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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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Posts tagged as “mass transit”

Comptroller: NYC Ferry leaked millions under de Blasio admin, which massively lowballed costs

NYC Ferry passengers waited atop a boat at Throggs Neck, the last stop on the Bronx route, on the Fourth of July wekeend as the ferry readied to head back toward Manhattan. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Comptroller: NYC Ferry leaked millions under de Blasio admin, which massively lowballed costs

July 6, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | It’s one of the best deals in town — plus a much cheaper way to see the city by water…

Artistic fare at bus stops is his ticket

David Prusko worked on his artwork "Tied in Nots" on a bus shelter on 23rd Street at Broadway on Sunday afternoon. (Photo by © Jefferson Siegel)

Artistic fare at bus stops is his ticket

May 3, 2022

BY JEFFERSON SIEGEL | As a 23rd Street crosstown bus wheezed to a stop near Broadway on Sunday afternoon, David Prusko did not dash toward…

Bus bop: Cops say woman punched M14 driver

Police are looking for this woman in connection with an assault on an M14 bus driver. (Courtesy N.Y.P.D.)

Bus bop: Cops say woman punched M14 driver

April 18, 2021

Police said a woman argued with an M14 crosstown bus driver on Wed., March 24, around 1:30 p.m., then punched the driver twice in the…

Mayor makes 14th St. busway permanent; Goes express past community review

An M14 Select Service Bus stopping at an extended boarding platform at 14th St. and Fifth Ave. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Mayor makes 14th St. busway permanent; Goes express past community review

June 9, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Many New Yorkers are a bit leery, understandably, about hopping back on mass transit right now. After all, we’re still…

Four women sought for W. Fourth St. subway station ‘tampering’

Four women sought for W. Fourth St. subway station ‘tampering’

February 13, 2020

Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a quartet of women for questioning about criminal tampering inside the W. Fourth St. subway…