Public Comment Period for Pier 55
By Deborah J. Glick As you may know, Hudson River Park Trust, in partnership with the Diller – von Furstenberg Family Foundation, is proposing the […]
Glick Pleads to Stop Pier 55 Environmental Assault
By George Capsis Deborah Glick, who represents us in the State Assembly, is concerned about the environmental trauma that will be caused by driving […]
Mrs. Green’s Has Opened!
By George Capsis For over a year the large store space that use to house Duane Read on Hudson and Bank has displayed cheery signs […]
Why Iranian Activists Speak English
By George Capsis Senator Schumer lost it for me when he came out against the Iran agreement. Yes, he is Jewish, but he is also […]
Update on My Arrest
by Arthur Z. Schwartz There have been a few developments on the legal front concerning my arrest back in mid-July. Attorney General Schneiderman turned over […]
Rudin Family Turns Back on AIDS Memorial Organizers
By Jim Fouratt The Park at 7th Ave South and Greenwich Avenue that was to have been the AIDS Memorial Park across the Street from […]
The Shah is Falling
By George Capsis “You gotta go to Iran for Campbell’s Soup” was the demand by a Chase guy who I never thought of as out-ranking […]
Mrs. Greens: Organic Veggies and Picket Lines
By Arthur Z. Schwartz We are about to learn in the West Village that wholesome food doesn’t automatically come with wholesome treatment of employees. Mrs. […]
My Arrest. It Wasn’t Fair and It Wasn’t Fun.
By Arthur Schwartz Taken in handcuffs from the 6th precinct out onto 10th Street, Arthur Schwartz experienced the searing humiliation of eyes asking “what […]
Future Leaders Visit Stonewall
To the Editor: I was happy to see the July issue of WestView News mentioned the LGBT tour that I led on June 21, quoting […]
St. Vincent’s Triangle Gets a New Park
By Brian J. Pape West Village residents and tourists will soon welcome a new public park on the site where the Loew’s Sheridan Theatre, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Croman Takes A Left to the Jaw
By Arthur Schwartz Taste of Lima owner, Nelida Godfrey, is waging a two front battle with Monster Landlord Steve Croman, who owns the […]