Breaking News: Arthur Schwartz Arrested
Intro by George Capsis “Hi George, I am calling you from a cell” were the words spoken to me from the first cell that attorney […]
They Want You Out by any Means Necessary!
Dear George: Rent regulated tenants (mostly seniors) suffer anxiety every time the rent laws are set to expire. These tenants should be […]
Do Not Take Diller’s Thirty Bucks
By George Capsis I was taking a vacation from my morning Times while at Bridgehampton, when MaggieB. emailed me a June 11th article […]
This Lawsuit Will Sink Pier 55
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Nineteen years ago I stood with a group of youth soccer and little league dads (including current CB2 Chairman Tobi […]
Truly Anti-Establishment
Dear Christy, Thank you so much for the considered and comprehensive reply! I appreciate that you took the time—truly I am impressed. Most of […]
The $100,000 Knee
Dear Mr. Capsis: First of all, I very much enjoy your newspaper, look forward to reading it every month. I have lived in […]
Four Strong Arms
Dear Editor, I read an article recently by your writer Stanley Fine called “Courageous or Crazy? Two Men Crossing The Atlantic In a Rowboat” […]
Corrections
Sorry to say a quick read of the just arrived issue of WestView revealed two back-to-back errors, one worse than the other. Bruce Poli spells […]
Landlord Spying on 92-Year-Old Ruth Berk
In one of the most bizarre episodes in local, and maybe even Citywide landlord-tenant conflagrations, it was discovered this past month that the landlord […]
June VID Meeting
By Alec Pruchnicki On Thursday June 4th, the Village Independent Democrats ( VID ) held their monthly meeting in St. John’s Church on […]
A Fond Farewell
As retired Sixth Precinct Commanding Officer Inspector Elisa Cokkinos walked out of the precinct for the last time, she was greeted by salutes […]
Consultants Kicked Off Gravy Train
By Carol F. Yost On May 5, the Daily News printed the dramatic story that, after years of outsourcing technical services to private vendors, […]
No Safe Walkway
St. Luke’s Construction Wall Endangers Pedestrian Safety Pedestrians cannot walk safely along the north side of Barrow Street between Hudson and Greenwich Streets. […]
Science from Away: Kathleen Lonsdale—Against all odds.
By Mark M. Green (sciencefromaway.com) Benzene with six carbon and six hydrogen atoms plays a critical industrial role, and is a theoretical model […]
There is No Plan
How Air Rights Could Radically Change the Waterfront (Part Two) By Barry Benepe Last month we emphasized the worst scenarios which could take […]
Street Smarts
By Keith Michael I’m outside of my usual West Village haunts, walking up Sixth Avenue from downtown. (Millie is at home, paging […]
Maggie B’s Photo of the Month
“SMILE! YOU’RE ON CANDID CAMERA:” How could anyone have resisted photographing such a strikingly handsome Leopard Tortoise as he posed so cheerfully at the […]
When Horses Ruled NYC
A series on historic stable/carriage houses: 271 W 10th Street By Brian J Pape In the May 2015 issue, we inaugurated this series […]