The Villager Newspaper

07/25/2025

Grocery delivery service app Instacart is leading a campaign to derail a City Council bill that would expand minimum pay protections to grocery delivery workers, threatening it may sue if Mayor Eric Adams does not veto the measure.

Grocery delivery service app Instacart is leading a campaign to derail a City Council bill that would expand minimum pay protections to grocery delivery

07/24/2025

President Trump's administration is taking New York City to court over its sanctuary laws in the wake of a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent getting shot, allegedly by undocumented migrants with long rap sheets, earlier this week.

President Trump's administration is taking New York City to court over its sanctuary laws in the wake of a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent getting shot,

07/24/2025

Brought to life by Mino Habib and Mathias Van Leyden—the same duo behind the beloved Loulou Petit Bistro—Le Petit Village was less a restaurant and more a memory made edible.

Brought to life by Mino Habib and Mathias Van Leyden, Le Petit Village was less a restaurant and more a memory made edible.

07/24/2025

Diamonds are not born—they are formed under pressure. Gertrude, heir to the Gilded Age's most gilded name, transformed that pressure into legacy.

The 1916 portrait of Whitney by Robert Henri, hanging now in the very museum she founded, does not merely depict this transformation. It documents it. This is

07/23/2025

Steve Burns is not only alive and well; the "Blue's Clues" host is appearing onstage at The Club at La MaMa in the East Village with a solo monologue that touches on the effects of a world full of misinformation on a fragile psyche.

Now it can be told: Steve Burns — the much-loved original host of the wildly popular children’s show “Blue’s Clues” — is long gone, having been replaced by an

07/21/2025

NYC EMT pay is a disgrace. City Hall should do what’s right

NYC EMTs earn just $18.94/hour to save lives - less than food delivery workers. With more resignations and 911 calls, the city faces an emergency care crisis.

07/20/2025

In celebration of National Ice Cream Day on July 20, Italian gelato brand Sammontana made its official U.S. debut with a one-day-only event under the sun.

07/20/2025

These are the NYC subway stations that now have protective platform barriers

The MTA has installed protective platform barriers at 56 NYC subway stations, including some on the 7, F, M and L train lines, and others.

07/20/2025

Ask the MTA | Subway cleanings, conductors and why MetroCards look they way they do | amNewYork

amNewYork Metro, in conjunction with the MTA, present “Ask the MTA,” a column where MTA officials answer your questions about transit service in New York

07/20/2025

Two people are being questioned in a deadly Manhattan subway stabbing on Saturday night that claimed a man's life.

07/20/2025

"Sing out, Louise"—but not for much longer. The acclaimed Broadway revival of "Gypsy," starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and directed by George C. Wolfe, will end its run at the Majestic Theatre on Aug. 17, after 28 previews and 269 regular performances.

“Sing out, Louise”—but not for much longer. The acclaimed Broadway revival of “Gypsy,” starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and directed by