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Mourning the loss of a legal legend, keeping her light alive

Mourners descended on the State Supreme Court courthouse on Centre St. on Saturday night to pay respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg — and feel solidarity...

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A Ruthless moment: Downtown vigils held for Ruth Bader Ginsburg

New Yorkers gathered for vigils for iconic jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg early Saturday evening in Washington Square Park and, a bit later, in front of...

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Can’t stop the music: Bands play in parks, gardens, at sidewalk cafes during pandemic

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Even a pandemic cannot stop rock and roll, as musicians plug their guitars into their amps and perform for Manhattan...

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New Yorkers mourn Justice Ginsburg’s passing; Cuomo announces Brooklyn statue

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | A vigil is reportedly planned for Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Washington Square Park at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Another is...

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‘Hell no, we won’t go!’ Cynthia Nixon, pols, parents blast schools reopening chaos

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Call it "Pile on de Blasio 101." On Thursday, Cynthia Nixon, a battery of politicians and School District 1 parents,...

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Mahjong mural makes some noise on Orchard St.

Two down — or make that, up — and more to go. ... The second #ChinatownMuralProject mural was recently unveiled. Located on Orchard St., just...

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Hater scrawls swastikas, racist graffiti on N.Y.U. building

Police are seeking a man on charges of aggravated harassment as a hate crime in connection with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on New York...

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Mojo is working; New mural taking shape on Bowery art wall

After a year without turnover, the Bowery Mural Wall is finally getting its Mojo. Mojo, the artist, that is. (Photo by...

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Affordable housing as Trojan horse in Soho and Noho

BY ANDREW BERMAN | The future of New York City seems more uncertain now than perhaps any time since the fiscal crisis of the 1970s....

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V.I.D. to honor Black Lives Matter, Vocal-NY leaders, former district leader, Village Sun editor

The Village Independent Democrats club will celebrate their 63rd Annual Awards Reception Wednesday evening. It will be the first time in the club's history that...

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Push for rent relief for shops and nonprofits

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Give them a break already! Small businesses and nonprofits trying to survive the crushing coronavirus pandemic are still hoping a...

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East Village’s ‘Jimmy Sims’ on the mend after stroke

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Jimmy Simopoulos a.k.a. "Jimmy Sims," an East Village activist and a longtime sound man for shows in Tompkins Square Park,...

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My 9/11 story: Praying for Ella and for no more bombs

BY JUDITH MAHONEY PASTERNAK | Nineteen years ago as I write this, I was in my Upper West Side, New York, apartment trying to get...

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Man shot in leg on E. Fourth St.

The Summer of the Gun went out with a bang in the East Village as a local man was wounded early Saturday morning around 1:20...

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BY THE VILLAGE SUN | This dance party probably would not get the seal of approval of Dr. Fauci or Governor Cuomo. Soho resident Harry…

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