Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Inundation Exhortation Federal Report Foresees More Frequent Flooding for Lower Manhattan Flooding at the Battery (seen here during 2012’s Hurricane Sandy) may become a once-every-three-days event in decades ahead, according to a new federal report. A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the federal […]
Archives for July 2020
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 29 ~ Ill Deeds Done Bill Would Impede Easing Restrictions on Use of Health Facilities
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Ill Deeds Done Bill Would Impede Easing Restrictions on Use of Health Facilities Rivington House, which operated for decades as a nursing facility, but was closed when purchased by real estate speculators who planned to convert the 150,000-square-foot structure into luxury condominiums. A bill recently ratified by the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 7/29/20 ~ Referendum Addendum
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Referendum Addendum One Month Later, Election Results Are Official (Sort Of…) Yuh-Line Niou Slightly more than a month after the contested primary for the Democratic Party nomination to represent Lower Manhattan in the State Assembly, something resembling a final result is available. On Wednesday, incumbent Yuh-Line Niou and […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 7/24/20 ~ Welcome to the Occupation Protestors Driven from City Hall Park Consider What They Accomplished, and What Remains to Be Done
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Welcome to the Occupation Protestors Driven from City Hall Park Consider What They Accomplished, and What Remains to Be Done The Occupy City Hall encampment, which was demolished by police on Wednesday. In the hours before dawn on Wednesday morning, NYPD officers in riot gear swept through the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 22 ~ Weir and When Thursday Meeting To Review Resiliency Plans for Northern Battery Park City
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Weir and When Thursday Online Meeting Will Review Resiliency Plans for Northern Battery Park City One design concept under consideration for the Esplanade on Battery Park City’s northern edge would extend the walkway more than 20 feet into the water, creating space for new anti-flooding infrastructure, as well […]
Eyes to the Sky July 13 – 26, 2020
Jupiter and Saturn all night, Venus daybreak Astrophotographer Mihail Minkov’s Star Catcher placed first in the International Dark Sky Association’s “Connecting to the Dark” category of IDA’s first annual photography competition, “Capture the Dark”. Minkov accompanied the photograph with this statement: “I have a four-year-old daughter. She is fascinated by the planets, stars and the Milky Way. […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Quasi-Rent Stabilization Ends at Gateway Plaza Affordability Protections Replaced by Ten-Year Cap on Rent Increases
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Quasi-Rent Stabilization Ends at Gateway Plaza Affordability Protections Replaced by Ten-Year Cap on Rent Increases The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) announced on Wednesday an agreement with the LeFrak Organization (operator of Gateway Plaza, the community’s largest residential complex) that will roll back affordability guarantees for the dwindling […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 15 ~ Special Cay Governors Island Reopens for Truncated Season, as Momentous Decisions Loom
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Special Cay Governors Island Reopens for Truncated Season, as Momentous Decisions Loom Governors Island Today (Wednesday, July 15), Governors Island will reopen for the summer season—a milestone originally scheduled for May 1, but delayed due to the pandemic coronavirus. The offerings at the park—which has come to be […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Who Got What: Federal Loan Program Bails Out Local Small (and Not-So-Small) Businesses
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Who Got What: Battery Park City Federal Loan Program Bails Out Local Small (and Not-So-Small) Businesses The Museum of Jewish Heritage (Editor’s Note: This is the first in an occasional series of stories detailing the impact of federal bailout funds on Lower Manhattan businesses.) The federal Paycheck Protection […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 10 ~ Finalists Announced in Design Competition to Improve Pedestrian Access to Brooklyn Bridge
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Higher, Wider, Handsomer Finalists Announced in Design Competition to Improve Pedestrian Access to Brooklyn Bridge On some weekends, as many as 15,000 pedestrians and 3,600 cyclists compete with each other and souvenir vendors for as little as 10 feet of width on the deck of the Brooklyn Bridge, […]