New Delivery Service Empowers Small Businesses
By Anthony Valencia With many businesses closed down or recovering from the devastating effects of the global pandemic, a new service aims to empower small […]
Smiling is Contagious
By Stanly Wlodyka Jiménez This past year, there’s been no shortage of reasons to feel glum, but common wisdom tells us that we ought to […]
Cuteness Squared
By Keith Michael It’s Millie’s Birthday! She’s twelve. Of course, Millie’s resting up for later festivities in the day with corgi-shaped candles in a cream […]
Village Vintner Salutes the Real Women of Booze
By Karen Rempel As you walk past Village Vintner on Sixth Avenue between West 10th and West 11th, you might do a double-take. An eye-catching […]
Greece’s Best Kept Secret
By Effie Panagopoulos It all started in 2008, when I was working as National Brand Ambassador for Metaxa, the old school Greek brandy that you’ll […]
Off the Meter
By Jeff Hodges In 1971, when I took the New York City taxi driver test, I didn’t know whether Fifth Avenue traffic ran uptown or […]
Big Trouble for New York Daily News
By Carol Yost The parent company for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune has agreed to be acquired by Alden Global Capital, […]
GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS—James Baldwin, la Vie de la Village
By Bruce Poli James Baldwin, writer, philosopher, gay African American activist (new acronym GAAA) from Paris to Harlem, is one of the most celebrated creative […]
Fauci’s Division at NIH Accepts Grant Applications to Cure HIV/AIDS
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Fifty percent of people living with HIV/AIDS have HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). Today’s powerful anti-HIV drugs do not eliminate HIV-associated mental […]
Mount Sinai on Beth Israel: Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead
By Penny Mintz According to Mount Sinai’s Brad Korn, Mount Sinai has been “taking a pause” in its plan to close Beth Israel Hospital. “The […]
SoHo-NoHo Rezoning Could Be Applied to The West Village
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Who will benefit from the Envision SoHo/NoHo Neighborhood Plan’s rezoning and housing proposals? The Department of City Planning (DCP), […]
Free Virtual Event Takes You Inside the World of Integral Yoga
By Chandra/Jo Sgammato On Saturday, April 10 at 7 p.m. and again on Sunday, April 11 at 12 noon, you are invited to explore the […]
Housing that Heals
By Kathryn Garcia Over the last year, COVID-19 has exposed deep vulnerabilities and worsened a crisis that has long plagued our city: affordable housing. Even […]
Observing Pascha: The Traditions and History of Greek Orthodox Easter
By Anastasia Kaliabakos Easter is arguably the most important holiday in the Christian tradition, no matter what denomination you belong to. The Western world uses […]
Big Win! Lawsuit Brings Elevators to 14th Street Subway Stops! Schumer Demands Funding
On Saturday, March 27, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer paid a visit to the West Village. Standing with Arthur Schwartz, candidate for City Council, Borough […]
City Council Candidate Finds New Way to Shop Local
By Leslie Boghosian Murphy Local businesses have long been the economic heartbeat of our neighborhoods in New York City. How many of us have been […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: The COVID Relief Bill 2021
By Roger Paradiso President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act passed in the Senate 51-50. No Republicans voted for the bill in the House or the […]
The Fight to Restore All Subway Service and Reduce the Fares
By Arthur Schwartz I am going to start by using numbers, not rhetoric. Forty percent of all commutes to work are done by subway or […]