View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Athens Bound BPCA Chair will Depart to Serve as Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis, the chairman of the Battery Park City Authority since 2018 (shown here chatting with residents protesting in Rockefeller Park, in July 2021) is likely to step down, after being confirmed as President…
Month: October 2021
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/13/21 ~ Concerns Raised about Proposal to Make Sidewalk Dining Permanent
View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Open Restaurants, Closed Neighborhoods Concerns Raised about Proposal to Make Sidewalk Dining Permanent State Assembly member Deborah Glick leads a rally in opposition to a plan that would expand and make permanent restaurant use of sidewalks and streets. Elected officials and local leaders are mobilizing against…
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/12/21 ~ Annual Ranking of Most Powerful Manhattan Leaders Includes 11 Downtown Doyens
View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Local Heroes Annual Ranking of Most Powerful Manhattan Leaders Includes 11 Downtown Doyens Above: U.S. Congressman Jerry Nadler at the podium, with State Senator Brian Kavanagh behind him. Below: State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou The highly regarded local political journalism outlet City & State has released…
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/8/21 ~ The Battery Hosts Moving Memorial to New Yorkers Who Suffered Preventable Deaths
View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘The Courage To Do What’s Right’ The Battery Hosts Moving Memorial to New Yorkers Who Suffered Preventable Deaths Speakers at the dedication of the New York Gun Violence Memorial, on the Oval lawn of the Battery, included former U.S. Congresswoman (and gun-violence victim) Gabby Giffords (second…
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/7/221 ~ Governor Hochul Announces Funding to Protect Against Hate Crimes
View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘All Collective Judgements Are Wrong’ Governor Announces Funding to Protect Against Hate Crimes Above: Governor Kathy Hochul: “By their very nature, hate crimes strike at the heart of our democratic values.” Below: State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou: “It starts with education. It starts with understanding. And we…
EYES TO THE SKY October 4 – 17, 2021 Protect Earth’s night, essential to life on Earth
EYES TO THE SKY October 4 – 17, 2021 Protect Earth’s night, essential to life on Earth FOOD FLIGHT — Nocturnal pollinators like this moth in the Eupithecia family were long thought to have little food crop value. But a three-year study on apple trees at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Experiment Station…