Movie Review: THE LOST VILLAGE
By Bennett Kremen The Lost Village is an alarming documentary that uses engaging interviews and strong visuals to show us the slow death of that unique treasure called Greenwich Village. You’d have to […]
Northwell Returns Doctors to St. Vincent Site
By Joy Pape I’ll never forget the day I started work for Lenox Hill Hospital when I attended my first day of orientation in a […]
Bureaucracy Rewards Doctor’s Dedication With a Penny
To The Editor: I was deeply impressed and moved by Dr. Gary Kohl’s story, “Duty to Warn: How Big Business Runs the Healthcare Industry,” in […]
Duty to Warn, Part II: How Big Business Runs the Healthcare Industry
By Gary G. Kohls, MD In this two-part series, Dr. Kohls explores how the intersection of big business and the pharmaceutical, vaccine and medical device […]
Hospital Board Members Reap Sure Rewards by Serving on the Boards of Pharmaceutical Companies They Buy From
By George Capsis Oh wow—I was surprised when I heard Northwell’s CEO Michael Dowling, with his thatched hut Irish brogue, boasting about Northwell’s purchase of […]
Mia Says
As an old dog I cannot always hear your love, but I can feel it. Photo by Dusty Berke.
The West Village’s Historic Lintels
Lintels, did you ever notice our West Village Lintels? You might ask, what are lintels? Well they should not be confused with lentils as in […]
Does Rudin Want Your Fruit Vendor to Move?
As you walk around the streets of the West Village, you see more and more closed storefronts standing empty indefinitely. Not many businesses can say […]
Why I Am Voting for Cynthia Nixon (Not Deborah Glick) For State Assembly
Glick Has Not Earned Your Vote. Nixon Represents Change. Think About It! By Jim Fouratt In the September issue of Westview, I wrote that Cynthia […]
Cynthia Nixon for Assembly? Time for A Change
By Arthur Z. Schwartz There was not a single Assembly District in the State of New York where Cynthia Nixon did better against Andrew Cuomo […]
Squirrel Hill: It Could Have Been Greenwich Village
By Arthur Z. Schwartz I have struggled throughout my adult life with the question of the Jewish religion, and the “proper” parameters of a Jewish […]
Gentleman Jerrold: Our Fierce Warrior in the House
By Catherine Revland The NRA is Twitterpated over Congressman Jerrold Nadler. “To say it bluntly,” warns #AmmoLand, “the man would be a nightmare for Second […]
Indian Summer
By Tom Lamia As I write, in mid-October, I am feeling moderately pleased at having finished the bulk of my annual fall list of chores. […]
Village Community School Looks to Expand
SPACE & TIME—in this bustling urban environment we live in, everyone is looking for ways to better utilize what little we have of it. By […]
The Village Community School’s Proposal: Is Bigger Always Better?
By Alan Chapell Seems like the West Village has become one of the busiest neighborhoods in NYC for development. One by one, our precious open […]
Hospital Transformations Hearing
By Penny Mintz It has been a busy few weeks for the future of Beth Israel and hospitals in general. On October 3rd, the City […]
West Village Original: Jenny Tango
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is artist Jenny Tango, born Florence Exler in Brooklyn in 1926. A visual artist working collaboratively […]