Year: 2024

Governor Hochul: If We Lose Beth Israel It’s Your Fault!

Governor Hochul: If We Lose Beth Israel It’s Your Fault!

Dec, 2024 |

Governors are supposed to care about the people they serve. I say that cynically because it’s been a while since we had one who did. I would challenge anyone who said that Andrew Cuomo did. Or David Paterson, who let St. Vincent’s go down the drain. Or Elliot Spitzer, who cared more about Ashley Dupree. The last Governor who cared about something was a Republican, George Pataki, who brought us Hudson River Park and saved millions of acres of natural land around the State.

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Beth Israel Hospital Awaits Court Decision

Beth Israel Hospital Awaits Court Decision

Dec, 2024 |

The core of the DOH findings in layman’s terms was “the closing is no big deal; our statistical analysis shows that the 50,000 patients treated at the BI ED can easily be absorbed elsewhere.” The main job for our legal team was to show that their analysis was “arbitrary and capricious” and a violation of law.

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The Picture Book of Greenwich Village, 1985

Nov, 2024 | , , ,

As the regular visitor to the Jefferson Market Library, or the regular reader of the Village View will know, nestled in the library basement is our Greenwich Village collection. This collection is full of books in old library bindings and neighborhood nostalgia, among lots of information about the city at large. Fitting the eccentric mood of the Village at the time is Bruce Gaylord’s The Picture Book of Greenwich Village.

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Tofu Turkey Takes Center Stage

Nov, 2024 | , ,

Planning a Thanksgiving meal used to be easy and traditional. You planned your meal around the turkey and stuffing and had a lot of side dishes and desserts which included pumpkin pie.  Now, it’s not so easy to plan a Thanksgiving meal. People aren’t eating the same as they used to. This may be due to allergies, gluten or dairy intolerance, diabetes or heart disease, etc.

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Old People Vote. Go After Them!

Old People Vote. Go After Them!

Nov, 2024 | ,

It’s kind of late to be giving advice to Democrats about the upcoming election, but what I say here can be used in many future contests. Just as I complained about Democrats not going after the votes of working-class whites and middle-class suburbanites this will focus on the population where I have the most expertise — old people.

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Streaming: Independent Artists Expose the Exploitation Behind Digital Entertainment

Streaming: Independent Artists Expose the Exploitation Behind Digital Entertainment

Nov, 2024 | , , ,

Streaming is a scam against the independent artists according to Vince Gill. “Income streams are dwindling. Record sales aren’t what they used to be. The devaluation of music and what it’s now deemed to be worth is laughable to me. My single cost 99 cents. That’s what a [single] cost in 1960. On my phone, I can get an app for 99 cents that makes fart noises — the same price as the thing I create and speak to the world with. Some would say the fart app is more important. Creative brains are being sorely mistreated.” – Vince Gill (The Boot) and American Songwriter.

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Make Decisions Easier by Limiting Your Options 

Nov, 2024 |

In this time of information overload it can be overwhelming to make even simple decisions. Here are some tips to free up your mind and time. Make a decision, stick to it and you will have more time and space and freedom in your life. Here are two examples where you may put too much time into making simple decisions.

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Julian Lage: A True Guitar Genius Plays the Village Vanguard

Julian Lage: A True Guitar Genius Plays the Village Vanguard

Nov, 2024 | , ,

Julian Lage is a true genius of the guitar, and nothing could be more evident of this truth than his recent Oct. 13 performance with his eponymous trio at the legendary Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village. I attended the 8 p.m. show on the last night of Julian’s six consecutive night stint at the Vanguard, where he performed with the Julian Lage Trio, his long-time accomplices Scott Colley on bass, and Dave King on drums.

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    Rupert Pupkin and Lulu Bean both hail from the great state of Texas, arriving one year apart via a rescue group called Peyton’s Safe Haven. They’re Heelers born to herd, manage, supervise, and occasionally micromanage ─ and they take this responsibility very, very seriously.

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