0
15465
10500
9
The Paper of Record for Greenwich Village, East Village, Lower East Side, Soho, Union Square, Chinatown and Noho, Since 1933
September 3, 2015 • $1.00 Volume 85 • Number 14
Crusty punk whose pit bull terrorized East Village is dead BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
N
NATAS continued on p. 6
Foodies steamed after wonton rent hike, taxes force out Charlie Mom BY LINDAANN LOSCHIAVO
I
t was a clean, well-lit place, affordable, reliable, popular, an unpretentious spot where you could dally over the dumplings, canoodle in between mouthfuls of spicy Chinese cabbage and, most importantly, hear yourself talk in
PHOTO BY TEQUILA MINSKY
atas, the crusty traveler whose aggressive pit bull, Jax, went on a bloody rampage in the East Village early last month — viciously attacking both a pug, which later died, and a man — has himself died, according to sources.
Jordy Trachtenberg lives in the same St. Mark’s Place building as Roberta Bayley, whose pug, Sidney, was attacked by Jax on Aug. 1 and died the next day at the vet after undergoing surgery. Trachtenberg told The Villager that on Thurs., Aug. 27, he saw a Facebook post at
between the courses of Cantonese specialties. Unfortunately, Wed., Aug. 26, was the last business day for Charlie Mom Chinese restaurant, at 464 Sixth Ave., near W. 11th St. Wayne Han, president of Chi Wan Corp., opened his 1,600-square-foot eatery in CHARLIE continued on p. 27
Speaking at Tuesday’s rally, a student who only gave her working names — “Alex or Johanna” — said she was driven into prostitution by N.Y.U.’s high tuition.
‘N.Y. Corporate U.’ is crushing us, critics cry BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
I
n June, the state’s highest court ruled against a community lawsuit seeking to block N.Y.U.’s massive South Village development plan, clearing the way for the nearly 2-million-squarefoot, 20-year project to finally move forward. But as disheartening as that loss was for the opponents, it hasn’t lessened their will to rail against New York University’s ongoing institutional sprawl in historic
Greenwich Village, as well as the school’s sky-high tuition costs and associations with repressive foreign regimes. About 200 people turned out for a wide-ranging rally — under the catchall banner of “fight the corporate university” — in Washington Square Park on Tuesday. Assemblymember Deborah Glick was the only elected official at the rally, since many people are now out of town on summer vacation. In her remarks, speaking from the small stage south of
the Garibaldi monument, she fired up the crowd. “We are here to continue the fight,” said Glick, who was a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the N.Y.U. 2031 project. “The fight is not over.” She said the four-building development project slated for two of the university’s superblocks first “got legs” under the Bloomberg administration, “who said N.Y.U. has raised Villagers’ property values.” N.Y.U. continued on p. 8
Cooper Union settles tuition lawsuit...............page 3 Corps to study storm-surge barriers...............page 4 Essex St. Market needs marketing!.................page 10 They’re cooking in Soho again....page 12
www.TheVillager.com