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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

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2022:

News Story — First Place

Headlines — Second Place

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2021:

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Obituaries — Second Place

Coverage of Elections and Politics — Honorable Mention

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Posts tagged as “United Nations”

Town hall to ask: Is casino the right play for Midtown East?

The casino and housing would occupy the 6 acres formerly home to Con Ed's Waterside power plant, just south of the United Nations.

Town hall to ask: Is casino the right play for Midtown East?

January 4, 2024

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Should Midtown East roll the dice on a massive casino and mixed-use project that would also include market-rate and affordable…

H.D. Wright, global youth voice, aims to disrupt ‘NGO politics as usual’

H.D. Wright is the founding editor in chief of "Transnational Politics," whose essays and interviews offer an alternative to the Western hegemonic view of the world. (Courtesy H.D. Wright)

H.D. Wright, global youth voice, aims to disrupt ‘NGO politics as usual’

March 13, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Henry Wright is a busy 19-year-old. Having grown up between Soho and the Upper West Side, he divides his time between…

Busted! Cops ticket illegally parked van outside Trump diplo crony’s Gramercy townhouse

Gotcha! Police on Friday afternoon Oct. 15 ticketed a white van illegally parked in front of flagrant parking scofflaw Paolo Zampolli's E. 17th Street diplomatic residence. (Photo by Mary Reinholz)

Busted! Cops ticket illegally parked van outside Trump diplo crony’s Gramercy townhouse

October 18, 2021

BY MARY REINHOLZ | Demonstrating that no one is above the law, 13th Precinct traffic cops slapped a summons on a white van illegally parked…

Trump pal Paolo Zampolli, U.N. ambassador, has rocky relations in Gramercy as he flouts parking regs

The diplomat illegally cordons off a parking spot on the street for his Mercedes SUV, above, by using metal police-style gates. (Photo by Mary Reinholz)

Trump pal Paolo Zampolli, U.N. ambassador, has rocky relations in Gramercy as he flouts parking regs

October 5, 2021

BY MARY REINHOLZ | At night, a tree outside the Gramercy townhouse sparkles with lights, some bouncing off a black Mercedes SUV with diplomat plates.…