Sadik Topia, the operator of a newsstand at 79th and Broadway for 23 years, was essentially a subcontractor to the actual license holder, identified as Marilyn Kaufman. He says her recently learned from the city that she had died three years ago without the license being passed to the daughter or directly to Topia. Photo: Michael Oreskes License Holder of UWS Newsstand is Dead The license holder of the West 79th street newsstand where Sadik Topia has endeared himself to the neighborhood for 23 years,... News 27 Feb 2024 | 06:34
Sadik Topia, who operated a newsstand on the corner of W. 79th St. and Broadway for 23 years, was forced by the City Departmet of Consumer Affairs to shut down in a dispute over unpaid fines. Mayor Adams said he would try to help if he could. City Council member Gale Brewer held a press conference supporting him on Jan. 25 on the corner where he once operated the newsstand. Photo: Michael Oreskes Beloved News Stand Operator Still Shut Down as Council Member Brewer Pushes Cause With the Adams administration sympathetic but unyielding to calls that it forgive or reduce the fines that have shut popular... News 26 Jan 2024 | 06:18
Mayor Eric Adams said he will “do anything in my power” to help beleaguered newsstand dealer Sadik Topia The city evicted Topia from the newsstand that he operated for 23 years at the corner of W. 79th and Broadway in a dispute over fines and penalties that have reached $94,000. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Mayor Vows He Will Try to Help Newsstand Operator Being Hit with $94,000 in Fines Mayor Adams said Tuesday he would do anything “within my powers” to get Sadik Topia back to work at his shuttered West Side... News 24 Jan 2024 | 01:03
Sadik Topia holds a copy of the West Side Spirit which highlighted his plight on a front page story last week. Photo: Michael Oreskes UWS Residents Rallying to Support News Dealer the City is Trying to Shut Down Sadik Topia admits he made mistakes, pleads one of his neighbors, Bette Kerr. He sold e-cigarettes he should not have been... Home 21 Jan 2024 | 05:57
