Duty to Warn: How Big Business Runs the Healthcare Industry
By Gary G. Kohls, MD PART ONE—In this two-part series, Dr. Kohls explores how the intersection of big business and the pharmaceutical, vaccine and medical […]
Prostitution 101
“Working” college students now includes prostitution to pay cost of attending NYU By Roger Paradiso I was an innocent man on September 1, 2015. That’s […]
Northwell Opens Suite of Doctor Offices
In a move to return the range of care once offered by St. Vincent’s, West Villagers are now being offered the skills of highly qualified […]
Autumn in the Village
Autumn in New York. I love the song, and love that time of the year, especially in the West Village. The many pocket parks that […]
Praise for Dr. Grange
To the Editor: Thank you for the profile of Dr. Carmen Grange in the September issue. She was my doctor for many years and I liked […]
In Defense of Female Postal Workers
To the Editor: You wrote “But now, we seem to have a different postal gal delivering the mail each day, and the only thing they […]
Oops! WFP Supports Glick
To the Editor: It was recently brought to our attention that Jim Fouratt mislead your readers with a false claim that the Working Families Party […]
Department of Sanitation Enforcement Needed
Dear Mr. Capsis: I’ve seen several articles and letters in WestView discussing the problem of illegal advertising and graffiti in the area. In one letter, […]
Pension Funds Invested in Kindness and Decency
The following letter by WestView contributor Carol Yost was recently published in the Daily News’ Voice of the People section. To the Editor: I am […]
Left—Right or Wrong?
When I was a kid growing up, I thought being left-handed made me special. I couldn’t have said how I was special. In most things […]
The Villager Sold to Brooklyn Publisher
In a joint announcement the current owners of The Villager, Les and Jenn Goodstien, announced the sale of the nearly century old Village newspaper to […]
Fallen heroes Remembered
SQUAD 18 SALUTES at the time the first tower fell on 9/11. The FDNY broadcasts across their intercom for all of the firehouses on duty to salute […]
Graffiti Art and HipHop Architecture
By Brian J. Pape, AIA There is a keenly watched legal battle being waged over creative expression, as noted in WestView News March and April […]
Sometimes You Need Neighbors
How the Charles Street Block Association got started By George Capsis Sometime around the spring of 1971 I became aware of a program that the […]
L-Train Shutdown “Mitigation” Back In Court
By Arthur Z. Schwartz The Mitigation Plan spawned by the upcoming April 2019 shutdown of the L Train, is back in court. As Westview went […]
Court to Beth Israel: “Maybe I Won’t Allow You To Close”
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Sometimes the wheels of Justice grind slowly. Back in November 2017, Westview Publisher George Capsis and I, plus the political group […]