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…
Month: December 2018
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…
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…
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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…