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September 20, 2018 • $1.00 Volume 88 • Number 37

L work already hell, East Side residents tell agency officials BY LINCOLN ANDERSON

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t a town hall meeting on the city’s L train shutdown plan at Middle Collegiate Church Monday night, anxious East Villagers raised an outcry about a stationimprovement project currently underway at First Ave. that they said is already making their lives

hell. And they are even more worried now after recently discovering that the same spot will also be the main staging area for the 15-month-long renovation of the L line’s Canarsie Tunnel tubes. In addition, Lower East Side and Little Italy residents voiced LTRAIN continued on p. 12

‘Cuomo ticket’ tops Nixon, left insurgents; Epstein, Li, Marte win BY LINCOLN ANDERSON

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oters in last Thursday’s Democratic primary for governor who backed Andrew Cuomo said they valued his experience and “strength,” while challenger Cynthia Nixon lacked experience. Nixon supporters, mean-

while, touted her progressive positions on the issues, and said she represented a muchneeded “change” from politics as usual. The race generated lots of excitement and enthusiasm — and high hopes among progressives for some real radical PRIMARY continued on p. 8

PHOTO BY BOB KRASNER

With clouds of Holi power, squir ting silly string and, of course, a unicorn head, the bachelorette par ty of Zeut Ryot in the park was a real riot. See Page 10.

‘No jail!’ Boos drown out hearing on prison BY SYDNEY PEREIR A

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t a packed town hall last Wednesday evening, Downtowners blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to build a 40-story jail in Chinatown as a part of the initiative to close Rikers Island. City representatives gave a presentation on the borough-

Why Not Care serves it up.....p. 16

based jails plan — but it was largely drowned out by booing, shouts that the mayor is racist and chants of “No jail!” After repeated efforts by city officials and local politicians to quiet the crowd during the presentation, the town hall was eventually opened up to public comments from dozens of Downtowners blasting the

plan. Though many supported the idea of prison reform, and even closing Rikers, nearly everyone in the audience and who spoke opposed the plan for another Downtown jail. “Closing Rikers Island, in my view, is a laudable goal,” JAIL continued on p. 6

Mystery of West Side bikeway bollards .............p. 2 Occupy seven! O.W.S. marks anniversary.......... p. 4 www.TheVillager.com


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