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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 “Small Business Jobs Survival Act”

Opinion: To save small stores, commercial rent stabilization is not enough

Allie Ryan getting another signature — at Raffetto's pasta shop on West Houston Street — on a petition asking District 2 Councilmember Carlina Rivera to "Bring back the Small Business Jobs Survival Act and give your local merchants a fighting chance to survive." Due to redistricting, District 2 now extends farther into Greenwich Village, all the way to Sixth Avenue. (Photo by Chris Ryan)

Opinion: To save small stores, commercial rent stabilization is not enough

February 15, 2023

BY ALLIE RYAN | A rally was reently held at City Hall calling for a hearing and vote on the Commercial Rent Stabilization Act (CRSA)…

Attorney slams de Blasio, Cuomo for Theatre 80 St. Mark’s plight

Filing for Chapter 11 will give Theatre 80's owner time to seek a new loan and possibly find a benefactor, attorney Arthur Schwartz says. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Attorney slams de Blasio, Cuomo for Theatre 80 St. Mark’s plight

January 2, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | That one of the East Village’s cultural treasures now finds itself on the ropes is a damning testament to Bill de…

Occupy didn’t fail, and neither did I: Ten years later, I’m living proof of its long-term effects

Marni Halasa speaking at the 10th anniversary commemoration of Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan. (Photo by Milo Hess)

Occupy didn’t fail, and neither did I: Ten years later, I’m living proof of its long-term effects

October 14, 2021

BY MARNI HALASA | Every year on Sept. 17, I organize a press conference on the steps of Zuccotti Park for the anniversary of Occupy…

OPINION: Without lease renewals, rent regulation won’t save mom-and-pops

OPINION: Without lease renewals, rent regulation won’t save mom-and-pops

November 23, 2019

Trying to get the point across, Steve Barrison, of the Small Business Congress, speaking at an Oct. 24 rally for the S.B.J.S.A., above. (Photo by…