The Village Sun

17/09/2024

Dear readers, thank you for your readership over the last five years — and for your support, story tips, photos, reader comments and more, and for your friendship. Five years! Time flies! And we launched this paper during the COVID pandemic, to boot. However, due to circumstances both foreseen and unforeseen, The Village Sun (thevillagesun.com) unfortunately must suspend publication, both online and our monthly print version, for the time being....

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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…

12/09/2024

BY LIZ THOMSON | In just a few days’ time, The Village Trip 2024 will open on West Fourth Street. The kickoff will be a block party celebrating the fabled history of “New York’s Left Bank” and the unique and storied institution that is the Music Inn, a gathering place for more than half a century for the likes of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, George Harrison and many others who are part of the history of our times....

BY LIZ THOMSON | In just a few days’ time, The Village Trip 2024 will open on West Fourth Street. The kickoff will be a…

10/09/2024

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa says destroying the Elizabeth Street Garden would be a crime. In stark contrast to Mayor Adams, the crime-fighting Guardian Angels founder said the embattled Little Italy green oasis is a beautiful, natural and unique refuge that deserves to be saved. Dating back to Mayor Bloomberg's tenure, though, City Hill has been set on building a new affordable housing development, Haven Green, on the beloved spot....

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa says destroying the Elizabeth Street Garden would be a crime. In stark contrast to Mayor Adams,…

10/09/2024

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A one-year anniversary vigil will be held for Lori Kleinman on Thurs., Oct. 3, at 6 p.m. outside Jefferson Market Garden, at the corner of Greenwich Avenue and W. 10th Street. The spot is just steps from where Kleinman, 76, was fatally struck last October by a car while crossing the street. She was hit around 6:30 p.m....

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A one-year anniversary vigil will be held for Lori Kleinman on Thurs., Oct. 3, at 6 p.m. outside Jefferson Market Garden,…

10/09/2024

BY CONNIE MURRAY | Dear Mayor Adams, have we, as a city, the greatest city in this world, really come to this moment? Is New York City actually about to destroy a rare and cherished green urban space in Downtown Manhattan? And for expiration-dated, “affordable” housing? As of this writing, more than 824,000 people have already penned letters to you…...

BY CONNIE MURRAY | Dear Mayor Adams, have we, as a city, the greatest city in this world, really come to this moment? Is New…

09/09/2024

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Part of East River Park that was bulldozed for the East Side Coastal Resiliency project — two ball fields at Delancey Street — was quietly reopened over Labor Day weekend. A spiffy new suspension bridge over the F.D.R. Driveway there was also opened. A formal opening event for this completed work will be held Tues., Sept....

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Part of East River Park that was bulldozed for the East Side Coastal Resiliency project — two ball fields at…

06/09/2024

A crochet hammer wielder had a thumping good time at Anime NYC. The Japanese pop culture confab animated the Javits Center from Aug. 23 to Aug. 25. The reported attendance was 100,000, nearly double last year’s total.

A crochet hammer wielder had a thumping good time at Anime NYC. The Japanese pop culture confab animated the Javits Center from Aug. 23 to…

06/09/2024

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | There have been many great artistic collaborations over the years, from Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat to Marina Abramović and Ulay. Now, in the latest fab collab, the Village Alliance and Greenwich House have teamed up on a new installation of public art by local senior artists at Astor Place’s South Plaza. The unveiling was Mon., Aug....

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | There have been many great artistic collaborations over the years, from Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat to Marina Abramović and…

06/09/2024

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. Specifically, the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, COYHO for short, is Mayor Adams’s complex zoning reform proposal. One of its chief goals is “building a little more housing in every neighborhood.” In a sort of carrot, it’s hoped some of this housing will be affordable....

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.…

06/09/2024

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Following in the footsteps of such high-profile alumni as Spike Lee, Rudy Giuliani and Lady Gaga, Barron Trump is attending New York University. According to news reports, the youngest son of former President Donald Trump arrived at N.Y.U.'s Stern School of Business for his first day of classes on Wednesday. Photos showed the 6-foot-7-inch Barron being accompanied around the Greenwich Village campus by what appeared to be private security....

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Following in the footsteps of such high-profile alumni as Spike Lee, Rudy Giuliani and Lady Gaga, Barron Trump is attending…

04/09/2024

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 leeway on the Department of Transportation's removal deadline, dodging a $500 fine, so he could bring in his “usual guys.” But, he said, “It had to go now.” Other crews were “price gouging,” he noted....

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…

04/09/2024

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The Adams administration has given the Elizabeth Street Garden until Wed., Sept. 11, to vacate its city-owned lot in Little Italy. From the sound of it, though, the garden won’t be leaving right away then — or hopefully ever, if the gardeners have their way. Joseph Reiver, the green oasis’s executive director, said while they expect to receive a notice telling them to clear out, it’s part of a process....

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The Adams administration has given the Elizabeth Street Garden until Wed., Sept. 11, to vacate its city-owned lot in Little Italy.…

31/08/2024

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Pigeons Playing Ping Pong formed as a funk jam band in 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland. The rock quartet has garnered a following as a result of its consistent touring, playing as many as 200 shows a year to its devout audience, nicknamed "The Flock." The band will perform its hypnotic hybrid of funk, rock and psychedelic grooves at the Rooftop at Pier 17, at the South Street Seaport, this Saturday, supported by Andy Frasco & the UN and Dogs in a Pile....

28/08/2024

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Three Democratic candidates vying for City Council District 2 all recently touted their fundraising prowess. In what’s shaping up to be a competitive race — at least in terms of fundraising so far — Harvey Epstein, Andrea Gordillo and Sarah Batchu all reported securing around $200,000, most of it public matching funds. However, a closer look at their contributor lists is telling, showing veteran politician Epstein with much more in-district support....

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Three Democratic candidates vying for City Council District 2 all recently touted their fundraising prowess. In what’s shaping up to be…

28/08/2024

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | If he's caught, will a judge throw the book at this guy? Police said that on Mon., Aug. 19, around 9:33 p.m., an 18-year-old woman was walking past 24 W. 25th Street, just west of Madison Square Park, when a shirtless man approached her. For reasons not immediately clear, the stranger hit the young woman in the face with a book, causing pain, bruising and swelling to her nose, then fled on foot, heading eastbound on 25th Street....

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | If he’s caught, will a judge throw the book at this guy? Police said that on Mon., Aug. 19, around…

25/08/2024

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Police have made an arrest in the June Soho murder of local sneaker boutique owner Javier Osorio-Mejia. Following an ongoing police investigation, Jayquan Straker, 35, of Poughkeepsie was arrested on Thurs., Aug. 22, at the 1st Precinct in Tribeca. Straker was charged with murder in the first and second degree and robbery in the first and second degree, plus criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree....

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Police have made an arrest in the June Soho murder of local sneaker boutique owner Javier Osorio-Mejia. Following an ongoing…

24/08/2024

BY LESLIE CLARK | Over the last month, the New York press has been filled with stories about the decline, decimation, disappearance and even the death of New York’s supposedly “popular” outdoor dining program: "New York City’s freewheeling era of outdoor dining has come to end" "Disappearing Seats, Defiant Eateries and the End of an Era" "Dining Sheds Will Start Disappearing" …...

BY LESLIE CLARK | Over the last month, the New York press has been filled with stories about the decline, decimation, disappearance and even the…

24/08/2024

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas is perhaps America’s most prolific lap steel and resonator guitarist, having played on more than 1,600 albums. The 14-time Grammy Award winner performs both as a solo artist and as a member of numerous bands, such as Alison Krauss and Union Station and the Earls of Leicester. The Jerry Douglas Band will perform at City Winery on Fri., Aug....

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Gerald Calvin “Jerry” Douglas is perhaps America’s most prolific lap steel and resonator guitarist, having played on more than 1,600…