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The Strand needs a hand; Owner fears COVID could write famed bookstore’s ending

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Could this be the final chapter for The Strand? Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the famed Village bookstore's revenue has...

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The Met’s Sackler wing hacked as memorial for teen OxyContin OD victim

BY PAUL DeRIENZO | Last week the Department of Justice announced felony convictions against the bankrupted drug company Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid painkiller...

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An East River Park amphitheater memory

BY BARBARA KAHN | On the heels of the upcoming irrevocably altered East River Park on the Lower East Side, a distant memory came to...

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Captain Ralph Clement tapped to head Ninth Precinct

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Captain Ralph A. Clement was recently appointed the commanding officer of the East Village's Ninth Precinct. Born in Guyana, he...

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Circumambulating Tompkins Square Park

BY JACK BROWN | Dedicated to Allen Ginsberg, who circumambulated Mt. Tamalpais and Tompkins Square Park Twenty uptown blocks to the mile. Five times around....

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Man shot in leg outside Riis Houses

A man was shot outside the Jacob Riis Houses last month, police said. According to cops, on Tues., Sept. 15, about 10 minutes after midnight,...

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Hoylman needles Trump on vaccine rush, calls him ‘superspreader in chief’

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Brad Hoylman has confidence in the process to find a vaccine for COVID-19. In fact, he's even participating in one of the...

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Revel scooter fatally strikes woman, 82, on Upper West Side

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Oct. 21, 3:30 p.m.: A senior woman died three weeks ago after being struck by a Revel scooter as she...

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Video: Art Attack on the East River amphitheater

The Art Attack on the East River Park amphitheater was short but sweet. Late on the afternoon of Fri., Oct. 9, a group of artists...

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Bike-by bandit snatches women’s iPhone 11s

Call it a bike-by swiping. Police said a man riding a red road bicycle has been zipping around grabbing women's cell phones right out of...

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Chinatown art exhibit unites Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet struggles

BY BILL WEINBERG | The Lion Rock Cafe is a “pop-up” art salon founded last year by “a group of New Yorkers who have their hearts in...

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Police release video of East Village fatal shooting and suspects

Police recently released surveillance video and photos of suspects in the possibly gang-related slaying of an East Village man on Sun., Oct. 11. Tyrell Williams, 26,...

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‘Offender’ doesn’t ‘let there be lights’ at Whiteclaw show

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | With concert venues still closed, rock bands these days do not get many opportunities to practice their chops or gain...

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Father Pat documentary off, now on again; East Village priest still denies any role in ’93 Brinks heist

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Father Patrick Moloney is not your typical Irish priest. For starters, he's a Melkite, a member of an ancient Eastern Catholic...

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BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | An outrageous “land grab” for the real estate industry. A blatant privatization of public space for the hospitality industry. A quality-of-life —…

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Land grab! Residents, C.B. 2 members slam plan for ‘permanent’ outdoor seating