Why Republicans Want Bernie to Win
By George Capsis The front page of the Times reported that half of all the money spent so far to support Democratic and Republican candidates […]
The Media Is Prematurely Burying Bernie Sanders.
By Arthur Z. Schwartz After the October 12 Democratic Presidential Debate, The New York Times declared Hillary Clinton the “hands down” winner. She wasn’t knocked […]
WestViews: Lenox Health Responds
To the Editor: I would like to point out a couple of inaccuracies in George Capsis’ op-ed, “Can Saving Lives Be Profitable”? (Published October 2015) […]
Westviews: Urgent Care Limitations
Hi George, The two of you are talking past each other. Your article mixed national problems (the closing of hospitals and emergency rooms, hospitals […]
Westviews: Good Urgent Care is Not Enough
My comments on the 7th Avenue and 13th Street medical facility—which has been recently renamed Lenox Health Greenwich Village to suggest, I suppose, it is […]
Westviews: The Building That Wasn’t There
Dear Robert, Thank you for your thoughtful and intelligent response to “35XV: The Invisible Building” (WestView News, September 2015). As the introductory doggerel adapted […]
Westviews: “Enclosed is $10 To Tell My Story”
George Capsis: This is Pete Campione, a 92-year-old fan of all your good work putting out the West Village news. I was a high […]
Wesetviews: Come on Down
Dear Editor I was made aware of a story in the WestView News about my band The Undigables. I want to thank you and […]
Westviews: WVN Reader on the West Coast
Catherine, My father was a research engineer at the Bell Labs on West St. during the 30s to 60s. I am writing my memoirs and […]
Westviews: Making the Streets Safer
Dear George, I have checked the north side of Barrow Street between Hudson and Greenwich Streets multiple times over the last couple of weeks, and […]
Westviews: Breathtaking Response
Dear Mr. Capsis, I have been enjoying WestViews News for many years, and it is usually well written and edited. But in the last paragraph […]
Assembly Member Glick: Dirty Money and Questionable Expenditures
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Everyone who reads WestView knows that Deborah Glick and I have some profound disagreements about policy, going back to my support […]
Then and Now on West Street
. . . . . When Grover Cleveland was president, this is what West Street looked like—now known as the West Side Highway, New […]
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 […]
How a Changing Community Stays the Same
By Joseph Salas This month, 113 years ago, an enthusiastic woman moved in to a high stooped row house on Jones Street determined to uplift […]
Development Plan Would Obliterate, Not ‘Change’ Landmarked Gansevoort Street
By Andrew Berman More than 100 people attended an October 15 Community Board public hearing on an application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for some […]
FDNY Squad 18 Remembers
By Justin Enzmann and K. Sharp FDNY Squad 18, which is located on West 10th Street between Greenwich Avenue and Waverly Place, is one of […]