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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...


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...


Advocates Demand Glick Fight for NY HEAT Act!
A Note From Arthur Schwartz: As May drew to a close, a senior was on my corner, (12th Street and 6th) every morning handing out flyers...


Mount Sinai Tells Downtown to Drop Dead
By Arthur Schwartz https://villageview.nyc STATE SENATOR KRISTEN GONZALEZ at a rally for Beth Israel. Photo courtesy of Ian Kwok. Note:...


A Post-Passover Message
By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc 5 May 2024 In late April, Jews around the world marked Passover, a celebration of the Jews’ escape...


New Kids on the Block
By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc Burgerhead This burger place on 6th Avenue between Washington and West 4th, opened on March 30. The...


Can Our Hospital Be Restored?
Beth Israel Closure Stopped for Now — Health Department Finally Acts By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc RALLY TO SAVE BETH ISRAEL...
Tales From The Front
The human cost of losing a full-service hospital in Manhattan south of 30th Street By Arthur Z. Schwartz On January 16, 2024, George...


New Kids on the Block | Do We Need More Pizza? Yes!
By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc 29 March, 202 4 The West Village is undergoing a pizza renaissance. For a while, between Brunetti’s at...


Pulled Back from the Precipice
By Arthur Z. Schwartz villageview.nyc 28 March 2024 Two weeks ago, I delivered a “we lost” message to the broad coalition of community...


Peace Activist Merle Ratner Killed in East Village Car Crash
By Arthur Schwartz https://villageview.nyc/ Merle Ratner, 67, longtime advocate for peace and Vietnam, was killed while crossing the...


New Kids on the Block & Village Survivors
By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc/ 2 March, 2024 Roma Pizza Roma Pizza. Photo by Arthur Schwartz. Several months back we wrote about...


Contempt of Our Community’s Health
By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc 2 March, 2024 Mount Sinai Hospital still shows no concern about the anger and fear that its decision...


Walking the Walk
Climate Activist Runs for Congress By Arthur Schwartz https://villageview.nyc Photo courtesy of Bruno Grandsard Back in 2022 a new...


New Kid on the Block
P.F. Chang By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc 8 February 2024 Miso Glazed Salmon I am about a year late with this review (the restaurant...


Village Lawyer Socks It To Trump…Again!83 Million Times!
By Arthur Schwartz villageview.nyc 3 Feb, 2024 Donald Trump of Queens is 77 years old. And for his whole life he has slipped and slided...


The Village View
Some Comments for Our Readers from Arthur Schwartz 1 Feb 2023 As you read this, you see we have changed the name to The Village View, to...


Hands Off Our Hospital! Community Sues Mount Sinai
By Arthur Z. Schwartz https://villageview.nyc/ Photo: Arthur Z. Schwartz On February 1, led by the Community Coalition to Save Beth...
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