View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Four Walls for a Few Months Longer State Extends, Expands Eviction and Foreclosure Bans Credited with Saving Thousands of Lives Above: Belongings of a homeless person. Below: State Senator Brian Kavanagh: “We are delivering real protection for countless renters and homeowners who would otherwise be at risk of…
Month: January 2021
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/13/21 ~ During Pandemic and Revenue Shortfall, City Hall Prioritizes Plans for New Ferry Between Staten Island and Battery Park City
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Whatever Floats Your Boat During Pandemic and Revenue Shortfall, City Hall Prioritizes Plans for New Ferry The ferry terminal on the esplanade (near Vesey Street) is slated by summer to begin hosting an additional 60 vessels each day, carrying as many as 2,500 passengers, as the City inaugurates…
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/12/21 ~ The Ongoing Retail Apocalypse Unfolding in Lower Manhattan
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Lower Manhattan Unchained Questions about What’s In Store for Local Retail Point to Glum Answer: Not Much The Gap at Broadway and Maiden Lane closed at the start of the pandemic and stopped paying rent in March, which caused its landlord to default on their mortgage in August…
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/11/21 ~ Confederate Battle Flag Found Tied to Front Door of Museum of Jewish Heritage
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Vile Vexillology Confederate Battle Flag Found Tied to Front Door of Museum of Jewish Heritage The front doors of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, where a Confederate flag was found on Friday morning. The “stars and bars” standard flown by the army of the Confederate States of America,…
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/8/21 ~ Appeals Court Upholds Order Delaying Move of Homeless Men to FiDi
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Staycated Appeals Court Upholds Order Delaying Move of Homeless Men to FiDi On Tuesday, a five-judge panel of the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division affirmed an earlier ruling (issued on December 3), which has the effect of halting once again the planned transfer of more than…
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/7/21 ~ What Killed All Those Fish?
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News What Killed All Those Fish? The dead menhaden fish that bobbed at the surface of the water off Lower Manhattan and throughout the Hudson-Raritan Estuary and Long Island Sound during the month of December are gone now. But the concern remains. What killed the fish? Scientists in the…