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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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Where have all the normal bicycles gone?
BY MICHELE HERMAN | It’s been just over 30 years since the publication of The Bicycle Blueprint, the award-winning book-length master plan for New York...
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Posts tagged as “YIMBY”

Opinion: There is no false choice — Haven Green needs to be built

A lion monument in the Elizabeth Street Garden. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Opinion: There is no false choice — Haven Green needs to be built

December 18, 2022

BY AUSTIN CELESTIN | There are three constants in life: death, taxes and affordable housing projects mired in controversy. Haven Green is no exception. Meant…

Opinion: Putting the lie to YIMBY mantra ‘Build, baby, build!’… Facts show unbridled market-rate development spurs gentrification

Unfettered development decreases socioeconomic and racial diversity, the writer argues. (Photo by SevenStorm JUHASZIMRUS / Pexels)

Opinion: Putting the lie to YIMBY mantra ‘Build, baby, build!’… Facts show unbridled market-rate development spurs gentrification

August 3, 2022

BY ANDREW BERMAN | Our nation’s politics in the 21st century have been roiled by pervasive misinformation campaigns — about stolen elections, conspiracy theories, vaccine…

Denny Salas, proudly YIMBY, enjoys some strong Chinatown support in Assembly race

Denny Salas speaking at a rally in Lower Manhattan. (Photo by Dashiell Allen)

Denny Salas, proudly YIMBY, enjoys some strong Chinatown support in Assembly race

May 3, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Updated May 3, 11 p.m.: A self-described “Obama Democrat,” Denny Salas is running for state Assembly in District 65 on a…

‘A major victory’: Legislature nixes Hochul’s hope to scrap building size cap

Supertall towers fill the sky south of Central Park. (Photo by The Village Sun)

‘A major victory’: Legislature nixes Hochul’s hope to scrap building size cap

March 17, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Developers’ and YIMBYs’ sky-high hopes for unlimited F.A.R. were dealt a blow after the Assembly and state Senate rejected the…