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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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East River Park activists stage weeklong protest outside City Hall, push for emergency hearing

Protesting the East Side Coastal Resiliency plan on Thursday outside City Hall Park, from left, Katherine De La Cruz, Cameron Jones, Gabriel Reichler and Elissa Jiji. (Photo by The Village Sun)

East River Park activists stage weeklong protest outside City Hall, push for emergency hearing

August 13, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Fired-up East River Park activists “barbecued” outside City Hall Park on Friday. It was the culmination of a weeklong series of…

Video: Coastal resiliency plan ignores the ‘elephant by the park,’ the F.D.R. Drive

In the video, Howard Brandstein says the cause of climate change — car pollution, as embodied by the F.D.R. Drive — is not addressed in the city's East Side Coastal Resiliency plan.

Video: Coastal resiliency plan ignores the ‘elephant by the park,’ the F.D.R. Drive

June 9, 2021

It’s car pollution, stupid. That’s a central message of the Sixth Street Community Center’s new “Save East River Park” video. In short, the video argues,…

Foes file legal appeal vs. East River Park resiliency project

Opponents who protested in East River Park on April 18 are fighting to keep the existing park from being buried under 775,000 cubic yards of landfill to raise it 8 feet, so that it would be above the floodplain. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Foes file legal appeal vs. East River Park resiliency project

May 1, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Opponents of the East Side Coastal Resiliency plan have filed an appeal in their lawsuit to block the embattled mega-project. The…

Judge rules East Side resiliency project can start

Attorney Arthur Schwartz in February announcing a community lawsuit against the East Side Coastal Resiliency project, which would bury East River Park under 8 to 9 feet of dirt. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Judge rules East Side resiliency project can start

August 20, 2020

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Aug. 20, 9:15 p.m.: Residents fighting to save East River Park from being razed and rebuilt for a coastal-resiliency project…