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Mount Sinai revives plan to close Beth Israel Hospital
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Sept. 15, 5:20 p.m.: The Village Sun recently reported on persistent fears that Mount Sinai Health System is dismantling...
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Washington Square pot peddlers busted for underage sales
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Police arrested three people in Washington Square Park on Thursday for selling marijuana to underage buyers. Unlicensed pot vendors brazenly...
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Editorial: Target the drug dealers
As The Village Sun has been reporting, Washington Square and the surrounding streets are grappling with serious issues of open drug use and drug dealing,...
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Marte: ‘More balanced approach’ needed on Washington Square Park
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Aug. 28, 6 p.m.: Art vendors and buskers in Washington Square Park are being "unfairly targeted and ticketed" due...
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Opinion: Anatomy of a noise complaint — trying to get help on a dining shed’s din
BY GILBERT BATES | On consecutive Monday nights, this July 24 and July 31, One and One bar at 76 E. First St. on the...
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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…