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Save Beth Israel coalition holds ‘victory march’ after recent wins
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Chanting “Save Our Community Hospital!” activists with the Campaign to Save Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary braved...
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Police arrest suspect in brutal sucker-punch of young woman in Greenwich Village
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A 6th Precinct detective recently arrested a man accused of randomly punching a young woman in Greenwich Village — so hard...
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‘Blank ballot’ protest scores 15% in NYC in Dem presidential primary
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Showing the ongoing divide among Democrats over the Israel-Gaza conflict, 15 percent of the party's New York City voters submitted...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center...
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Erik Bottcher unveils ‘fang-tastic’ rat-control plan
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | One of Erik Bottcher's top issues is sanitation, so perhaps it's not so surprising that he is proposing a groundbreaking...
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Posts tagged as “Redistricting”

De Blasio running for new Downtown congressional seat but so is Hoylman

Former Mayor de Blasio's campaign announcement is grabbing headlines but state Senator Brad Hoylman is also running for the new 10th District seat on the strength of his record as a progressive lawmaker.

De Blasio running for new Downtown congressional seat but so is Hoylman

May 20, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Hank Sheinkopf immediately knew why The Village Sun was calling on Friday. “He can win — and he can win significantly,”…

Redistricting revamp could spark Manhattan congressional free-for-all

The special master's redistricting map creates a single, unified congressional district for Manhattan south of 14th Street, in an area currently split between three congressional districts.

Redistricting revamp could spark Manhattan congressional free-for-all

May 16, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | The new and probably finalized congressional redistricting maps were released today — and they will likely mean sweeping changes for the…

Immigrant advocates call for ‘Unity’ in redistricting, decry new last-minute lines

Activist Elizabeth OuYang slammed the 11th-hour release of the redistricting maps. (Photo by Dashiell Allen)

Immigrant advocates call for ‘Unity’ in redistricting, decry new last-minute lines

February 1, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | With only one day to go before a final vote by the state Legislature, the proposed congressional district maps for New…

Don’t redistrict East Side and West Side together or Chinatown and Lower East Side apart, locals say

Jenny Low, a former longtime Chinatown Democratic district leader, spoke out strongly against splitting the historic enclave through redistricting. (Photo by Dashiell Allen)

Don’t redistrict East Side and West Side together or Chinatown and Lower East Side apart, locals say

November 27, 2021

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Residents and community advocates are concerned that historically united neighborhood districts could be split up after the next round of state…