BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | Spend just 90 minutes with Yetta Kurland and she will describe herself many different ways. She is “a community activist, a civil rights attorney,” a “tenants’ rights attorney,” a “small business owner,” a “civil litigator” and “an educator.” These are only some of the titles that Kurland used in an interview last read more here »

  The two candidates in the race for the City Council’s Third District, Yetta Kurland and Corey Johnson, will face off in a debate at Bow Tie Cinemas (formerly Chelsea Cinemas), at 260 W. 23rd St., between Seventh and Eighth Aves., on Mon., Aug. 26. The debate will be co-moderated by Paul Schindler, editor of read more here »

Villager Democratic primary candidates poll: Who are you planning to vote for on Tues., Sept. 10? Post answer in comments section below:   Sal Albanese Bill de Blasio Randy Credico John Liu Christine Quinn Bill Thompson Anthony Weiner Undecided

  BY LINCOLN ANDERSON  | A hastily organized rally Monday morning by Christine Quinn supporters to counter another scheduled to occur right after it by her mayoral opponent Bill de Blasio at the former St. Vincent’s Hospital site turned chaotic after the octogenarian publisher of a monthly Village newspaper suddenly lost it and went on a read more here »

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | At noon on Mon., Aug. 19, mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio will lead a “Hospitals Not Condos” rally at the site of the former St. Vincent’s Hospital, at the northwest corner of Seventh and Greenwich Aves. De Blasio, who is currently the city’s public advocate, will be joined by legendary singer read more here »

NYC Community Media will sponsor a debate for the two candidates running in the Sept. 10 Democratic primary for the City Council First District race — Margaret Chin and Jenifer Rajkumar — on Thurs., Aug. 22, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, near Leonard St. The seating capacity will read more here »

  PUBLISHED AUG. 9, 2013  | UPDATED AUGUST 15, 2013| BY LINCOLN ANDERSON| During a wide-ranging interview with the editorial staff of The Villager and NYC Community Media last Friday morning, The Villager at one point asked mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner about his position on bike lanes and bike-share. Weiner said he’s all for bike-share, a.k.a. read more here »

To The Editor: Re “ ‘Zipper’ stops short at exposing the whole story” (arts article, Aug. 8): My name is Amy Nicholson, producer and director of “Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride,” now playing at the IFC Center, at W. Third St. and Sixth Ave. The film’s run at the IFC was recently extended through Thurs., Aug. 22. I read more here »

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Spurred by a slew of recent mailings by the real estate industry endorsing Margaret Chin for re-election, a local political club is about to go postal — as in, fire back with a spoof mailing of its own. Sean Sweeney of the Downtown Independent Democrats recently created the anti-Chin piece while on read more here »