “hip hop”

Hip hop icon Snoop hip to Tahanie Aboushi for D.A.

Snoop Dogg tweeted his endorsement for Tahanie Aboushi. (Twitter)

Hip hop icon Snoop hip to Tahanie Aboushi for D.A.

June 4, 2021

Tahanie, for shizzle. Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg has endorsed civil-rights attorney Tahanie Aboushi in the Manhattan district attorney’s race. All the way from the LBC!…

Power Malu is…not running for City Council

Volume 2, Issue 6 of Kevin Harris's L.E.S. Movement features a call for Power Malu to run for City Council. (Photo illustration by Kevin Harris)

Power Malu is…not running for City Council

February 25, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Power Malu is a lot of things: a hip hop icon who hosted MTV’s “Lyricist Lounge” in the early 2000s,…

Preserve LES Black and Brown culture: From DeWitt Reformed Church to amphitheater

The DeWitt Reformed Church, located on the Baruch Houses grounds, is the remnant of a historic "little mission" that ministered to African slaves who worked on the plantations of Peter Stuyvesant and others on what is today the Lower East Side. (Courtesy DeWitt Reformed Church)

Preserve LES Black and Brown culture: From DeWitt Reformed Church to amphitheater

October 15, 2020

BY KEVIN HARRIS | Quick story: Slaveowners bring slaves to the Lower East Side, capture local Native Americans, force them to cut a road along…

Save New York City’s last historic amphitheater, and save hip-hop history

DMC and End of the Weak performing at the East River Park amphitheater in 2008. (Photo by Kevin Harris)

Save New York City’s last historic amphitheater, and save hip-hop history

October 3, 2020

BY KEVIN HARRIS | We DEMAND that the East River Park amphitheater, where legendary artists performed at the epic “Wild Style” event be saved, replaced…

Landmark the AMP! Protect L.E.S. hip hop

Scenes from the seminal 1983 hip hop movie "Wild Style" were filmed at the East River Park amphitheater.

Landmark the AMP! Protect L.E.S. hip hop

September 27, 2020

BY KEVIN HARRIS | We demand that a plaque be affixed to the East River amphitheater — “the AMP” — to celebrate and honor all…