What Do You Want Corey to Do?
By George Capsis What does it mean for the readers of WestView that 35-year-old Corey Johnson will, on January 4th, become the Speaker of the New […]
Holy Cross’ Teddy Capsis Honored by All-Patriot League
Holy Cross’ Teddy Capsis Honored by All-Patriot LeagueOn November 21, 2017, the College of the Holy Cross and the Patriot League reported that junior defensive […]
Caruso’s Quips
By Charles Caruso A woman who calls a man ‘darling’ is invariably a phony. ___ We start as Hamlet and end as Polonius. ___ From […]
Recalling the Good/Bad Old Days
Dear Editors: Reading the beautiful, young Catherine Revland’s creepy experience with the repulsive Gene P. was another reminder of those good/bad old days of ‘dirty […]
Victimized by the Sixth Precinct
Dear Editors: Now I’ve seen it all. After being falsely arrested, threatened, cursed, and spat upon, I was finally ‘EDP’d’ to Bellevue. This is particularly […]
In & Out
On November 30th, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the threshold on the Commercial Rent Tax (CRT) would be raised from $250,000 to $500,000 starting […]
West Village: A Food Desert?
By Barry Benepe Writing in the September 2017 issue of WestView, Robert Widmann bemoans the loss of food markets in the West Village. (See the […]
Getting Ahead of Workplace Harassment
By David Hassell According to workplace culture expert David Hassell of 15Five—a performance management solution company that simplifies employee feedback—sexual harassment isn’t just a case […]
Senior in Urgent Need of Representation to Prevent Unjust Eviction
By Eileen Hickey I am a 71-year-old citizen/comedian/artist in an eight-year divorce facing possible eviction from my home of 43 years, which is maintained by […]
Corrections
Within the November 2017 issue of WestView, Gordon Hughes incorrectly spelled the name of an ad executive in the article entitled “A Short, Comical History […]
She Wouldn’t Take the $5
By Carol Yost One recent Thursday evening (November 2nd), I saw a pale, thin, elderly woman sitting on the sidewalk with her back against a […]
A Season for Miracles: A Village Landmark Brings Together Hundreds
By Stanley Wlodyka St. Veronica’s claim to sainthood was simply this: She saw a need and did what she could to fill it. A man […]
Praise for Music at St. Veronica’s
Dear George, I am writing to let you know that Addie and I attended the concert at St. Veronica’s this past Saturday, November 25th, and […]
What Do You Think of Governor Cuomo?
By Arthur Z. Schwartz As 2017 draws to a close, a year when most WestView readers have held their breath every time there was a […]
Only 15 Minutes of Your Time
By Catherine Revland His name is fairly common, so I’ll just call him Gene P. He was on the list of go-see’s from the booker […]
160 Leroy Adds Shimmering Excitement to West Village Skyline
By Karen Rempel 160 Leroy Street is a new neighbor in the West Village, and as with all new neighbors, we might view it with […]