cafeobama1Ray’s Candy Store, the 35-year-old purveyor of egg creams, “Obama coffee,” fries and other fried food across from Tompkins Square Park, was already going through tough times when it got hit with 60 violations. Fortunately, he’s got friends: “Ramon Alvarez… is still in shock after what he described as an ‘army’ of 20 former squatters from See Skwat recently spent a weekend whipping his Avenue A candy store into shape….’I had 60 violations — and they brought it down to 1.’ ” |The Villager|