Month: May 2017

Suspect in April Shooting Near Battery Park Indicted

On Thursday, the New York County District Attorney’s office indicted Jason Wright on multiple charges arising from the April 24 shooting at Battery Place and Washington Street that left two people injured. New York City police officers had tracked down and arrested Mr. Wright in Brookyln within 72 hours of the incident, after multiple informants...
City Council member Margaret Chin,flanked by community leaders and parents, demands that Department of Education officials standardize and clarify procedures for locking down City schools when a dangerous condition (such as the April 24 shooting near Battery Park) exists nearby.

May 19

1051 – Henry I of France is married to Anne of Kiev. 1499 – Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12. 1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief...
Marilyn Monroe at JFK's Birthday Party

Circumnavigate the Isle of Staten

This weekend begins a series of boat tours around the Isle of Staten sponsored by the National Lighthouse Museum. Circumnavigate the Isle of Staten and see lighthouses, hidden bird sanctuaries, and ship graveyards. On Sunday May 21, take a late morning Staten Island Ferry across the harbor to St. George terminal on Staten Island and...
Arthur Kill maritime graveyard photo: Gary Kane

A Bite-Sized Bacchanal

Taste of Tribeca, the annual food-fest that benefits P.S. 234 and P.S. 150, will celebrate its 23rd anniversary tomorrow Saturday (May 20) with delectables from more than 65 local restaurants, including seven (Bubby’s Tribeca, Bouley, Duane Park Patisserie, Gigino Trattoria, The Odeon, Tribeca Grill, and Walker’s) that have participated every year since 1994. Among the...
332 – Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. 1593 – Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal. 1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential...
Mathew Brady, "USS Sangamon", ca.1864-1865, salt print

EYEWITNESS

Photojournalist B.A. Van Sise spent the past year photographing 31 Holocaust survivors who are part of the Museum’s Speakers Bureau and Gallery Educators. Eyewitness brings Holocaust survivors into the community with the Museum’s first public art installation. The second phase of monumental installation, Eyewitness by photojournalist B.A. Van Sise was unveiled at the Museum of...
EYEWITNESS exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City