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Pickleball panic in Greenwich Village as pushy players invade playgrounds, squeeze out little kids
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | D-Day saw the Allies storm the Normandy beaches. Now, pickleball fanatics are swarming and taking over the parks and playgrounds of...
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Opinion: Against the anti-bike backlash; Car-centric system drives bad cyclist behavior
BY BILL WEINBERG | Two all-too-telling recent incidents. On the afternoon of Aug. 31, I was biking down the Bowery, and as I passed Broome...
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Latin Mass celebrated in East Village as pope cracks down on ancient rite
BY MARY REINHOLZ | The Reverend Father Sean Connolly faced about 30 parishioners from behind a free-standing altar at the Church of the Most Holy...
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Were a ‘bad shot’ — and a bad actor — to blame for man’s death in Tompkins Square Park?
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The man found dead on a bench in Tompkins Square Park more than a week ago was a regular who went...
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Security upgrade: Block associations near Washington Square Park hire guards
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In some countries where police are overwhelmed by crime, it’s not unusual for residents to hire private security in order to...
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Posts tagged as “Morton Williams supermarket”

Super panic: What happens to Morton Williams market with Bleecker school now green-lighted?

Residents living near the Morton Williams supermarket at Bleecker Street and LaGuardia Place are concerned about losing it, now that the city says it will build a public school at the site. (Google Street View)

Super panic: What happens to Morton Williams market with Bleecker school now green-lighted?

November 22, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 22, 5:30 p.m.: The news that the city has finally committed to build a long-delayed public school at Bleecker…

City finally tells N.Y.U., yes, it does want promised Bleecker St. public school

In a photo taken Nov. 12, C.B. 2 members and local politicians declared their support for a school at 130 Bleecker St., including, from left, Councilmember-elect Christopher Marte, C.B. 2 member David Gruber, C.B. 2 District Manager Bob Gormley, state Senator Brad Hoylman, C.B. 2 member Carter Booth, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, C.B. 2 Chairperson Jeannine Kiely, state Senator Brian Kavanagh, Congressmemmber Jerrold Nadler, C.B. 2 members Patricia Laraia and Mar Fitzgerald, and Nicole Barth, an aide to Councilmember-elect Erik Bottcher. (Photo by Tevin Williams)

City finally tells N.Y.U., yes, it does want promised Bleecker St. public school

November 19, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 22, 1:45 p.m.: It took a while — nine long years of back and forth — but the city…