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Editorial: Register all e-bikes
Priscilla Loke, a 69-year-old Chinatown preschool teacher, was killed by an electric CitiBike on Sept. 5. On Sept. 15 another 69-year-old woman was critically injured...
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The scoop: What ever happened to Mikey Likes It?
BY ALEX EBRAHIMI | Mikey Cole hasn’t gone anywhere. He’s just in his corner. Championship round's coming up. He’s not fighting for the belt. He’s...
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Opinion: Bikes aren’t the danger — it’s illegal mopeds, cars and trucks
BY GERSH KUNTZMAN | The other day, a top city journalist asked me, "Some people feel bikes should have license plates. What is the rationale...
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Mount Sinai revives plan to close Beth Israel Hospital
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Sept. 15, 5:20 p.m.: The Village Sun recently reported on persistent fears that Mount Sinai Health System is dismantling...
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Washington Square pot peddlers busted for underage sales
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Police arrested three people in Washington Square Park on Thursday for selling marijuana to underage buyers. Unlicensed pot vendors brazenly...
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Posts tagged as “Howard Hughes Corporation”

Strike two on 250 Water St.: Landmarks Commission again takes ‘no action’ on Seaport tower

A rendering of the revised design for 250 Water St., center, as viewed from the Brooklyn Bridge. (Howard Hughes Corp.)

Strike two on 250 Water St.: Landmarks Commission again takes ‘no action’ on Seaport tower

April 7, 2021

After nine hours of testimony, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission sent the Howard Hughes Corporation’s proposal for a tower at 250 Water St. back for…

An (actually) real history of the South Street Seaport Museum

"Great Admiral," a 1948 watercolor painting by renowned maritime artist Gordon Grant, is among the paintings and drawings at the South Street Seaport Museum. (Seamen's Bank for Savings Collection)

An (actually) real history of the South Street Seaport Museum

March 23, 2021

BY CAPTAIN JONATHAN BOULWARE | We read the Seaport Coalition’s recent talking point in The Village Sun (“The real story: The Seaport Historic District, South…

Landmarks Commission mulls megatowers in Seaport, takes ‘no action’

As seen in this design rendering, the Howard Hughes Corporation seeks a zoning change to build a new residential project, 350 feet taller than currently allowed, on a parking lot in the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Landmarks Commission mulls megatowers in Seaport, takes ‘no action’

January 16, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | The Howard Hughes Corporation’s plan for two megatowers in the South Street Historic District is not exactly sailing smoothly through…

Protect our kids! Stop the Howard Hughes Seaport towers

A map showing the South St. Seaport-area parking lot on which Howard Hughes Corporation is seeking to build a massively oversized project.

Protect our kids! Stop the Howard Hughes Seaport towers

December 18, 2020

BY MEGAN MALVERN, CHINWE HORSFALL, DEBORAH POSTERNAK, TONI CLAY-FIELDS, TIFFANY WINBUSH, AMY GREENHOUSE, KATIA HERMAN, MINA CHEUNG AND GRAINNE FOX | This is an open…

OPINION: Will 2020 bring closure to controversies facing South St. Seaport?

OPINION: Will 2020 bring closure to controversies facing South St. Seaport?

December 29, 2019

BY MICHAEL KRAMER | As a decade of conflict about development at the South Street Seaport comes to a close, community groups in the area…