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Today in History

February 29, 2016 By Robert Simko

45 BC – The first leap year was recognized by proclamation of Julius Caesar. 1288 – Scotland established this day as one when a woman could propose marriage to a man. In the event that he refused the proposal, he was required to pay a fine. 1692 – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba, an Indian servant were the […]

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Filed Under: Today In History 10:16 am

Letter of Support

February 29, 2016 By

Received from the Battery Park City Chamber: “The Battery Park City Chamber represents many businesses in Battery Park City, large and small. Organizers and members of the Chamber wish to voice our support for the three small businesses – Cafe Express, Blooming Nails and the Newsstand – that have become part of the fabric of our community […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Letters to the Editor 10:14 am Tagged With: Letters to the Editor

Cuomo Commits to $15 Minimum Wage, Except in Battery Park City

February 29, 2016 By

Governor Andrew Cuomo spent much of the last week making public appearances and delivering speeches to build support for his avowed goal of enacting a mandatory minimum wage of $15 per hour for every employee, public or private, in the State of New York. But an agency that he directly controls, the Battery Park City […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Battery Park City, Featured, Lower Manhattan, New York, The Broadsheet, The Broadsheet Daily 10:13 am Tagged With: Battery Park City, Featured, Lower Manhattan, New York, The Broadsheet, The Broadsheet Daily

Truth, Justice, and the Occasional Refund

February 26, 2016 By

Three hundred years ago, when New Yorkers were still British subjects, there were redcoats patrolling the streets of Lower Manhattan. Today, they’re still here — but much friendlier. The lobsterbacks of the 21st Century are the Downtown Alliance’s Public Safety Officers, who handle everything from medical emergencies to interventions on behalf of aggrieved tourists who […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Featured, Lower Manhattan, New York, The Broadsheet, The Broadsheet Daily 2:13 pm Tagged With: Featured, Lower Manhattan, New York, The Broadsheet, The Broadsheet Daily

ART DOWNTOWN

February 25, 2016 By

ONE ART SPACE Diane Detalle is a self-taught artist born in France and working in New York. Her exhibition Horizons Within at One Art Space in Tribeca features a new body of work inspired by the horizons from the south of France. Diane shares thoughts behind her artistic process: “Working on the floor allows me to be […]

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Filed Under: The Arts 10:31 am

A Shore Thing

February 25, 2016 By

The February 16 meeting of the Seaport/Civic Center Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) considered whether Lower Manhattan deserves a beach of its own. Graeme Birchall, president of the Downtown Boathouse, a local non-profit organization that promotes public access to the water, spoke in support of creating one. He also responded to “Brooklyn Bridge Beach: Feasibility […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Featured, Lower Manhattan, New York, The Broadsheet, The Broadsheet Daily 10:28 am Tagged With: Featured, Lower Manhattan, New York, The Broadsheet, The Broadsheet Daily

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