The Villager Newspaper

12/03/2025

Police are on the hunt for six people responsible for the firebombing of a West Village smoke shop on Wednesday morning.

12/03/2025

A homeless man who was allegedly caught on video sexually abusing an NYU student in a random attack on Monday was cuffed Tuesday for purportedly breaking into a Greenwich Village apartment building.

A homeless man who was allegedly caught on video sexually abusing an NYU student in a random attack on Monday was cuffed Tuesday for purportedly breaking into

11/26/2025

Two hero cops working in two of the NYPD’s most dangerous and harrowing units were promoted on Tuesday.

11/26/2025

The holiday season is here — and you can find quite a few things on your shopping list underground.

Did your subway get delayed again, and you missed getting to 34th St-Herald Square? Did you take the wrong train because you were scrolling too much on your

11/26/2025

Only the rarest of artists would look at a symbol of waste and perceive, not failure, but possibility. Padina Bondar is one of those rare figures.

11/25/2025

The Great Hall at Cooper Union was filled last Wednesday with the kind of crowd that Marcia Resnick loved: artists, musicians, photographers, friends, family, miscellaneous characters.

The Great Hall at Cooper Union was filled last Wednesday with the kind of crowd that Marcia Resnick loved: artists, musicians, photographers, friends, family,

11/20/2025

Faith Ringgold did not simply paint history—she broke it open. She reached into the marrow of America’s most violent foundations, pulled forth the bones, and demanded that we look.

Faith Ringgold did not simply paint history—she broke it open. She reached into the marrow of America’s most violent foundations, pulled forth the bones, and

11/19/2025

Retail theft in New York City has dropped 13.6% year-over-year, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday, as the State Police Organized Retail Theft Task Force recovered more than $2.6 million in stolen goods since expanding operations in April 2024.

Retail theft in New York City has dropped 13.6% year-over-year, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday, as the State Police Organized Retail Theft Task Force

11/19/2025

We watched Charlie Nieland celebrate the release of his new album “Stories From The Borderlines” on the intimate stage at the East Village basement club Berlin.

We watched Charlie Nieland celebrate the release of his new album “Stories From The Borderlines” on the intimate stage at the East Village basement club

11/15/2025

Police in Manhattan are looking for the suspect who stabbed a man following an argument on the Upper West Side on Friday night.

11/14/2025

Police in Manhattan shot and critically wounded an allegedly armed man who menaced people with a gun and then fired at officers who confronted him on Thursday night.

Police in Manhattan shot and critically wounded an allegedly armed man who menaced people with a gun and then fired at officers who confronted him on Thursday

11/13/2025

Three heroic NYPD officers recounted on Thursday the dramatic moment they rescued a teen girl who leapt into the Harlem River in an attempt to take her own life.

Three heroic NYPD officers recounted on Thursday the dramatic moment they rescued a teen girl who leapt into the Harlem River in an attempt to take her own