Ryder Kessler, Open New York candidate, takes on Deborah Glick in Assembly Democratic primary
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Ryder Kessler, a young politico endorsed by Open New York, among others, is running against longtime incumbent Assemblymember Deborah Glick in...
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Adams cancels Grand St. homeless shelter in Chinatown allegedly due to Hotel Trades Council opposition
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated May 2, 9:00 p.m.: In a stunning reversal and a major victory for Chinatown residents and merchants, Mayor Adams has...
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Stuy Town parking on loop roads is loopy: D.O.T./N.Y.P.D. reject 15-minute grace period in no-standing zones
BY KEITH J. KELLY | New York Police Department ticket agents are apparently no longer honoring a decades-old agreement reached between the Department of Transportation...
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Famed Little Italy cheese store trying to raise enough cheddar to remain
BY JULIET CAMA | Little Italy’s prized Alleva Dairy faces an impending threat of closure. Established in 1892, Alleva Dairy is the oldest cheese store...
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Stuy Town mayhem trifecta: Armed robbery, man carted off after domestic incident, hard-luck shoplifter
BY KEITH J. KELLY | There was a mini crime wave in the Stuyvestant Town area on Thursday. A shoplifter was detained at a hardware...
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Posts tagged as “nightlife”

Glick, Epstein, Downtown community boards decry ‘rush’ to remove sidewalk cafe regs, make dining sheds permanent

Assemblymembers Harvey Epstein, speaking at microphone, and Deborah Glick, to the left of him, were joined by Council District 1 candidate Christopher Marte, far left, and community board leaders and residents on Wednesday in calling on the City Planning Commission to reject the sweeping citywide zoning text amendment on sidewalk cafes and Open Restaurants. (Harvey Epstein / Twitter)

Glick, Epstein, Downtown community boards decry ‘rush’ to remove sidewalk cafe regs, make dining sheds permanent

October 7, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | They just can’t stomach it. A pair of local asssemblymembers stood with Downtown community board leaders, residents and activists on…

Curfew on NYC bars and restaurants to be lifted next month

An outdoor dining structure on Avenue A outside Niagara bar. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Curfew on NYC bars and restaurants to be lifted next month

April 28, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | On Monday, city residents will be able to pull up a stool at indoor bars once again, while revelers at…

Queens to punks to tattoos: Pyramid Club was a cauldron of Lower East Side culture

Peter at the Pyramid Club in the 1980s during a drag night. (Photo by Clayton Patterson)

Queens to punks to tattoos: Pyramid Club was a cauldron of Lower East Side culture

April 6, 2021

BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | Gone, finished, closed, shut forever. Not surprised. What did surprise me is that of all the clubs that have disappeared, the…

No outdoor dining for you: C.B. 2 snubs Zero Bond, Noho private members club

A rendering of the ground-floor lobby of Zero Bond. The private club's owner hopes to use the lobby to get permission to serve alcohol to a hoped-for outdoor dining area. (Courtesy Zero Bond)

No outdoor dining for you: C.B. 2 snubs Zero Bond, Noho private members club

February 24, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Don’t expect any exceptions from Community Board 2 for bold-face names when it comes to nightlife — even when it involves…