Toxic shock: Seaport tower foes fear mercury-site cleanup would endanger schoolkids
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Temperatures are boiling in the South Street Seaport area as a developer hopes to start cleanup of a toxic former thermometer-factory...
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Kips Bay woman, 28, reported missing
Police are seeking the public's help in locating a Kips Bay woman who was reported missing on Sat., Sept. 4. According to cops, Brittany Hobart,...
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Brewer balks at Soho/Noho rezoning, locals lambaste plan at six-hour session
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | They just kept on coming, one after the other...for six hours. Longtime Soho and Noho artist residents testified in droves against...
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Chin, Rivera silent after demanding Soho/Noho rezoning actually create affordable housing
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A month ago, they called on the Department of City Planning to "return to the table now" and improve the Soho/Noho...
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Rocco’s, famed Bleecker Street pastry shop, dishing out vaccine defiance
BY ART GATTI | The Bleecker Street Italian restaurant, Pesce Pasta, tells us, “Yes, we are checking vaccination status for those dining indoors," while across...
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Posts tagged as “police violence”

Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Getting the verdict in Times Square

Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Getting the verdict in Times Square

April 20, 2021

Photographer Q. Sakamaki was in Times Square as the verdict in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin came down on Tuesday afternoon.…

The pain of racism

"How Racism Feels," by Mac McGill, pen and ink. (Courtesy Mac McGill)

The pain of racism

April 14, 2021

East Village artist Mac McGill shares another of his illustrations with The Village Sun, evoking the devastating impact of racism. In the latest high-profile incident…

Rivera, pols call for firing of cop in Avenue D ‘Floyd-style’ arrest

Councilmember Carlina Rivera, at podium, was joined by other local politicians and community advocates in calling for Officer Francisco Garcia to be kicked off the force and criminally charged. (Courtesy Carlina Rivera's Office)

Rivera, pols call for firing of cop in Avenue D ‘Floyd-style’ arrest

August 24, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Local politicians rallied at Avenue D and Ninth St. last Friday demanding that a cop be fired for a rough…