More Trouble for Jessica at the 6th
Dear George, It started as just another day in the neighborhood but ended in the E.R. For our local cops, it’s easier to shoo the […]
Adventures with Adri & Oli
Dear Editors: Adri & Oli are NYC’S most recent power-duo! You can catch the two singer-songwriters serving the community with an undeniable zest for life […]
In: Cross Street Praise
Dear Editors: I love Ms. Benveniste’s useful and interesting “In and Out” page, but I especially wanted to thank her for including cross streets in […]
Doesn’t Belong In WestView
George, Bigoted opinions (Mayhem in Little Tijuana, July 2018) should not be allowed space on the pages of WestView News. In his “Briefly Noted” letter, […]
Praise for Captain Phelan
Good Morning Dad, I just read the article about lieutenant Hanson written by Captain Phelan. It was exquisitely written and perhaps one of the top […]
Transportation Trouble
Dear Editors: In the March 2018 issue of WestView News, a letter writer lamented the bike lanes that have been added to city streets and […]
Open Letter to Roy Leavitt, Executive Director of Greenwich House
Roy—When I asked you why you needed $180,000, and were you in a financial hole, and what were you going to do with the $180,000, […]
City Awards WestView $5000
Erik Botcher, the Chief of Staff for City Council Speaker, Corey Johnson, called George Capsis, the publisher of WestView News, to say the City had […]
News Staff Truncated
By George Capsis Oh, wow. The Daily News sacked half of their reporters in just ten minutes— bang, just like that. Sure, the villain is […]
Battle on Barrow Street—A Victory for Organized Villagers
By Jane Heil Usyk Well! It has been quite a week; several meetings, two demonstrations, petition signing, and who knows what next week. Here is […]
A Much Needed Voice
Dear George, As an active user of the Judith C. White Senior Center at Greenwich House 27 Barrow Street I am writing to thank you […]
If You Can’t Fix It, Lie – NYCHA gives a course in lying and even has a textbook
By George Capsis I clicked on the TV to find Mayor de Blasio, in front of a gaggle of terribly young City Council members, competently […]
West Village Images by Joel Gordon: Jefferson Market Library
OUR VILLAGE BEAUTY: For the last ten years I have been photographing the nuances of light during seasons, time of day and weather changes. As […]
Two Village Institutions Show There’s More That Unites Us Than Divides Us
By Joe Salas A pen-pal program between members at Greenwich House’s Center on the Square Senior Center and the kindergarten and first graders at Village […]
West Village Original: Vincent Livelli
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is Vincent Livelli, born in Brooklyn in 1920, baptized at St. Anthony’s on Sullivan Street, and […]
Farewell to the Queen of Pasta
By Jane Heil Usyk Just got out of Perazzo’s, where Mrs. Raffetto was lying in state. It was the center of Village life today; half […]