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Tompkins Square Park

Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about homelessness in Tompkins Square Park.

Homeless Man Removed From de Blasio Presser on Homelessness

An encounter between police and a homeless man showed the difficulty of enacting Mayor Bill de Blasio's homeless policies.
By Jillian Jorgensen
The new court, which reopens today, cost around $300,000 (Photo: BeCore NYC).

After Delays, Renovated Tompkins Square Park Basketball Court Reopens

After being closed for nearly the entire summer, renovations on Tompkins Square Park’s basketball courts are nearing completion.
By Hunter Harris
A homeless person in Penn Station. (Photo: Spencer Platt for Getty Images)

Why Aren’t More Homeless New Yorkers Staying in Shelters?

58,761 homeless New Yorkers slept in shelters each night this past June, but why aren't more doing the same?
By Catherine Rafter

NYPD Removes Controversial Surveillance Tower From Tompkins Square Park

By Catherine Rafter

Satirical Twitter Account Takes on the NYPD Tower in Tompkins Square Park

By Hunter Harris
NEW YORK - MAY 02: Men sleep on park benches May 2, 2007 in New York City. New York City released its Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) today which concluded that unsheltered homelessness is down 15 percent from 2005. The report also showed that among the homeless, 19 percent fewer individuals are living on city streets or in parks since January 2006. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Is Homelessness in Tompkins Square Park Actually Increasing?

By Catherine Rafter

NYPD Raises Watch Tower in Tompkins Square Park

By Hunter Harris

The Good, the Bad and the Fugly: New York’s Dance Parade

By Dashel Pierson

Blast From the Past: Artists Gather In East Village to Protest Gentrification

By Kim Velsey

B*tches Be Howlin’: Halloween Puppy Parade Does Doggy Style

By Charlotte Lytton

Crustpunks—Canaries in the East Village Coal Mine

By Matt Chaban

The Taming of Tompkins Square Park

By Matt Chaban

The East Village’s ‘Line in the Sand’

By W.M. Akers

An Evening of Mourning for the Lower East Side

By Hillary Frey

The Local: From 5-0 to 311

By Lysandra Ohrstrom
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