Ray of Hope: Big Media Speaks Up for Li’l Ol’ Ray’s CandyBut the plight of an East Village institution is worse than we thought.

Six weeks ago, Ray’s Candy Store owner Ray Alvarez had emergency heart surgery to replace two valves and have a pacemaker inserted. He spent two weeks in hospital and two weeks in rehab. On Wednesday, ...

The owner of Ray’s Candy Store saved Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa when he was attacked on a Manhattan street in 1992 — and the red-bereted crusader says it’s his turn now. Sliwa told The Post ...

For close to 50 years, Ray Alvarez has been working the night shift. Alvarez left the Iranian Navy and immigrated to New York City in the 1960s, finding work as a dishwasher and busboy around the East ...

The 90-year-old owner of Ray’s Candy Store in the East Village was attacked early Tuesday morning, he said Thursday. Police said a man carrying a package approached a 90-year-old man outside the ...

The 90-year-old owner of Ray’s Candy Store was brutally beaten by a stranger outside his famed East Village shop — and still didn’t miss a day behind the counter. But Ray Alvarez — who was left with a ...

NEW YORK - The NYPD has arrested and charged a man in connection with the brutal assault of a 90-year-old Manhattan candy store owner. Luis Peroza, 39, was charged Friday night with assault in the ...

Ray’s Candy Store has been selling egg creams, soft serve, and Belgian fries out of a miniscule Avenue A storefront since 1974, but if business doesn’t improve, it may not live much beyond its 36th ...

Ramon Alvarez, who goes by Ray, has been running his candy shop in the East Village for nearly 50 years. It’s a neighborhood staple with top-selling items such as deep-fried Oreos, powdered beignets ...