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Posts tagged as “quality of life”

After new lawsuit, mayor says he’s ‘a big supporter’ of outdoor dining but ‘modifications’ are needed

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | After the city and state were slapped with a lawsuit to immediately halt “lawless” outdoor dining, Mayor Adams stood firmly behind…

‘Zero tolerance’: Sixth Precinct top cop says Washington Square pot vendors will be arrested

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | It looks like the cannabis casbah in Washington Square Park is going up in smoke. Saying it’s important to snuff out…

‘Shedding’ any illusions on outdoor dining, Marte and Bottcher give Velazquez a tour of Village streets

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Welcome to their world. Councilmembers Christopher Marte and Erik Bottcher led their colleague Marjorie Velazquez on a tour of “Shed City”…

Council removes D.O.T. — for now — as lead agency for Open Restaurants as it drafts bill for permanent program

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | So what exactly is on the menu now for Open Restaurants — and, for that matter, for stressed-out Downtowners driven to…

Shed the sheds! Open Restaurants opponents to march before Council hearing on making program permanent

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | The shed is about to hit the fan again… . The City Council’s Committee on Worker Protection and Subcommittee on…

Who killed the little shops of Bedford Street?

BY STUART WALDMAN | I moved to Bedford Street in Greenwich Village in 1989. It was a classic mixed-use city street with single-family homes, multifamily…

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