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Save Beth Israel coalition holds ‘victory march’ after recent wins
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Chanting “Save Our Community Hospital!” activists with the Campaign to Save Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary braved...
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Police arrest suspect in brutal sucker-punch of young woman in Greenwich Village
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A 6th Precinct detective recently arrested a man accused of randomly punching a young woman in Greenwich Village — so hard...
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‘Blank ballot’ protest scores 15% in NYC in Dem presidential primary
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Showing the ongoing divide among Democrats over the Israel-Gaza conflict, 15 percent of the party's New York City voters submitted...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center...
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Erik Bottcher unveils ‘fang-tastic’ rat-control plan
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | One of Erik Bottcher's top issues is sanitation, so perhaps it's not so surprising that he is proposing a groundbreaking...
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Posts tagged as “Justin Brannan”

Justin Brannan now ducking East River Park activists on coastal-resiliency plan

Justin Brannan chairs the City Council's Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts.

Justin Brannan now ducking East River Park activists on coastal-resiliency plan

October 19, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Oct. 19, 11:45 a.m.: “The Sound of Silence” should be the official theme song of the New York City…

Johnson silent on pleas for emergency hearing on East River Park resiliency plan

East River Park ACTION has been leading a letter-writing campaign to urge Speaker Corey Johnson to hold an emergency hearing on the coastal resiliency project, which would destroy the existing park, only to rebuild it 10 feet higher.

Johnson silent on pleas for emergency hearing on East River Park resiliency plan

August 28, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Will he or won’t he? Either way, he’s not saying. … East River Park activists have been furiously lobbying Council Speaker…

East River Park activists stage weeklong protest outside City Hall, push for emergency hearing

Protesting the East Side Coastal Resiliency plan on Thursday outside City Hall Park, from left, Katherine De La Cruz, Cameron Jones, Gabriel Reichler and Elissa Jiji. (Photo by The Village Sun)

East River Park activists stage weeklong protest outside City Hall, push for emergency hearing

August 13, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Fired-up East River Park activists “barbecued” outside City Hall Park on Friday. It was the culmination of a weeklong series of…

Council coalition delivers bills for ‘deliverista’ respect and safety

Councilmembers Carlina Rivera, center, Justin Brannan, to the left of her, Carlos Mechaca, behind her to her right, Brad Lander and Margaret Chin introduced a package of bills to help delivery workers. (Photo by William Alatriste/NYC Council)

Council coalition delivers bills for ‘deliverista’ respect and safety

April 28, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | A group of councilmembers is aiming to deliver more rights and fair pay for food delivery workers. The lawmakers —…

Lawsuit filed over East Side Coastal Resiliency report redactions

Until recently, the city denied this three-year-old report on East River Park existed. When the city finally did release it, it was heavily redacted.

Lawsuit filed over East Side Coastal Resiliency report redactions

April 5, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated April 6, 3:45 p.m.: They’re taking legal action against the redactions. East River Park ACTION, the Grand Street Democrats club…