Deborah Glick, in reelection bid, touts her ‘strong record of progressive action’
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | With just days to go until the start of early voting, Assemblymember Deborah Glick is counting on her record as an...
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Artists, musicians and vendors in Washington Square try to thrive despite restrictive park rules
BY CARMO MONIZ | Many artists and vendors in Washington Square Park, known for its popularity among artists, students and protesters, are struggling to perform...
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Taking offense at reckless e-bike delivery guys, LES documentarian builds a fence
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | They say necessity is the mother of invention... . Clayton Patterson isn't fazed by much. In 1988, with a then-novel handheld...
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Opinion: Bicycles and politicians…who broke the social contract?
BY STEPHEN DiLAURO | I don’t know about other boroughs. In fact, I’m not even that aware of the situation Uptown. But here, in Downtown...
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Opinion: Make University Place car-free with a bike boulevard or pedestrian greenway
BY AUSTIN CELESTIN | New York’s favorite pandemic pastime has returned with winter in the rearview mirror. The popular Open Streets initiative has forever transformed...
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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…