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Yo(gurt)! Rats fight back as dining shed is demolished on 8th Street
BY MARC ADLER | On Sunday, around 10:30 a.m., I was walking down Eighth Street by the intersection of Sixth Avenue, and I noticed some...
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Middle Collegiate Church, preservationists on different sides on saving damaged facade
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 22, 11:30 a.m.: To quote from Ecclesiastes (and The Byrds), there is "a time to tear down, and a...
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Dorothy Day ferry sets sail, honoring legacy of social justice that activist left in her wake
BY RACHEL deARAGON | On Nov. 4, a new Staten Island ferryboat, The Dorothy Day, was commissioned. Our city has honored a woman who dedicated...
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City orders demolition of landmarked 14 Gay St.; Unclear if 16 Gay St. can be saved
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 13, 12:30 p.m.: In a case of neglect followed by a renovation-and-repair project gone horribly awry, the city has...
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Activists vs. activists in fight to reclaim East Village’s old P.S. 64 as community center
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 1, 5 p.m.: For more than 20 years, East Village activists have battled a developer’s designs on the old...
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Posts tagged as “William Kelley”

Scott Hobbs is new executive director of Village Alliance BID

Scott Hobbs is new executive director of Village Alliance BID

July 9, 2022

The Village Alliance has announced the appointment of Scott Hobbs as the organization’s new executive director. Hobbs joined the business improvement district on July 5…

William Kelley bids goodbye to Village Alliance BID, heads west for affordable housing post

William Kelley led the Village Alliance BID for 11 years.

William Kelley bids goodbye to Village Alliance BID, heads west for affordable housing post

April 7, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | After more than a decade heading the Village Alliance Business Improvement District, William Kelley is moving on to work in…

A cut above: Veggies, fruit and more at Tuesday Astor Place Greenmarket

Councilmember Carlina Rivera, far right, along with the Village Alliance's William Kelley, to the left of her, and GrowNYC representatives cut the ribbon on the new Astor Place Greenmarket. (Courtesy Village Alliance)

A cut above: Veggies, fruit and more at Tuesday Astor Place Greenmarket

September 4, 2020

Call it the Green Real Deal. Councilmember Carlina Rivera recently joined GrowNYC and the Village Alliance Business Improvement District in celebrating the opening of the…

BIDs for BLM: Hard-hit Downtown biz districts support protests

Black Lives Matter protesters passed the boarded-up Paragon Sports store on Saturday after a mass rally in Washington Square Park. Paragon's bike shop had been looted previously. (Photo by The Village Sun)

BIDs for BLM: Hard-hit Downtown biz districts support protests

June 9, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Many local businesses took a beating during the recent looting, no question about it. Nevertheless, despite all the damage, local…