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Village Sun wins 7 NYPA Better Newspaper Contest awards
Taking honors in an impressive array of prestigious categories, Downtown's award-winning paper, The Village Sun, won seven awards in the New York Press Association's Better...
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Village Sun to set for a little while
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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The Village Sun NYPA Better Newspaper Contest Awards:

2024:

Editorials – First Place

Spot News Photos – First Place

Coverage of Elections & Politics – Second Place

Coverage of Local Government – Third Place

Coverage of Healthcare, Health & Science – Third Place

Best Distinguished Coverage of Diversity – Third Place

Spot News Photos – Third Place

2023:

News Story — First Place

Coverage of Local Government — Second Place

Best Editorial Page — Third Place

Spot News Photos — Third Place

Coverage of Elections/Politics — Honorable Mention

Picture Story — Honorable Mention

2022:

News Story — First Place

Headlines — Second Place

Best Editorial Page — Third Place

Coverage of Religion — Third Place

Best House Ad — First Place

2021:

Best News or Feature Series — Second Place

Obituaries — Second Place

Coverage of Elections and Politics — Honorable Mention

Investigative/In-depth Reporting — Honorable Mention

Posts tagged as “Norman Siegel”

Editorial: Now’s the time to save the Elizabeth Street Garden

Councilmember Christopher Marte spoke at a rally at the Elizabeth Street Garden on Nov. 2 following the favorable State Supreme Court ruling, as Assemblymember Deborah Glick applauded, at right. (ESG)

Editorial: Now’s the time to save the Elizabeth Street Garden

November 3, 2022

State Supreme Court Justice Debra A. James has ruled that the negative declaration New York City issued three years ago on the need for an…

Activist, attorney keeping an eye on AntifaWatch, a new ‘Wikipedia’ tracking left-wing radicals

A new, allegedly open-source Web site, AntifaWatch, is like a right-wing-created Wikipedia "rogues gallery" that lists members of Antifa and Black Lives Matter, as well as anarchists, communists and other activists and protesters that the site and its contributors deem to be far-left.

Activist, attorney keeping an eye on AntifaWatch, a new ‘Wikipedia’ tracking left-wing radicals

May 6, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Like some sort of gonzo mash-up of Wikipedia, Vice magazine and Breitbart News, a new Web site aims to “log and…

Elizabeth St. Garden case is fight for ‘heart and soul of neighborhood’

A young boy at the recent Halloween Pet Parade at Elizabeth St. Garden. (Photo by Milo Hess)

Elizabeth St. Garden case is fight for ‘heart and soul of neighborhood’

November 23, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | It wasn’t exactly your “garden variety” court hearing. This one had lawsuits filed by two separate groups and more lawyers…