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 […]
Former Attorneys Take Croman to Court: The Game of Tactics
Greed Bites the Hand That Steals for It Intro by George Capsis The hand-cuffed arrest and subsequent arraignment in Criminal Court of activist attorney Arthur […]
A Note
George, Enclosed is a check for a renewal to WestView. Each issue of WestView continues to be a God send… Hope you are healthy and […]
A Euphoria of Praise
(The following is the text of a phone call to the publisher.) Hello, my name is Lydia Fogerty. I subscribe to the paper and I […]
A Euphoria of Praise
Hi George— My wife and I thoroughly enjoy reading your paper and believe you have a very good pulse on the neighborhood. We live in […]
Lawsuit Will Hurt Long-Time Residents
At our monthly planning meetings for WestView News, the subject of rising rents and affordable housing comes up frequently. In our latest meeting, I mentioned […]
The Press Holds a Mirror up to Cuomo
By George Capsis The ultimate and fatal flaw in women is their emotions and in men it is their egos. A woman sees “truth” […]
Bump in the West Village
By George Capsis I returned from the weekend to see an enormous BUMP sign painted in white just outside my desk window. Soon after, a […]
You Don’t Pay Me Enough to Think
By George Capsis As I reached the kitchen counter to make morning coffee for our French guests, Isabelle and Kumiko, I glanced through the […]
July VID Meeting Brings New Proposals
On Thursday, July 9th, the Village Independent Democrats met in St. John’s Church on Christopher Street. Club Vice President Linda Jacobson substituted for several absent […]
No Avatar City
By George Capsis On NY1 a very intense Mark Peters, the city’s Commissioner of Investigation, was cataloguing the horrors in the city homeless shelters […]
“One if by Land” Defaced
ARCHWAY REMOVED WHILE OWNERS ARE AWAY: In early July, while the owners were away in Europe, the company leasing the West Village restaurant at […]
Race and the City
The Crisis Continues By Arthur Z. Schwartz I had an interesting experience a couple months ago, entering the R Train at City Hall, just before […]
Lenox Health Passes First Year Anniversary
By Alec Pruchnicki, MD On July 17th, the Lenox Hill Healthplex, now to be renamed Lenox Health Greenwich Village, celebrated the first anniversary of […]
Bernie Sanders Can Be Elected President. Amazing!
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Last Sunday, I ran into a neighbor who I hadn’t seen in a while, and she said: “Are you really […]
Father Walter’s Private Passion
Intro By George Capsis “Please, I want you to meet Father Walter” was the daily refrain from Nelida Godfrey—the diminutive fount of energy fighting […]
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, […]