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De Blasio running for new Downtown congressional seat but so is Hoylman
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Hank Sheinkopf immediately knew why The Village Sun was calling on Friday. "He can win — and he can win significantly,"...
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Ryder Kessler, Open New York candidate, takes on Deborah Glick in Assembly Democratic primary
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Ryder Kessler, a young politico endorsed by Open New York, among others, is running against longtime incumbent Assemblymember Deborah Glick in...
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Adams cancels Grand St. homeless shelter in Chinatown allegedly due to Hotel Trades Council opposition
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated May 2, 9:00 p.m.: In a stunning reversal and a major victory for Chinatown residents and merchants, Mayor Adams has...
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Stuy Town parking on loop roads is loopy: D.O.T./N.Y.P.D. reject 15-minute grace period in no-standing zones
BY KEITH J. KELLY | New York Police Department ticket agents are apparently no longer honoring a decades-old agreement reached between the Department of Transportation...
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Famed Little Italy cheese store trying to raise enough cheddar to remain
BY JULIET CAMA | Little Italy’s prized Alleva Dairy faces an impending threat of closure. Established in 1892, Alleva Dairy is the oldest cheese store...
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Posts tagged as “Little Ukraine”

Russia ‘crucifying’ Ukraine, Cardinal Dolan says at St. George Church in East Village

Timothy Cardinal Dolan spoke from the St. George podium, with Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Paul Chomnycky to his right. Chomnycky sang the Divine Liturgy in Ukrainian, although he and Dolan addressed the congregation in English. (Courtesy Archdiocese of New York)

Russia ‘crucifying’ Ukraine, Cardinal Dolan says at St. George Church in East Village

February 28, 2022

BY KEITH J. KELLY | Timothy Cardinal Dolan visited St. George Urkanian Catholic Church on E. Seventh Street Feb. 27 at an 8 a.m. Mass…

‘State of shock’: Veselka owner and staff pray for peace, a free Ukraine

Jason Birchard is the third-generation owner of the family-run Veselka restaurant, at 144 Second Ave. (Photo by The Village Sun)

‘State of shock’: Veselka owner and staff pray for peace, a free Ukraine

February 27, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The war in Ukraine is hitting home, and hard, at one of the East Village’s favorite eateries. By all appearances, business…

In Little Ukraine, in a united front, leaders and officials denounce Putin’s shocking invasion

Bozena Kaminski, the national vice president of the Polish American Congress, warned that Russia's attack on Ukraine could "destabilize the entire region." (Photo by The Village)

In Little Ukraine, in a united front, leaders and officials denounce Putin’s shocking invasion

February 26, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | At a “Stand With Ukraine” event in the East Village on Friday, politicians, officials and local leaders said Putin must be…