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With harsher tone, Black Lives marchers decry Midwestern shootings

December 3, 2015 1 Comment
With harsher tone, Black Lives marchers decry Midwestern shootings

BY ZACH WILLIAMS  |  Events a thousand miles away drove hundreds of #BlackLivesMatter activists out onto Manhattan’s streets last week. People of color had once again been on the receiving end of a nationally prominent shooting. This time a group of white men in Minneapolis, Minnesota, allegedly shot five people who were part of ongoing read more here »

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N.Y.U. plan opponents are exercised over date to shutter Coles gym

December 3, 2015 3 Comments
N.Y.U. plan opponents are exercised over date to shutter Coles gym

BY YANNIC RACK   |  Critics of New York University’s 20-year development plan say the school is jumping the gun on closing the heavily used Coles gym, robbing students, faculty and Villagers of much-needed workout space. The Jerome S. Coles Sports Center, on Mercer St. between Bleecker and West Houston Sts., will soon be razed to read more here »

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‘Take the “A” Train’ rides again to mark composer’s centennial

December 3, 2015 1 Comment
‘Take the “A” Train’ rides again  to mark composer’s centennial

BY TEQUILA MINSKY  |  The subway train’s location and departure were very hush-hush. It was a nostalgia train painted a flat green with wicker seats, ceiling fans and 1930s-era ads in the vintage cars from the New York Transit Museum’s antique fleet. The train was brought out to celebrate the centennial of the birth of read more here »

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John ‘Cha Cha’ Ciarcia, 69, ‘Mayor of Little Italy’

December 3, 2015 1 Comment
John ‘Cha Cha’ Ciarcia, 69, ‘Mayor of Little Italy’

John “Cha Cha” Ciarcia, a well-known restaurateur, boxing promoter, actor, celebrity manager, radio host, producer and longtime owner of Little Italy’s popular Cha Cha’s In Bocca Al Lupo Café on Mulberry St., died Nov. 21, at N.Y.U. Medical Center, following a brief illness, it was announced by his wife and business partner, singer Karen King. read more here »

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Police Blotter, Week of Dec. 3, 2015

December 2, 2015 1 Comment
Police Blotter, Week of Dec. 3, 2015

L.E.S. ‘bike rapist’ surrenders On Sat., Nov. 28, a man wanted in connection with a rape in East River Park three days earlier surrendered to authorities. According to police, on Wed., Nov. 25, around 7:30 p.m., a 26-year-old woman was jogging in the East Side park, near Cherry St., when the suspect, riding a bicycle, read more here »

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Are we all sex offenders?

November 26, 2015 5 Comments
Are we all sex offenders?

BY LENORE SKENAZY  |  Are we all sex offenders? That was the question posed to the audience of mostly college students by Galen Baughman, a Soros Justice Fellow and the final speaker at the City University of New York TEDx talks at the Borough of Manhattan Community College last week. TEDx talks are known for read more here »

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Ira Blutreich, Week of Nov. 26, 2015

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Ira Blutreich, Week of Nov. 26, 2015
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Letters, Week of Nov. 26, 2015

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Letters, Week of Nov. 26, 2015

L.E.S. Di$maland To The Editor: Re “L.E.S. psychic tsunami” (Scoopy’s Notebook, Nov. 19): My image and the name and slogan of my LES FUN Gallery are also utilized in the mural at the new Mr. Purple restaurant without my permission or knowledge. “FUN for Everyone?” I think not. Fun for anyone who can spend $15 read more here »

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Punk cool rules at Resnick photo book launch

November 26, 2015 1 Comment
Punk cool rules at Resnick photo book launch

BY BOB KRASNER  |  Friends, family and fans filled the East Village’s Howl! Happening Gallery for the launch of “Punks, Poets and Provocateurs: New York City Bad Boys, 1977-1982,” by photographer Marcia Resnick and writer Victor Bockris. Downtown denizens and colleagues praised the work, a collection of photos and text that captures the energy of a truly read more here »

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Scoopy’s Notebook, Week of Nov. 26, 2015

November 26, 2015 1 Comment
Scoopy’s Notebook, Week of Nov. 26, 2015

Flower power: The memorial in Washington Square Park, above right, by local resident Kelsey Falter, looked a bit different on Sat., Nov. 14, the day after the Paris terrorist attacks. On that gusty afternoon, Falter and others, including little Tiera Mikles, 5, and her mom, Aurelia, from the Lower East Side, were busily putting roses read more here »

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