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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 “tenants”

Editorial: Reform the R.G.B., end the annual ‘charade’

As a screen grab of a video of the Rent Guidelines Board's May 2 preliminary hearing shows, the board had to take a "brief recess" after outraged tenant activists stormed the stage demanding a rent rollback, as in, a rent reduction.

Editorial: Reform the R.G.B., end the annual ‘charade’

June 2, 2023

On June 21 in the East Village at The Cooper Union’s Great Hall, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board will vote on how much…

After board votes to raise rents, tenant advocate urges: Find someone to run vs. Eric Adams

A doctored photo of Mayor Eric Adams with an angry message scrawled on it was left outside The Cooper Union's Great Hall on Tuesday evening after the Rent Guidelines Board voted to raise rents for 2 million New Yorkers. (Photo by The Village Sun)

After board votes to raise rents, tenant advocate urges: Find someone to run vs. Eric Adams

June 23, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Where have you gone, Bill de Blasio? Tenants turn their outraged eyes to you. (Read to the tune of “Mrs. Robinson.”)…

Fire-displaced East Villagers plead for landlord to help find them new homes

Catherine Barna, one of the displaced tenants, spoke at the rally about the pain of losing their longtime homes. Her husband, John, is to the left behind her. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Fire-displaced East Villagers plead for landlord to help find them new homes

August 4, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | They’re hoping for a kernel of kindness from Popcorn. Former tenants of 48 E. Seventh St., joined by Councilmember Carlina Rivera,…