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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 “Zack Winestine”

Big news on giant 5G towers: West Village sites can’t be near landmarks

One of the new 5G towers at First Avenue and Second Street, in the East Village, which does not have as many historic districts as the West Side. (Photo by Zack Winestine)

Big news on giant 5G towers: West Village sites can’t be near landmarks

December 29, 2023

BY ZACK WINESTINE | Step off, jumbo 5G towers! The New York State Historic Preservation Office, the agency currently conducting a Section 106 reviews of…

Battle against gigantic 5G towers in historic West Village rages on

One of the new futuristic, behemoth 5G wi-fi towers is located in the East Village on Second Avenue at E. First Street. The proposed West Village 5G towers would, unlike this one, also sport large advertising panels. (Photo by Zack Winstine)

Battle against gigantic 5G towers in historic West Village rages on

December 24, 2023

BY ZACK WINESTINE | The fight to stop the three-story-tall LinkNYC 5G towers that a private company wants to build in the West Village is…

G shock: Rollout of jumbo Link5G towers is roiling the historic West Village

In early February, workers created the foundation for a new 5G tower at Horatio and Washington Streets. The orange plywood box is there to keep people from tripping over the exposed foundation. (Photo by Zack Winestine)

G shock: Rollout of jumbo Link5G towers is roiling the historic West Village

February 22, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Feb. 23, 4:20 p.m.: The city’s determined rollout of 5G megatowers in the West Village and Soho has, to hear…