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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 “substance abuse”

Fans are there for Matthew Perry as memorial grows outside ‘Friends Building’

(Photo by Ede Rothaus)

Fans are there for Matthew Perry as memorial grows outside ‘Friends Building’

November 6, 2023

Following the death of Matthew Perry on Oct. 28, international tourists and local fans alike have been creating spontaneous pop-up tributes to him. In Greenwich…

Washington Square exhibitionist in Rikers after allegedly robbing pizza place with jagged bottle

Stephen Flanagan in Washington Square Park this past summer. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Washington Square exhibitionist in Rikers after allegedly robbing pizza place with jagged bottle

November 28, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | A drug user whose sometimes-dangerous exhibitionist antics have kept Sixth Precinct police on their toes, is now cooling his heels…

Lower East Side arson victim dies two weeks later

Police say they need help identifying this man, who was fatally burned at the Samuel Gompers houses on the Lower East Side. (Courtesy N.Y.P.D.)

Lower East Side arson victim dies two weeks later

November 20, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | An alleged drug user who was set on fire earlier this month while sleeping in a Lower East Side public-housing…

B.P. Brewer calls for funds to ‘mitigate challenges’ of drug use in Midtown and Harlem — but not Washington Square Park

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, left, with members of the Greater Harlem Coalition, at a press conference in Times Square Sunday on addressing drug use on the streets. (Photo by The Village Sun)

B.P. Brewer calls for funds to ‘mitigate challenges’ of drug use in Midtown and Harlem — but not Washington Square Park

October 19, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Citing Washington Square Park as a model of “some success” in fighting untreated substance abuse, Borough President Gale Brewer is advocating…