“New Yorkers have a reputation for standing up for their home city. This came to the fore during the Covid-19 pandemic when city residents acted together in the battle against the virus. That same tough mindset supported the city’s Ukrainian community in the days and weeks following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. What once sounded like a joke or an unlikely scenario became a somber reminder of the brutality of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and the fragility of young democracies. ... Seemingly overnight, New York’s attention turned to Ukraine. The city is home to 150,000 Ukrainian Americans, the largest community in the country, and everywhere New Yorkers turned there were symbols of support for Ukraine. People flocked to Ukrainian businesses and to cultural hubs in ‘Little Ukraine,’ in the East Village, and many attended protests demanding that NATO ‘close the skies’ over Ukraine. ...”
Support for Ukraine in the East Village: On “President Zelenskyy Way,” at Big Bar, on East 7th Street, and at the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, on Second Avenue.
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