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Dear readers, thank you for your readership over the last five years — and for your support, story tips, photos, reader comments and more, and...
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Editorial: Just say No to COYHO
The City of Yes. … eh, yeah, sure, it sounds positive. But you can’t judge a sweeping, citywide development program just on a catchy name....
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‘It had to go now’: East Village pizzeria owner sheds his shed
BY CHRIS RYAN | Workers recently dismantled Eleven B pizza restaurant’s outdoor dining setup in the East Village. Owner Vincent Sgarlato got a bit of...
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Elizabeth Street Garden’s last stand: Little Italy green dream faces City Hall’s wrecking ball
BY SUSAN SILVER | On the eve of its possible execution, the legendary Elizabeth Street Garden was dotted with afternoon visitors soaking up its perennial...
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Biking’s his life — but Bowery rider says e-bikes are making life hell
BY OTTO FRITTON | As electric bikes have boomed in New York City, enforcement of traffic regulations against scofflaw riders has failed to keep pace....
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Kill Bill (31-B), dining shed foes cry as Council poised to make pandemic gutter structures permanent

A restaurant shed on First Avenue in the East Village. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Kill Bill (31-B), dining shed foes cry as Council poised to make pandemic gutter structures permanent

May 23, 2023

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Get outdoor dining out of the gutter already! That’s what members of CUEUP (Coalition United for Equitable Urban Policy), who…

Served! Judge rules against city on Open Restaurants; Says enviro impact review needed

In October, attorney Michael Sussman, center, joined Diem Boyd of the LES Dwellers, to the right of him, and other local plaintiffs at a press conference on their lawsuit to force the city do a proper environmental impact study on the Open Restaurants program. (Courtesy CUEUP)

Served! Judge rules against city on Open Restaurants; Says enviro impact review needed

March 24, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Thurs., March 24, 8 p.m.: Holy shed! Calling New York City’s actions “arbitary and capricious,” a state Supreme Court justice…

That Paris feeling…ugh! LES Dwellers video shreds mayor over sheds

Mayor Adams and D.O.T. Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez ride into a hanging electrical wire stretched across a bike path to a dining shed in the spoof video.

That Paris feeling…ugh! LES Dwellers video shreds mayor over sheds

March 18, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | “We’ll always have Paris,” Bogey told Ingrid Bergman in “Casablanca”… . While some gauzily call New York City’s Open Restaurants…