St. Vincent’s faces takeover, may lose acute care and E.R.
By Albert Amateau
St. Vincent’s Hospital is on the verge of another bankruptcy, its second in five years, and its 160-year history as the Village’s full-service hospital appears to be ending, with the hospital facing a possible future as a community health center — with no acute care and limited emergency room service.

Albert Capsouto, pioneering Tribeca restaurateur, 53
By Julie Shapiro
Albert Capsouto, pioneering restaurateur and advocate for small businesses, died Jan. 19 at the age of 53, just two months after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Bucks and benefit to Brûlée burlesque, Ray feels the love
By Lincoln Anderson
In what some are calling the “East Village version of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’” customers and friends of Ray Alvarez — the two are really one and the same — have pitched in to help him start paying off his back rent, giving him and his store another lease on life.

After 25 years, Vermeersch retires as music school head
By Albert Amateau
It would be difficult to decide the most important achievement of the Greenwich House Music School over the past 25 years that B.C. Vermeersch has been executive director of the venerable music institution at 46 Barrow St. in the heart of Greenwich Village.

Survivors of ‘Hudson Miracle’ make a toast to life