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Save Beth Israel coalition holds ‘victory march’ after recent wins
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Chanting “Save Our Community Hospital!” activists with the Campaign to Save Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary braved...
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Police arrest suspect in brutal sucker-punch of young woman in Greenwich Village
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A 6th Precinct detective recently arrested a man accused of randomly punching a young woman in Greenwich Village — so hard...
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‘Blank ballot’ protest scores 15% in NYC in Dem presidential primary
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Showing the ongoing divide among Democrats over the Israel-Gaza conflict, 15 percent of the party's New York City voters submitted...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center...
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Erik Bottcher unveils ‘fang-tastic’ rat-control plan
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | One of Erik Bottcher's top issues is sanitation, so perhaps it's not so surprising that he is proposing a groundbreaking...
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B.P. Brewer calls for funds to ‘mitigate challenges’ of drug use in Midtown and Harlem — but not Washington Square Park

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, left, with members of the Greater Harlem Coalition, at a press conference in Times Square Sunday on addressing drug use on the streets. (Photo by The Village Sun)

B.P. Brewer calls for funds to ‘mitigate challenges’ of drug use in Midtown and Harlem — but not Washington Square Park

October 19, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Citing Washington Square Park as a model of “some success” in fighting untreated substance abuse, Borough President Gale Brewer is advocating…

Alec Baillie, Leftover Crack bass player, cause of death revealed by NYC medical examiner

Nine months later, the city's medical examiner has determined the cause of death of punk musician Alec Baillie.

Alec Baillie, Leftover Crack bass player, cause of death revealed by NYC medical examiner

August 6, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Alec Baillie, the bass player of Leftover Crack, the East Village crustcore punk band, died of a lethal mix of…

The Met’s Sackler wing hacked as memorial for teen OxyContin OD victim

An augmented-reality tour has been secretly installed at the Met as a memorial to Mariah Lotti, a teenager who died from an OxyContin OD. (Photo by Paul DeRienzo)

The Met’s Sackler wing hacked as memorial for teen OxyContin OD victim

October 25, 2020

BY PAUL DeRIENZO | Last week the Department of Justice announced felony convictions against the bankrupted drug company Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid painkiller…