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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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Protesters decry Chinatown ‘megajail’ as Adams goes all in on disruptive project he vowed to oppose

Yubao Dai, an East Broadway insurance agent, spoke at Monday's rally against building a new Chinatown jail. Behind him on a jumbo-size screen on a truck, a video played of Eric Adams pledging while on the campaign trail last year that he would not build any more new jails if elected. (Photo by Dashiell Allen)

Protesters decry Chinatown ‘megajail’ as Adams goes all in on disruptive project he vowed to oppose

April 12, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Armed with posters, megaphones and boxes of Dunkin doughnuts in hand, community members from across Lower Manhattan gathered at the break…

D.I.D. backs Chris Marte for Council District 1; Maud Maron grilled on schools record at forum

D.I.D. backs Chris Marte for Council District 1; Maud Maron grilled on schools record at forum

October 7, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Christopher Marte, a native Lower East Sider and community activist, won the nod of the Downtown Independent Democrats for City…

Chinatown mega-jail plan blocked by community lawsuit

Chinatown activist Jan Lee, left, spoke at a press conference last week after community opponents won an inunction against the Lower Manhattan jail project. (Photo by Caitlin Kelmar)

Chinatown mega-jail plan blocked by community lawsuit

September 28, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Neighbors United Below Canal’s lawsuit against the de Blasio administration’s new Lower Manhattan jail plan won an injunction against development…

Lawsuit filed against Chinatown mega-jail

Lawsuit filed against Chinatown mega-jail

February 16, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Opponents of the city’s embattled plan to build a new borough-based “mega-jail” in Chinatown sued on Friday to quash the…