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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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The Village Sun NYPA Better Newspaper Contest Awards:

2023:

News Story — First Place

Coverage of Local Government — Second Place

Best Editorial Page — Third Place

Spot News Photos — Third Place

Coverage of Elections/Politics — Honorable Mention

Picture Story — Honorable Mention

2022:

News Story — First Place

Headlines — Second Place

Best Editorial Page — Third Place

Coverage of Religion — Third Place

Best House Ad — First Place

2021:

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Obituaries — Second Place

Coverage of Elections and Politics — Honorable Mention

Investigative/In-depth Reporting — Honorable Mention

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. feted by National Arts Club

The official N.A.C. portrait of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. feted by National Arts Club

June 4, 2023

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was awarded the National Arts Club’s Medal of Honor for Achievement in Literature on May 11.…

Stanley Mieses, 70, Downtown journo who reported on 9/11 and ‘broke hearts in five boroughs,’ gets loving sendoff from his ‘family of friends’

Stanley Mieses in his younger days, presumably when he was at The New Yorker, where he penned Talk of the Town columns for 13 years.

Stanley Mieses, 70, Downtown journo who reported on 9/11 and ‘broke hearts in five boroughs,’ gets loving sendoff from his ‘family of friends’

March 17, 2023

BY MARY REINHOLZ | New York journalist Stanley Mieses, the son of Holocaust survivors and a former longtime writer for The New Yorker who witnessed…