The New York Press

If you picked up the New York Press this week and noticed that it's a little heavier than usual, that's because you're holding the paper's annual "Best of Manhattan" issue.

Among the many, many categories listed—including, Media Mob is proud to announce, Best Mash-Up of NY Observer Trends—is an entry for Best Used Bookstore.

That honor goes to 12th Street Books:

Rumors continue to swirl that this little basement bookstore is threatening to close or relocate, but it all seems to be baseless twittering. And if it ever does disappear, we will almost give up trying to find quality used books in the city.  read more »

On Tuesday, The New York Press ran a short item on its web site reporting that had a strike involving Village Voice staffers had been averted. It was a small story, but the Press owned it from start to finish. Today, The New York Times ran a brief in its Arts section.

Here's a quote from Voice-legend Tom Robbins in the brief:

“We got a deal 3 o’clock this morning,” said Tom Robbins, a Voice columnist and shop steward for the United Auto Workers Local 2110. “We won a good victory for unions... We had a celebratory drink of a little Scotch and then went home.  read more »

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The New York Press is reporting today that the workforce at the Village Voice is contemplating a strike over "proposed cuts in healthcare coverage."

"We are adamant that there won't be any givebacks here,” said Tom Robbins, Voice legend and de-facto spokesman for the Voice's incredibly strong union, represented by United Auto Workers Local 2110. “We pay through the nose. We pay co-payments that are very expensive for our members with children. They want more co-payments, they want more, more.”

“If we don't get it, all bets are off,” Robbins warned.

Real-estate-publicist-turned-sex-columnist Kelly Kreth has been fired from her job at the New York Press after only four months, The Observer's Real Estate blog reports.