In late March the District 2 Community Education Council (which includes the Village) voted to ask the Department of Education to “review” whether transgender students should be allowed to play in girls’ sports (that match their gender identity).
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VILLAGE VIEW TRIVIA What Is Manhattan’s Longest Crosstown Street? This map of Manhattan shows a...
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Back in August 2023, I wrote an article about Tali Golergant, this wonderful young female singer/songwriter from Luxembourg living in NYC who really impressed me.
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In late April, Jews around the world marked Passover, a celebration of the Jews’ escape from slavery in Egypt, told in detail in the Bible in the book of Exodus. Though largely a written version of a mythological story which had its basis in events of the 5th Century B.C., it has served to inspire many generations of people who have been enslaved, most poignantly, the struggle of African-Americans not only against American slavery, but during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
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The Columbia campus was locked when I went to teach a class at the journalism school this February, with uniformed guards checking IDs and police standing by. The by-then regular procedure was invoked whenever a demonstration against the Israeli war in Gaza was expected, but it was the first time I’d directly experienced it. It wouldn’t be the last.
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Recently, a man entering New York City’s 28th Street subway station threw two cans of flaming fire at a group of people awaiting a train. Thankfully, no one was injured but I have a few issues.
Read MoreAs we look forward to the presidential election this coming November, we read about the intense loyalty MAGA Republicans have for their presumed nominee, Donald Trump. But on the Democratic side we see warnings about lukewarm responses and doubts from young voters and black men. Indecision has cost us many presidential elections over the years and we may be on the verge of repeating history.
Read MoreMy introduction to politics came while I was a student at USC in Los Angeles in 1960. I was as a sideline observer to student politics and a cab driver on the graveyard shift during the Democratic National Convention. Oddly, those exposures both taught the need to massage the message for maximum appeal, rounding sharp edges while smoothing or removing obstacles.
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As a New Yorker, as a City Council Member, and as someone who is open about being a survivor of suicide, I’ve made addressing the mental health crisis in New York one of my top priorities.
Read MoreMay 2024 Letters to the Editor Kudos Thank you for all of your work preparing The Village View! I thoroughly enjoy reading each publication and make a point to distribute them within my building. There is truly no replacement...
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Northwell Health acquired the landmarked modern building at 30 Seventh Avenue, between 12th and 13th Streets, from The Rudin Management Company, which had acquired it as part of its purchase of the former St. Vincent’s Hospital facilities in 2010.
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It was 2014 when Lenox Health Greenwich Village (LHGV), in that white building at 30 7th Avenue on 13th Street, opened its doors. There was a lot of skepticism, confusion and misunderstanding about it then, much of which remains to this day. Since it’s been 10 years and I’ve been hearing good things about LHGV, I reached out to Tracy Feiertag, MS, DHA, Deputy Executive Drector, to learn more about the now.
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The entire concept of congestion “pricing” is all wrong. The city should not earn a profit from congestion. It should discourage it.
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Nothing is easy or cheap to build in New York City, but we can still love the challenge. For the building owners, it isn’t always a straight-forward process. On Seventh Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets, this means reimagining what the buildings can be.
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Village Temple Social Action Committee (VT SAC) members have been spending afternoons volunteering in the kitchen at PS 11. On our first visit, on a drenching rainy spring day, we assisted lead chef Jenny, and Margarita and Karina as they prepared Venezuelan chicken stew, potato beet and egg salad, rice, and a carrot and cabbage slaw.
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