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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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Editorial: Reform the R.G.B., end the annual ‘charade’

As a screen grab of a video of the Rent Guidelines Board's May 2 preliminary hearing shows, the board had to take a "brief recess" after outraged tenant activists stormed the stage demanding a rent rollback, as in, a rent reduction.

Editorial: Reform the R.G.B., end the annual ‘charade’

June 2, 2023

On June 21 in the East Village at The Cooper Union’s Great Hall, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board will vote on how much…

Soho/Noho rezoning incentivizes demolition and displacement: And landlords know it

Signs against the Soho/Noho/Chinatown rezoning posted in a window at Spring and Mercer Streets. (Photo by © Jefferson Siegel)

Soho/Noho rezoning incentivizes demolition and displacement: And landlords know it

September 18, 2021

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Housing activists and preservationists fear the Department of City Planning’s proposed Soho/Noho/Chinatown rezoning would make rent-regulated tenants vulnerable to one of…

Setting the record straight on Bottcher ‘Mailer Gate’

The mailer that keeps on making waves.

Setting the record straight on Bottcher ‘Mailer Gate’

June 21, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated June 21, 11:30 p.m.: Don’t believe the TenantNet hype! The primary elections are coming down to the wire, there’s a…

Real estate super-PACs back Bottcher, bash Marte in City Council races

A mailer that was sent out in support of Erik Bottcher by a super-PAC called Voters of NYC, which is mainly funded by big real estate.

Real estate super-PACs back Bottcher, bash Marte in City Council races

June 14, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Let’s “unpack” this… . Erik Bottcher’s five City Council District 3 primary election opponents are furiously piling on the front-running candidate…

Hoylman SLAPPs back at Trump, Jvanka in Times Square

State Senator Brad Hoylman, at podium, with, from left, Daniel Novack, Danielle Brecker and Michael McKee in Times Square. Hoylman decried Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner for threatening to sue to force the removal of Times Square billboards critical of them and President Trump. (Courtesy Brad Hoylman's Office)

Hoylman SLAPPs back at Trump, Jvanka in Times Square

October 30, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | With the giant smiling faces of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner looming behind him on billboards as a backdrop, state…