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Opinion: Make University Place car-free with a bike boulevard or pedestrian greenway
BY AUSTIN CELESTIN | New York’s favorite pandemic pastime has returned with winter in the rearview mirror. The popular Open Streets initiative has forever transformed...
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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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Posts tagged as “marijuana legalization”

Boards secure Noho joint for ‘business of pot’ forum

A vendor selling pot — and offering advice on how to grow your own — in Washington Square Park this past fall, when the number of weed entrepreneurs ringing the fountain plaza was high. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Boards secure Noho joint for ‘business of pot’ forum

April 18, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | It’s ganja happen — in person. Community Board 2 has nailed down a venue for a “joint forum” by the…

As pot ‘gray market’ grows, attorney warns of coming crackdown

An Empire Cannabis Clubs outlet recently opened on the Lower East Side. (Photo by The Village Sun)

As pot ‘gray market’ grows, attorney warns of coming crackdown

March 29, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Cool! Check out the new pot dispensary! That might be your first thought upon seeing the Empire Cannabis Clubs storefront on…

Pot advocates head to Chuck Schumer’s joint

People got free joints for proof of COVID vaccination at "Joints for Jabs" at Union Square on April 20 a.k.a. 4/20. (Photo by Jefferson Siegel)

Pot advocates head to Chuck Schumer’s joint

July 23, 2021

Yo, Chuck, put the bud in the stimulus budget! Pot advocates will be pushing their agenda and also rewarding people for getting vaccinated at an…

Pols for pot: At cannabis rally victory lap, politicians pay respect to hippies who were there first

Senator Chuck Schumer spoke at Saturday's pot rally in Union Square as, from left, state Attorney General Letitia James and legalization advocate Dana Beal listened. (Photo by Sharon Woolums)

Pols for pot: At cannabis rally victory lap, politicians pay respect to hippies who were there first

May 2, 2021

BY PAUL DeRIENZO | The annual New York City Cannabis Parade and Rally jumped off Saturday with a spirited march down Broadway led by a…

Weed the People

(Photo by Milo Hess)

Weed the People

April 21, 2021

Pot advocates rejoiced over the recent legalization of marijuana in New York State by toking up in Times Square and handing out free joints on…

Have a marijuana

This illustration, which ran in the Washington Post, combines two scenes that the artist saw: a man smoking a joint at a Keith Haring opening on Houston St. and a street scene near Times Square. (Illustration by Harry Pincus)

Have a marijuana

March 31, 2021

BY HARRY PINCUS | They say the world will not end with a bang, but with a whimper, and so the great day is cometh,…