Does It Make Sense to Operate Not-for-Profit Hospitals for Profit?
By Andrew Buemi The following piece summarizes a November 2016 report in The American Journal of Medicine detailing the growing profits of not-for-profit hospitals in […]
St. John’s and Pier 40— Win Opens Door to a Hospital
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Nineteen years ago, Tobi Bergman and I stood on the south side of Pier 40, with then-New York Governor George Pataki, […]
THE BERNIE PARTY
The months-long swell of progressive energy that buoyed the Bernie Sanders campaign reemerged December 3rd with the formation of the NY Progressive Action Network at […]
President Trump
By James Lincoln Collier Donald Trump sat at the famous desk in the Oval Office where Roosevelts, Kennedys, and other illustrious dead had sat, and […]
Notes and Perspectives from Away
By Tom Lamia In 2004, after moving into the house on Charles Street that would be my home after twenty years in Washington D.C., I […]
Cozy Up in These West Village Coffee Shops
By Andrew Buemi Winter is officially upon us, and with the cold weather, the neighborhood coffee shop becomes a refuge of warmth and comfort. Some […]
Tragedies in War (Part Two)
By Isa Covo The author’s recollection of her experiences in Greece during World War II continues in this follow-up piece. After the funerals, most of […]
Savvy Shoppers’ Feedback
By Caroline Beneviste We received a number of responses to our article last month about food shopping in the West Village. Three of the respondents […]
Becoming an Actor on the Stage of Greenwich Village
By John Bredin Is it better to be a professional actor or an actor in your own life? Can one be both? These are the […]
My Love Affair with Preserving Village History
By Annie Basulto In 2014, I was hundreds of miles away in Miami raising small children and preparing to return to our Fort Greene, Brooklyn […]
Can 14th Street Save New York?
By Paul Steely White On any weekday, the Canarsie Tunnel, connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan beneath the East River, hosts 250,000 L Train passengers. Corrosion and […]
Seniors…Don’t Wait!!!
By Joy Pape FNP-C CDE CILC I never thought it would happen to me but, one day, last week, I couldn’t bend over and touch […]
The Luck of Having the Right Disease
By George Capsis The Times recently gifted Tamara Hutchinson, a “Neediest Case” person, $1000 to buy furniture for her new apartment and also recorded her […]
The Extraordinary Life of Kendyl Kurth Monroe
By Sidney Monroe Kendyl K. Monroe passed away on November 14, 2016, in Bethesda, Maryland, at the age of 80. He is survived by his […]
Rent Prisoners
By George Capsis This was the most difficult article I have ever written for WestView. It took me five days and what I produced is […]
Remember Pearl Harbor—The 75th Anniversary
By John Gilman – The “Pearl Harbor Baby” My father, LaSelle Gilman, the author of adventure novels like Shanghai Deadline, The Golden Horde, and The […]
Mrs. Green’s Has Closed
By Andrew Buemi Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Recent supply shortages and limited “winter hours” at Mrs. Green’s, located on the corner of Hudson and […]
Landmark Preservation Commission’s Meatpacking Betrayal Could Threaten Historical Districts Across the City
By Martica Sawin In 2003, when there were still enough carcasses hanging along Gansevoort Street to justify the name “Meatpacking District,” the Landmarks Preservation Commission […]