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The Paper of Record for Greenwich Village, East Village, Lower East Side, Soho, Union Square, Chinatown and Noho, Since 1933
September 13, 2018 • $1.00 Volume 88 • Number 36
Johnson might try to steer traffic plan around Legislature BY SYDNEY PEREIR A
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ity Council Speaker Corey Johnson said last week that the city may be able to implement congestion pricing without the state Legislature — though he added that if Albany lawmakers could pass a plan, it would be much easier.
“I think we have potential home rule authority that we’re willing to look at,” Johnson told reporters after his speech at a New York Law School breakfast last Friday. “Again, it is always cleaner and easier if Albany does it because of the vast powers that Albany has TRAFFIC continued on p. 5
Mr. Credico goes to Washington... to talk ‘Russiagate’ BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
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andy Credico got blackballed from Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” in 1984 for making a joke comparing Jeane Kirkpatrick to Eva Braun. But Credico was the star of the show, so to speak, last Friday when he appeared before
a grand jury in Washington, as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election. Credico rode Amtrak down to the nation’s capital the day before. Along for the trip was his diCREDICO continued on p. 12
PHOTO BY Q. SAKAMAKI
A construction worker paid his respects near the World Trade Center memorial on Tuesday, the 17th anniversar y of the 9/11 attack. See Page 4 for more photos.
Family butcher keeping Little Italy’s flavor alive BY GABE HERMAN
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lbanese Meats and Poultry, the family butcher shop that has been an Elizabeth St. staple for nearly a century, has weathered many changes to the area. But it now faces an uncertain future as rents continue to rise and gentrification has left
Schneps buys Villager & Co....p. 2
dwindling numbers of regular customers. Moe Albanese, 94, is still at the shop, which he has run since the 1950s, first with his mother Mary and then on his own after her death in 2002 at age 97. Moe can still be seen every day sitting out front on the sidewalk, watching over the
block and greeting the many friends and well-wishers who pass by throughout the day. But it is Moe’s granddaughter, Jennifer Prezioso, who has come on board to try to revitalize business. She has been at the shop since November. They are now on a one-year BUTCHER continued on p. 8
9/11 Tiles going mobile in brand-new bus .........p. 3 Big night for Night Owl owner, ’60s scene........ p. 19 www.TheVillager.com