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The Ukraine War, in black and white; Comic strip aims to ‘debunk Russian propaganda’
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | For most Americans, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a clear-cut act of aggression that must be condemned. They naturally support Ukraine...
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Pot dispensary to open on Bleecker St., maybe in Meatpacking, too
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Jan. 12, 12:30 p.m.: The "flowers" are starting to bloom all over. Several more legal cannabis dispensaries are slated to...
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Opinion: Listeners demand return of Paul DeRienzo’s ‘Evening News’ program to WBAI
BY MARNI HALASA | I have been a devoted listener of WBAI for decades. Whether I am listening to Michael G. Haskins explain how land-use...
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Cornelia appropriation? The curious case of ‘Cornelia Street’ and the cafe
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The term “cultural appropriation” is thrown around a fair bit these days. In fact, a new occasion to declare it —...
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Comings & Goings
BY CAROLINE BENVENISTE | A new newspaper, a new column. Like we did before, we’ll try to report on all the retail and restaurant activity...
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Posts tagged as “NYC School Construction Authority”

Pols, N.Y.U. pledge to save key Bleecker supermarket ‘at or near’ current site

The Morton Williams supermarket — with 505 LaGuardia Place rising behind it — at Bleecker Street and LaGuardia Place has been a community staple for six decades. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Pols, N.Y.U. pledge to save key Bleecker supermarket ‘at or near’ current site

November 4, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A nearly month-long petitioning effort to save the Morton Williams supermarket, at Bleecker Street and LaGuardia Place, has gotten some results.…

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…