The Village Voice on The L Train Shutdown

It’s no secret NYC's Village Voice is far from the powerful, in-your-face- alternative weekly paper of its glory days. (It literally isn’t: digital became its sole platform when publication of the print version was ceased about 6 months ago.) Hell, even its actual name is a misnomer, since it’s no longer located in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, its offices a stone’s throw from the Freedom Tower in the Financial District.

Regardless, the Voice’s reporting on certain local issues and matters remains solid despite the various internal and administrative upheavals it has endured over the last decade plus. Case in point: Aaron Gordon’s detailed and informative pieces on the looming L train shutdown—and its attendant fallout for all riders—along with reports on the hurdles faced by both MTA and its ridership, as plans to fix and upgrade the subway system infrastructure are put in place, are reminders that the old rabble rouser, who started out in a two-bedroom apartment in its namesake hood in 1955, still has some bite even if it's no longer the badass it once was.