Having just cut the red ribbon and declared victory, Sadik “Sami” Topia cheers and pumps his fists as the crowd cheers for the return of the newsstand, a community fixture on the UWS for over two decades before he ran into fines and ownership issues that forced its temporary closing. ( Photo: Garrett Owen) Beloved UWS Newsstand Cuts Ribbon on New Future After Legal Battle It’s official: a beloved newsstand operator known to all as “Sami” is open for business again, and on March 3 he staged a... Home 05 Mar 2025 | 12:10
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
