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Mayor’s op-ed: Permanent outdoor dining is equitable, sustainable and beloved
BY ERIC ADAMS | Summer weather is here, and there is no better time to be on the streets of New York — especially at...
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Kill Bill (31-B), dining shed foes cry as Council poised to make pandemic gutter structures permanent
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Get outdoor dining out of the gutter already! That's what members of CUEUP (Coalition United for Equitable Urban Policy), who...
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‘Always there when you needed him’: Sean Kavanagh-Dowsett’s friendship, charm and irreverence recalled at packed memorial
BY SHARON WOOLUMS | The service for Sean Kavanagh-Dowsett at Greenwich Village Funeral Home on May 9 drew an overflow crowd, with some mourners stranded...
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Ralph Lee, Greenwich Village Halloween Parade founder, theater artist, dies at 87
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Ralph Lee, the legendary father of the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, died Fri., May 12, at Westbeth Artists Housing. He was...
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Foxface sandwiches owner wins Theatre 80 St. Mark’s with $8.8 million bid; Otherwise, not many bites at auction
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The winning bidder for Theatre 80 St. Mark's used to sell some mean muffulettas there. Ori Kushnir and his life partner...
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Posts tagged as “Michael Sussman”

Served! Judge rules against city on Open Restaurants; Says enviro impact review needed

In October, attorney Michael Sussman, center, joined Diem Boyd of the LES Dwellers, to the right of him, and other local plaintiffs at a press conference on their lawsuit to force the city do a proper environmental impact study on the Open Restaurants program. (Courtesy CUEUP)

Served! Judge rules against city on Open Restaurants; Says enviro impact review needed

March 24, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Thurs., March 24, 8 p.m.: Holy shed! Calling New York City’s actions “arbitary and capricious,” a state Supreme Court justice…

‘Time to bring rationality back’: Attorney says Open Restaurants program needs proper environmental review

Attorney Michael Sussman, center, joined Diem Boyd of the LES Dwellers, to the right of him, and other local plaintiffs at a press conference on their lawsuit to make the city do a proper environmental impact study on the Open Restaurants program. (Courtesy CUEUP)

‘Time to bring rationality back’: Attorney says Open Restaurants program needs proper environmental review

October 22, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Expanding the Open Restaurants program without a proper environmental review is “contrary to law,” the attorney on a lawsuit seeking to…