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Open Restaurants has ‘too many cooks,’ too little enforcement, town hall finds

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Who exactly — if anyone — is in charge of enforcement for the city's new Open Restaurants program? That was the...

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Arlene’s Grocery hanging on by a guitar string

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Last we heard, Lower East Side music venue Arlene's Grocery was scheduled to close on Feb. 1 unless a new...

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DeGrupo dumps on Trump, mocks MAGA as CACA

This DeGrupo wheat-paste poster on the Lower East Side pretty much sums up feelings about Donald Trump after last week's crazed, chaotic Capitol coup, in...

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The miracle of mulch in Tompkins Square

MulchFest — where people can feed their dried-out Christmas trees into a wood chipper — apparently has come and gone in Tompkins Square Park. But...

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Cuomo: High Line-Moynihan station connection on track

On Monday, in his State of the State 2021 address, Governor Cuomo announced a proposal to extend the High Line to the recently opened Moynihan Train Hall. As...

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Hoylman pushes to disbar ‘Coup-dy’ Giuliani

Brad Hoylman wants to lay down the law against Rudy Giuliani — by getting the former mayor banned from practicing law in New York State....

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C.B. 3 chairperson: ‘Another direction’ on S.L.A. Committee means give others a chance to lead

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | What exactly does "another direction" mean in terms of the policy of Community Board 3 on bars and restaurants? Anti-bar watchdogs...

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Another young person leaps to his death from the Vessel

Just three weeks after a woman took her life by jumping off the Vessel in Hudson Yards, another young person has done so in another...

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Friends celebrate, safely, Doris Diether’s 92nd birthday

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | In the hardy spirit of Doris Diether, her friends didn't let the pandemic keep them from throwing a birthday bash...

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Redevelop Pier 76 now: Skip interim plan and expand the vision

BY TOM FOX | Governor Andrew Cuomo’s strong and decisive action has finally forced the city to vacate Pier 76 in the Hudson River Park....

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A question for Carlina Rivera before C.B. 3/C.B. 6 Open Restaurants/Open Streets Town Hall

Kimberley Wurster, an East Village resident who co-owns a local small business with her husband, Stuart Zamsky, an officer of the E. Fifth St. Block...

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Roger Stone won’t comment on Credico run for mayor; Says he denounced Capitol violence

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Last week, this paper first reported that Randy Credico, a comic-turned-Julian Assange advocate, plans to run for mayor. We subsequently...

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Tina Rossner, 76, graphic designer who won six-figure settlement from Chelsea Hotel owner

BY MARY REINHOLZ | She couldn’t have been much more than 5 feet 2 inches tall, a petite gamine who worked at places like the...

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Trump, you dirty rat! Times Square rally to oust dangerous pest

Saturday the inflatable #TrumpRat made an appearance in Times Square at the Trump/Pence Out Now! demonstration organized by Refuse Fascism. (Photo...

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THE ART OF POLITICS (OR THE POLITICS OF ART?): They say David Hammons can be a pretty hard guy to get a photo with, but…

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