Published: January 30, 2014 Publication: The Villager By Martin Tessler Standing in the checkout line at Trader Joe’s on E. 14th St. this past September, a few weeks after primary day, I looked over at the neighboring line and saw an old friend from the “neighborhood wars” of battling the N.Y.U. 2031 Anschluss of the Village and other land-use issues — Ray Cline. Little did I realize that from our Trader Joe’s queue to this point in time how the steadfast devotion by a number

Published: January 16, 2014 Publication: Bedford and Bowery By Jenna Marotta Amidst congratulations and hallelujahs, Jerry Delakas rolled up the metal door of Astor Place Newsstand around 10:30 this morning, resuming the business he ran for 25-plus years before the city padlocked the place. Delakas had been operating his kiosk without an official license from the Department of Consumer Affairs. Ninety minutes earlier, the DCA dropped off 16 boxes of periodicals that were co

Published: January 16, 2014 Publication: The Villager By Lincoln Anderson BY LINCOLN ANDERSON  |  Updated Wed., Jan. 15, 11 p.m.  |  Great news! Longtime newsstand vendor Jerry Delakas is back at his kiosk on Astor Place. A press conference with Delakas, his attorney, Arthur Schwartz, and supporters was held at the stand on Monday afternoon to announce the settlement. Schwartz, of the law firm Advocates for Justice, who represented Delakas pro bono, declared it a victory for

Published: January 14, 2014 Publication: NY1 By Michael Herzenberg He was in danger of losing his livelihood, but a Manhattan man says that the new mayor has given his business a new lease on life. NY1’s Michael Herzenberg filed the following report. Neighbors embraced Jerry Delakas, welcoming him back to his Astor Place newsstand. “Positively, absolutely. Business as usual,” Delakas said. He’s excited to get back to work after the city shut him down last month. Neighbors ral

Published: January 14, 2014 Publication: The New York Times By Colin Moynihan A month after closing a newsstand on Astor Place that had been operated for 26 years without the proper license, New York City officials have reversed course, agreeing to let the stand reopen and to grant the longtime operator the necessary license. The operator, Jerry Delakas, had run the stand since 1987, paying a monthly fee to a succession of people who had received operator licenses from the De

Published: January 13, 2014 Publication: Daily News By Barbara Ross, Kerry Burke, Corky Semaszko The city’s Department of Consumer Affairs had shut down Jerry Delakas who operated on Cooper Square at Astor Place and Lafayette Ave. for decades after the owner of the license died. The newsstand dealer has earned points for pluck after he attended Bill de Blasio’s inauguration to appeal to the newly minted mayor himself. I’m back! That’s the headline for a beloved newspaper vend

Published: January 9, 2014 Publication: The Villager By Lincoln Anderson The news could be looking much better for embattled Astor Place newsstand vendor Jerry Delakas under a new administration. Arthur Schwartz, Delakas’s attorney, reported that Mayor Bill de Blasio was very sympathetic to Delakas’s plight when the vendor met him at a “public open house” the mayor recently held at Gracie Mansion. According to Schwartz, Delakas and Kelly King, an East Village artist and journ

Published: January 8, 2014 Publication: Daily News By Barbara Ross Upon learning that New York’s mayor was sympathetic to Jerry Delakas’ plight, city lawyers agreed to put off eviction proceedings against the 64-year-old, according to the man’s attorney. BY  BARBARA ROSS Newsstand dealer Jerry Delakas, left, finally made it into Gracie Mansion on Sunday to meet New York Mayor de Blasio fter waiting outside for hours. His perseverance paid off, with city lawyers now backing of

Published: January 1, 2014 Publication: The Villager By Lincoln Anderson In an update on Jerry Delakas’s struggle to regain his Astor Place newsstand, the longtime vendor’s attorney, Arthur Schwartz, told The Villager on Saturday that discussions have recently ratcheted up to a whole new level. In the waning days of Mayor Bloomberg’s administration, in November, Delakas’s kiosk was suddenly padlocked by the city’s Department of Consumer Affairs. D.C.A. charged that he technic

Published: January 1, 2014 Publication: WestView News By Arthur Z. Schwartz A City Ready To Heal,Hudson River Park Air Rights, Hope for Public School Parents, Peace offering to Assembly Member Glick A New Name. I launched this column a year ago following Hurricane Sandy and called it After the Storm. I was moved, in part, by the death of my close friend, John Kest, an activist whose vision the NY Times recently noted was at the core of Bill de Blasio’s candidacy. I was also m