A proposal by the Village Alliance would change city zoning regulations to allow sidewalk cafés on Eighth Street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway, and Sixth Avenue between West 10th Street and Waverly Place.
Police are searching for three jewel thieves who assaulted a West 8th Street store owner and stole $250,000 of merchandise in broad daylight Wednesday, police said.
The gay bar Pieces, a West Village staple for 18 years, won conditional approval of a liquor license for their proposed new location at a community meeting Thursday.