Month: December 2018

Putting the Trick in Matriculate

A college that became part of the migration to Lower Manhattan by institutions of higher learning during the area’s recovery in the years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 is being sued by the City’s Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) over allegations of predatory lending practices, among other forms of alleged misconduct. Berkeley...
The former Berkley College campus at 130 William Street, which was closed in 2013 to make way for a luxury apartment tower. The City's Department of Consumer Affairs has charged that Berkeley misled students about the school's record and their own prospects, while also engaging in predatory lending practices.

December 3

771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagneking of the now complete Frankish Kingdom. 1619 – Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group’s charter proclaims that the day “be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God.” 1783 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York...
"Washington's Farewell to His Officers."

Perilous Promenade

Area residents and community leaders are sounding a chorus of alarm about pedestrian safety concerns in and around Battery Park City. At the November 27 meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1), resident Allison Turkel rose during the public session, holding her two-year-old daughter, Sloan, to say, “I am very concerned about the intersection of West...
The crossing at West Street and Liberty

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New Date Night Destination Coming to FiDi

A national theater chain that aims to make movies fun again (with equal parts etiquette and alcohol) is coming to the Financial District. Community Board 1 (CB1) recommended approval of a liquor license for the Alamo Drafthouse, a chain of cinemas that signed a lease for a 40,000-square foot space at 28 Liberty Street in...
A 40,000-square foot, 14-screen multiplex cinema is coming to the underground levels of 28 Liberty Street, where developer Fosun International is creating more than 300,000 square feet of subterranean retail,