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Editorial: Shed next steps — hold a public hearing…and a voter referendum
At a protest outside the City Council's offices in November, Greenwich Village resident Nancy Pasley called for public hearings on the pending Open Restaurants bill. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Editorial: Shed next steps — hold a public hearing…and a voter referendum

December 30, 2022

One of the top stories in The Village Sun has been the ongoing debate over the city’s outdoor dining program, Open Restaurants. It’s clearly a…

Shed hits fan as outdoor dining foes go full ‘yuck’ at City Council protest
Enjoying plein air dining — a la rats — in the Yuckmobile were, from left, former Mayor Bill de Blasio, Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, the Hospitality Alliance’s Andrew Rigie, Mayor Eric Adams and Councilmembers Julie Menin, Marjorie Velazquez and Keith Powers. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Shed hits fan as outdoor dining foes go full ‘yuck’ at City Council protest

December 4, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | They brought the Yuckmobile and — despite some of them having tape over their mouths — they brought the noise. Scores…

Source: Permanent Open Restaurants bill due by end of next month; One-year or longer phase-out eyed for contentious ‘streetery’ sheds
A restaurant shed on First Avenue in the East Village. The cyclist is riding the wrong direction in the bike lane. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Source: Permanent Open Restaurants bill due by end of next month; One-year or longer phase-out eyed for contentious ‘streetery’ sheds

October 13, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated, Oct. 14, 7:20 p.m.: The shed could be hitting the fan again — soon. The Village Sun has learned that…

Court nixes prior ruling against Open Restaurants, but dining-shed foes vow, ‘It’s not over!’
In March, during a tour of the Village's restaurant sheds with Councilmembers Marjorie Velázquez, Christopher Marte and Erik Bottcher, one of the bulky — and illegally fully enclosed — structures, on Thompson Street outside Cuba restaurant, was pointed out to the politicians. (File photo by The Village Sun)

Court nixes prior ruling against Open Restaurants, but dining-shed foes vow, ‘It’s not over!’

October 5, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 5, 12 p.m.: Just as in comedy, when it comes to community lawsuits, timing is everything. An Appellate court…

After new lawsuit, mayor says he’s ‘a big supporter’ of outdoor dining but ‘modifications’ are needed
A restaurant shed on First Avenue in the East Village, apparently being used for storage. That's one thing about Open Restaurants that Mayor Adams says should not be allowed — though he supports the overall program. (Photo by The Village Sun)

After new lawsuit, mayor says he’s ‘a big supporter’ of outdoor dining but ‘modifications’ are needed

August 1, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | After the city and state were slapped with a lawsuit to immediately halt “lawless” outdoor dining, Mayor Adams stood firmly behind…

Opinion: Arthur Schwartz voting for Deborah Glick? Is the world about to explode?
Arthur Schwartz, right, with Jumaane Wiliams at City Hall Park last summer when Schwartz and other candidates received the endorsement of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Courage to Change PAC. Schwartz was running for City Council in District 3.

Opinion: Arthur Schwartz voting for Deborah Glick? Is the world about to explode?

June 22, 2022

BY ARTHUR SCHWARTZ | On Tues., June 28, we have an important election. The first of two primaries. Remember, elections have consequences, as we learned…

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