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Dear readers, thank you for your readership over the last five years — and for your support, story tips, photos, reader comments and more, and...
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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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Posts tagged as “Stanley Cohen”

‘Free, free pro-Palestinian speech!’ Suspended Columbia students must be reinstated, radical attorney says

Attorney Stanley Cohen.

‘Free, free pro-Palestinian speech!’ Suspended Columbia students must be reinstated, radical attorney says

April 18, 2024

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Radical attorney Stanley Cohen plans to sue Columbia University to force it to rescind the suspensions of four students who recently…

Lefty lawyers disagree on whether Israeli civilians are ‘legitimate targets’ — but agree Gaza Strip is an ‘open-air prison’

Attorney Stanley Cohen, right, in the Gaza Strip in 2012 with Hamas Chairperson Ismail Haniyeh. An Israeli airstrike in Gaza Tuesday reportedly killed 14 family members of Haniyeh, who currently lives in Qatar. (Facebook)

Lefty lawyers disagree on whether Israeli civilians are ‘legitimate targets’ — but agree Gaza Strip is an ‘open-air prison’

October 18, 2023

BY MARY REINHOLZ | Radical left-wing lawyer Stanley Cohen once lived in an Avenue D loft while defending squatters, hackers, drug dealers, anti-war activists and…

New York’s first legal weed shops slated for near Union Square and Astor Place

New York’s first legal weed shops slated for near Union Square and Astor Place

December 12, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The first two legal, nonmedical pot dispensaries in New York State could soon open in Greenwich Village’s Community Board 2. First,…

As pot ‘gray market’ grows, attorney warns of coming crackdown

An Empire Cannabis Clubs outlet recently opened on the Lower East Side. (Photo by The Village Sun)

As pot ‘gray market’ grows, attorney warns of coming crackdown

March 29, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Cool! Check out the new pot dispensary! That might be your first thought upon seeing the Empire Cannabis Clubs storefront on…