GOBLINS AND GHOULS: A FAMILY AFFAIR
In the November 2016 issue of WestView, we only had room for one shot of the popular annual Charles Street Halloween Event. Since this […]
Mount Sinai Ends Expected Half-Billion Dollar Loss By Closing Beth Israel
By George Capsis On a dark, chilly, rainy Thursday October 27th evening in the large shabby 1927 Mason Hall, now part of Baruch College on […]
Closing a Hospital Ends a Medical Community
By M. Zakir Sabry, MD For a good four-plus years, I avoided the West Village, the same way I avoided the ICU room at the […]
ER Care and Urgent Care—Mutually Exclusive?
Many thanks for your article “Are You Having A Heart Attack?” in your October 2016 issue. How come hospitals are not providing BOTH ER care […]
Preserve the Village Historic District
Preserve the Village Historic District (PVHD) was the organization formed in 2007 by three attorneys—Phil Schaeffer, Tom Molner, and Gary Tomei—to act as the legal […]
The Dead Hand of Bureaucracy
Our contributing psychotherapist, Christina Raccuia, just returned from Denmark and wrote this angry denunciation of the Danish healthcare system. This is a system, which I, […]
The Passing of Patricia Doherty, RN
Patricia Doherty, RN, Director of the Department of Nursing for Community Medicine, passed away peacefully on August 24, 2016. (Community Medicine was originally part of […]
75 Morton School Opening Delayed for One Year
Since 2007, the West Village community has demanded and planned for a new middle school. The middle school, located at 75 Morton Street (between Hudson […]
Close 14th Street to Cars? Absurd.
In order to repair damage to the Manhattan-Brooklyn subway tunnel, the NYC Transit Authority plans to shut down the L Train between Manhattan and Brooklyn […]
Lawsuit Filed to Save Gansevoort Street
On October 7th, a lawsuit was filed by Save Gansevoort, a local group of Meatpacking District residents who have fought for years to preserve the […]
LGBT Memorial Planned for Hudson River Park
On October 21st, Governor Cuomo announced an allocation of $800,000 for an LGBT Memorial in Hudson River Park to “pay tribute to New Yorkers who […]
Diller Island Park Passes Final Court Hurdle
For a year, foes of the 2.7-acre island/park being built at West 16th Street, largely with money from entertainment mogul Barry Diller, have tried to […]
Love Will Conquer Greed
WestView readers have been following the story of Tom Doyle, who lived for 55 years at 69 Horatio Street with his husband, Bill Cornwell. Bill […]
The Law Treats One of Its Own
By George Capsis “I am going on trial tomorrow,” came the email from Attorney Arthur Schwartz, who had removed landlord surveillance cameras from the front […]
Parks Are Good, Housing is Better
By Alec Pruchnicki The Medicaid-supported Robert Lott Assisted Living Facility, where I have my medical practice, often gets pleas from applicants who need low-income housing […]
Planning for Added Hospital Floors: A Cautionary Tale
Hey, we can always build more floors… Mount Sinai spokespersons offered dotted lines above the proposed 14th Street 70-bed hospital to indicate that they were […]