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March 9, 2019

5G: The Next Generation of Wireless Communication: Village Residents May Want to Get Better Informed About 5G Technology

By Sarah Dowson As you walk around the West Village today, look up: utility and light poles and building walls and rooftops are now relatively […]

March 9, 2019

Remembrances of the Lost Village: David Amram, Renaissance Man

By Roger Paradiso I first met David Amram at the Half Pint Bar on West Third and Sullivan. It was the winter of 2012. He […]

March 9, 2019

Death By Architecture

By Ananth Sampathkumar Partner NDNY Architecture + Design New York is going through an architectural renaissance right now. The most famous architects from around the […]

March 9, 2019

Health Notes

By Penny Mintz Beth Israel Members of the Community Coalition to Save Beth Israel met at Assemblyman Harvey Epstein’s office on February 7, 2019, to […]

March 9, 2019

Brooklyn Hero of the Poor Now Speaks for All

By George Capsis Oh wow! Jumaane Williams won as Public Advocate and we interviewed him a few weeks ago as he sat in “my reading […]

March 9, 2019

Welcome Jumaane Williams!

By Arthur Z. Schwartz As we go to press, Jumaane Williams, of Brooklyn, is being installed as the City’s fourth Public Advocate. Besides chairing City […]

March 8, 2019

Right Wing Graffiti in The Village

The graffiti noted in Action Not “Art” in the September issue of WestView has sparked a backlash. There has been isolated “Deport Cuomo” and “InfoWar.com” […]

March 8, 2019

El Chapo for President

Oh my—on TV last night it showed our Mayor, Bill de Blasio, sitting in a booth in a Greek dinner in Nebraska with the Governor. […]

March 8, 2019

Hoylman—Legalize Prostitution

State Senator Hoylman offers “It’s unacceptable that in 2019, New York is still incarcerating and prosecuting sex workers. What our current laws treat as a […]

March 8, 2019

Spring Can’t Come Soon Enough

Every year about this time, right after the Super Bowl (which was a snooze this year), I tell my wife this gloom and doom of […]

March 8, 2019

Diller Island Update

At last year’s State of the State, Cuomo allocated $50 million in funds for the waterfront park, which has been under segment-by-segment construction for more […]

March 8, 2019

14th Street Busway. No? Maybe?

By Arthur Z. Schwartz Sometimes government drives all of us crazy. Even as someone who plays a role in government, and often finds himself in […]

March 8, 2019

Landmarking Bureaucracy

Dear George, Are homeowners of Greenwich Village now being targeted by the Department of Housing and Preservation Development (HPD)? As of September 2018, a certificate […]

March 8, 2019

Man’s Best Friend

Dear George Capsis, My neighborhood a few nights ago reminded me of being in a pre-election period, a time when candidates fill the streets with signs […]

March 8, 2019

Enough with the Bike Lanes!

There has been a continual reduction in street parking on lower Fifth Avenue. Within the last two years over 40 parking spaces have been lost […]

March 8, 2019

No More Gas Stations

I really feel for my fellow Villagers with their SUVs and Merc’s having only one gas station left—the one on 8th Avenue. I remember when Houston […]

March 8, 2019

“The Last One Left”

Hi George, This letter is in response to Brian Pape’s Then & Now article “The Last One Left,” WestView Feb. 2019 issue. Although we could […]

March 8, 2019

Google Calling?

To Anonymous: Our editors appreciate our readers’ letters, including the “Defense of Google” letter from Anonymous (Feb. 2019 issue), regarding the January 2019 article “Why […]

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