Like so many other developments in the new American colony, Greenwich Village emerges from a group of farms established by Dutch and English settlers, who were sometimes government officials as well. One of these farms was the Bayard family farm.
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We are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Village View with follow up on articles we wrote for the first issue. I chose two articles from my favorite mom and pop shop entrepreneurs—Jamal Asner and James Drougas.
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The six-story, 63’ tall undulating red brick façade, at the intersection of Hudson and Charles Streets in the West Village, is finishing up.
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Neighbors of the Elizabeth Street Garden continue to express their concern that years of promises and years of being ignored have brought about this fiasco of controversy.
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The Directors Guild, Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild strikes captured many hearts this year. The Directors cracked the door open by being the first to settle both money (residuals) and Artificial Intelligence issues.
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Nearly three years after the start of the Starbucks union campaign, frustrations are at a boiling point at unionized Starbucks stores across the U.S. On November 16, for the second year in a row, workers walked off the job in what they deemed the “Red Cup Rebellion.”
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Under the new minimum pay law, passed by the NYC Council and signed into law last spring by Mayor Eric Adams, tech companies must pay delivery workers in the city at least $17.96 per hour plus tips, with another increase to at least $19.96 an hour by 2025
Read More“Mount Sinai intentionally bled Beth Israel dry as an excuse to sell…valuable land and reward…their overpaid, bloated cadre of administrators. To be clear, Mount Sinai’s desire to close Beth Israel is entirely driven by corporate avarice, rather than the health care needs of the community.”
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There is an expedited effort by Mount Sinai to close Beth Israel, the last major full-service hospital south of 30th Street and 1st Avenue.
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There are seven days of the week and seven colors in a rainbow, and seven is routinely blamed for a certain yearly itch, though Tinder, Grindr, and other r sounds are equally responsible
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On October 2nd the Hudson River Park Trust opened the long awaited park and beach at Gansevoort Peninsula, just below 14th Street on the Hudson River.
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The gruesome and barbaric terrorist attack on Israel by the forces of Hamas was met with horror around the globe.
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In 1895, a slight 17-year-old English orphan-boy, sailed into New York harbor to work aboard the four-masted Bidston Hill. Instead, he deserted ship to cast his lot with the Americans. After tramping about for a short spell, he sought out fortune
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Mayor de Blasio, Council Members Margaret Chin and Carlina Rivera, and most members of the City Council championed the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan in 2021 promising it would promote affordable housing development and wouldn’t destroy existing affordable rent-regulated housing. Sad to say, their predictions have turned out to be far from true — as Village Preservation warned.
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Last month we wrote about types of diabetes, risk factors and symptoms in humans as well as cats and dogs. This month we’re following up on how to diagnose, prevent and treat diabetes.
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