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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 “LinkNYC”

Battle against gigantic 5G towers in historic West Village rages on

One of the new futuristic, behemoth 5G wi-fi towers is located in the East Village on Second Avenue at E. First Street. The proposed West Village 5G towers would, unlike this one, also sport large advertising panels. (Photo by Zack Winstine)

Battle against gigantic 5G towers in historic West Village rages on

December 24, 2023

BY ZACK WINESTINE | The fight to stop the three-story-tall LinkNYC 5G towers that a private company wants to build in the West Village is…

Opinion: Connecting New Yorkers to services via LinkNYC’s digital safety net

LinkNYC Wi-Fi kiosks help to connect New Yorkers to services and more, and have "an outsized positive impact," the writer says. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Opinion: Connecting New Yorkers to services via LinkNYC’s digital safety net

October 3, 2023

BY DARREN BLOCH | Nonprofit human service organizations serve as a lifeline for millions of New Yorkers each year, providing mental health resources, operating food…

Concerns are high over massive 5G WiFi towers planned for West Village

One of the new, three-story-tall 5G towers being installed on Avenue A in September. (Photo by Paul DeRienzo)

Concerns are high over massive 5G WiFi towers planned for West Village

January 14, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | There are a lot of questions and concerns about the city’s scheme to install a series of 32-foot-tall 5G WiFi megatowers…

Behold! 5G-normous WiFi sidewalk tower rises on Avenue A

Installing a massive, new Link5G WiFi structure on Avenue A. (Photo by Paul DeRienzo)

Behold! 5G-normous WiFi sidewalk tower rises on Avenue A

September 21, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Is it time to break out the tinfoil hats yet? Resembling a massive microphone, a new, three-story-tall 5G WiFi tower…