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On a sunny September morning I was sitting outside at Caffee Reggio on Bleecker Street with Jack Killcoyne of the Bleecker Area Merchants and Residents Association (BAMRA). I was delighted to have a reason to hang out in what I think of as Manhattan’s Latin Quarter, the area just below Washington Square that I will

The West Village and Lower East Side could see thousands of new homes added over the next five years under a new city housing strategy calling for a dramatic increase in construction across the five boroughs. A draft of the Fair Housing Growth Strategy, released by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the

After a relaxing vacation at the Jersey Shore. I returned to Westbeth where the construction noise never stops, (except on holidays and weekends). Back in my home, I heard the drilling from the masonry repairs outside and new sounds from the endless renovation of the apartment next door. Thankfully, it’s not as loud as the

In June, David Siffert won a 15-vote victory to succeed 35-year incumbent Deborah Glick as the next state Assembly member representing the West Village, SoHo, NoHo and Tribeca. Now, as the campaign gives way to the work of governing, Siffert sat down with the Star-Revue to discuss their grassroots campaign, the importance of representation and

A long-shuttered newsstand in the bowels of the West Fourth Street subway station has found new life as a shrine to New York City transit, offering free magazines, subway memorabilia and a venue for pop-ups and events hosted by local artists. The project is being spearheaded by comedian and writer Al Mullen and multidisciplinary artist

It is five o’clock, when I arrive at The Theater at City Tech. The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) annual hearing starts at five-thirty. After a quick press conference alongside Council Member Chris Banks who chairs the public housing committee of the city council, I sign up to speak, like a good citizen, like

After a relaxing vacation at the Jersey Shore, I returned to Westbeth where the construction noise never stops, (except on holidays and weekends). Back in my home, I heard the drilling from the masonry repairs outside and new sounds from the endless renovation of the apartment next door. Thankfully, it’s not as loud as the

The first time I met Oneika Mays was in the sanctuary of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. A quartet of musicians from the New York Philharmonic was playing a Mozart sonata, and between movements Oneika spoke about how metta—the Hindu and Buddhist practice of offering loving kindness to all beings—is like sharing a

Gwendoline Riley broke boundaries when she came out with her sort of existentialist, prize-winning novel, Cold Water, at age 22. Cold Water is full of humor that is wry, dark, and dry, and narrated by a young woman working in a distinctly American-style bar in Manchester. Gwendoline Riley herself worked in such a Manchester bar and