BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Martin Stolar, a leading civil rights attorney and unwavering advocate for justice, died on July 1 at age 81. Throughout…
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BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Coss Marte used to deal drugs at the corner of Delancey and Orchard Streets. Now, he’s opening a legal pot dispensary…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | After six months of operation, Housing Works Cannabis Co, the state’s first legal, adult-use cannabis dispensary, reports that it has…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | So far, the rollout of the pre-rolls has all been happening in Downtown Manhattan. There are only two legal weed shops…
BY REV. DONNA SCHAPER | I feel like a cliché. So many people in my age bracket (the early zooming towards mid-seventies) are retiring. We…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Aaron Foldenauer, a candidate for mayor, is calling out a rival — for making too much money — even as he…
Outrage over a Kentucky grand jury’s decision in the Breonna Taylor case sent hundreds of protesters marching through Manhattan and Brooklyn on Wednesday night. One…
The fountain at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery next to Abe Lebewohl Park was recently turned into a memorial to police shooting victim Breonna…
As protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police stretch toward the two-month mark, demonstrators marched through the East Village at E.…
Community Board 2 isn’t just talking the talk — it’s walking the walk. As consciousness of America’s historical and entrenched racism grips the country, the…