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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 “NYC City Planning”

Outrage after City Planning rep slams alternative Soho/Noho zoning plan as phony, ‘magical thinking’

At a July 8 meeting on the Soho/Noho rezoning, a City Planning official cast a worried glance in the direction of a Downtown activist who had just shouted, "That's an insult!" after Sylvia Li, speaking on the mic, called the Community Alternative Zoning Plan "magical thinking" and, basically, a fraud.

Outrage after City Planning rep slams alternative Soho/Noho zoning plan as phony, ‘magical thinking’

July 11, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated July 12, 1:00 p.m.: There may be a heat wave going on, but things got even hotter in Soho and…