De Blasio running for new Downtown congressional seat but so is Hoylman
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Hank Sheinkopf immediately knew why The Village Sun was calling on Friday. "He can win — and he can win significantly,"...
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Ryder Kessler, Open New York candidate, takes on Deborah Glick in Assembly Democratic primary
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Ryder Kessler, a young politico endorsed by Open New York, among others, is running against longtime incumbent Assemblymember Deborah Glick in...
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Adams cancels Grand St. homeless shelter in Chinatown allegedly due to Hotel Trades Council opposition
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated May 2, 9:00 p.m.: In a stunning reversal and a major victory for Chinatown residents and merchants, Mayor Adams has...
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Stuy Town parking on loop roads is loopy: D.O.T./N.Y.P.D. reject 15-minute grace period in no-standing zones
BY KEITH J. KELLY | New York Police Department ticket agents are apparently no longer honoring a decades-old agreement reached between the Department of Transportation...
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Famed Little Italy cheese store trying to raise enough cheddar to remain
BY JULIET CAMA | Little Italy’s prized Alleva Dairy faces an impending threat of closure. Established in 1892, Alleva Dairy is the oldest cheese store...
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Downtown councilmembers champion participatory budgeting: Voting is this week

Two staffers from Councilmember Christopher Marte's office, budget director René Castellanos, left, and legislative director Ian Wang, manned an outdoor voting site at Madison and Rutgers Streets for participatory budgeting on Mon., April 4. (Photo by Dashiell Allen)

Downtown councilmembers champion participatory budgeting: Voting is this week

April 5, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | It’s the closest New York City gets to direct Democracy. All residents of Downtown Councilmembers Erik Bottcher and Christopher Marte’s districts…