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Dear readers, thank you for your readership over the last five years — and for your support, story tips, photos, reader comments and more, and...
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Editorial: Just say No to COYHO
The City of Yes. … eh, yeah, sure, it sounds positive. But you can’t judge a sweeping, citywide development program just on a catchy name....
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‘It had to go now’: East Village pizzeria owner sheds his shed
BY CHRIS RYAN | Workers recently dismantled Eleven B pizza restaurant’s outdoor dining setup in the East Village. Owner Vincent Sgarlato got a bit of...
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Elizabeth Street Garden’s last stand: Little Italy green dream faces City Hall’s wrecking ball
BY SUSAN SILVER | On the eve of its possible execution, the legendary Elizabeth Street Garden was dotted with afternoon visitors soaking up its perennial...
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Biking’s his life — but Bowery rider says e-bikes are making life hell
BY OTTO FRITTON | As electric bikes have boomed in New York City, enforcement of traffic regulations against scofflaw riders has failed to keep pace....
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Posts tagged as “rat infestation”

Shed hits fan as outdoor dining foes go full ‘yuck’ at City Council protest

Enjoying plein air dining — a la rats — in the Yuckmobile were, from left, former Mayor Bill de Blasio, Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, the Hospitality Alliance’s Andrew Rigie, Mayor Eric Adams and Councilmembers Julie Menin, Marjorie Velazquez and Keith Powers. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Shed hits fan as outdoor dining foes go full ‘yuck’ at City Council protest

December 4, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | They brought the Yuckmobile and — despite some of them having tape over their mouths — they brought the noise. Scores…

Yo(gurt)! Rats fight back as dining shed is demolished on 8th Street

A pile of garbage, including dead rats, was left after the Culture An American Yogurt Company's dining shed was dismantled. (Photo by Marc Adler)

Yo(gurt)! Rats fight back as dining shed is demolished on 8th Street

November 28, 2022

BY MARC ADLER | On Sunday, around 10:30 a.m., I was walking down Eighth Street by the intersection of Sixth Avenue, and I noticed some…

‘We want our streets back!’ Shed foes sue to shut down ‘lawless’ outdoor dining program — now

A graffiti-strewn dining shed on First Avenue in the East Village. (Photo by The Village Sun)

‘We want our streets back!’ Shed foes sue to shut down ‘lawless’ outdoor dining program — now

July 31, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Shed the sheds — as in, right now! Residents from across the city have filed an Article 78 lawsuit to end…