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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 “Ukraine war”

Dana Beal goes from ibogaine in Ukraine to pot bust in Idaho

Dana Beal speaking about ibogaine outside Philadelphia's City Hall during the 2016 Democratic National Convention. (Photo by John Penley)

Dana Beal goes from ibogaine in Ukraine to pot bust in Idaho

January 18, 2024

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | It sounds like something out of a James Bond novel — though it’s hard to imagine anyone actually thinking this up.…

Little Ukraine, Citizens send love to Ukraine

From left, Veselka owner Jason Birchard with Citizens branch manager Ashmi Dave and Nuno Dos Santo, Citizens retail banking director. (Citizens)

Little Ukraine, Citizens send love to Ukraine

March 3, 2023

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | On Sat., Feb. 25, the Little Ukraine branch of Citizens bank, at Second Avenue and Ninth Street, marked the one-year…

Gogol Bordello rocks and rallies for Ukraine resistance on New Year’s Eve

Eugene Hütz led the high-energy performance. (Photo by Everynight Charley Crespo)

Gogol Bordello rocks and rallies for Ukraine resistance on New Year’s Eve

January 5, 2023

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Eugene Hütz is consumed by the clash of powers in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Originally from Boyarka in central…

Teen Ukraine war refugees at East Village school worry for loved ones back home

Diana Yuzuik stands in front of students' posters protesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at St. George Academy, a Ukrainian Catholic-affiliated high school in the East Village. (Photo by Stephen Yang)

Teen Ukraine war refugees at East Village school worry for loved ones back home

March 25, 2022

BY KEITH J. KELLY | Diana Yuzuik has been watching and waiting for Russian soldiers to invade her home in the village of Rivne in…