July - 2024

Only in New York! Petco Moves to Tammany Hall

By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc 7 June, 2023 PETCO RENTED 30,000 SQUARE FEET on three floors at 44 Union Square. The store will be...

Mount Sinai pushes back on threats to 'lock up' execs amid Beth Israel closure plans

By Madeline Ashley Beckers Hospital Review 22 July, 2024 As the closure of New York City-based Mount Sinai's Beth Israel hospital...

Health execs ‘feared for their safety’ after attorney threatened to have them ‘locked up’ over push to close Beth Israel

BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS The Village Sun JULY 22, 2024 Attorney Arthur Schwartz, marching in an April rally to save Beth Israel, second from...

Legal battles over NYC congestion pricing pause heat up

New York City’s congestion pricing plan is embroiled in legal battles as a team of 16 lawyers prepares to take the issue to court. By...

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New York City’s congestion pricing plan is embroiled in legal battles as a team of 16 lawyers prepares to take the issue to court. By...

Union, Public Advocate Sue MTA Over Service Cuts Linked to Congestion Pricing U-Turn

The suit accuses the MTA of violating the state Public Authorities Law by reducing “between 5% and 10%” the number of bus runs from bus...

Nearly 4 dozen hospitals have closed across New York state since 2000. CBS New York investigates why

By Tim McNicholas, Walter Smith Randolph Updated on: July 16, 2024 / 11:52 PM EDT / CBS New York VIDEO https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/ne...

Mount Sinai ‘indefinitely postpones’ Beth Israel’s closure; Attorney threatened to have hospital C.E.O.s ‘locked up’

BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS Updated July 11, 2024 4:15 p.m. Mount Sinai executives have backed off from saying Beth Israel's closing is imminent....

Closure of Mount Sinai Beth Israel on indefinite hold

By Louis Finley Manhattan PUBLISHED 10:15 PM ET July 10, 2024 VIDEO https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2024/07/11/closure-of-mount-sin...

Governor Hochul Tells Transit Riders and the Disabled: Congestion Pricing? You Thought I Was Serious?

By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc 5 July, 2024 For a long time I had questions, like many folks who live below 60th Street, and who...

A Gem Survives

By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc 5 July 2024 Most months I have used my new role as a restaurant reviewer to tout new eateries. But...

Google’s New HQ Opens With Only a Fraction of the Nearby Low-Cost Housing Promised by Pols

City Council votes to approve tax breaks for 175 apartments for the elderly, just a fraction of the 500 low-cost apartments local leaders...