Month: December 2020

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Jenny from the Block Veteran Local Activist Seeks City Council Seat Jenny Low, whose record of community leadership in Lower Manhattan is decades long, is running for City Council. Jenny Low, a longtime Lower Manhattan activist and community leader, has entered the race for the City Council seat...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Shelter Skelter Another Day, Another Court Ruling about 52 William Street On Thursday afternoon, Justice Anil Singh of the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division granted a temporary stay, which has the effect of halting once again the planned transfer of more than 200 men from the...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Back to Court Opponents of Plan for Homeless Shelter in FiDi Hotel Appeal Recent Dismissal Two groups of litigants in the ongoing legal battle surrounding the plan to convert a Financial District hotel into a homeless shelter filed an appeal on Wednesday, seeking to overturn a judge’s decision...

EYES TO THE SKY November 30 – December 13, 2020 Full Snow Moon rises this afternoon, winter stars follow, planets delight November 30, 2020 at 7:25pm. Orion rises earlier every night going forward, e.g. 6pm on the 13th. Red arc represents the Milky Way. Image: Judy Isacoff/StarryNight The Full Snow Moon rises above the east-northeast...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Alluvion Alarm Study Says Much of Downtown Will Have That Sinking Feeling by 2050 A map from Climate Central, illustrating projected risk to Lower Manhattan from rising sea levels and extreme-weather events by 2050, shows almost one-third of Downtown under water. In 29 years, approximately one-third of Lower...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Super-Talls Cut Down to Size Pair of FiDi Skyscraper Projects Suffer Setbacks 161 Maiden Lane, where glass panels have been removed from the partially completed structure, which a former contractor alleges is tilting ominously. Two separate residential towers planned for the Financial District are suffering from the local...