Year: 2021

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News ‘Slaughter Them All’ Onetime OWS Activist Convicted of Threatening Federal Officials Above: Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park 2011. Below: Former Occupy Wall Street protestor Brendan Hunt (also known as “X-Ray Ultra”): “Start up the firing squads, mow down these commies and letʼs take america back” A man...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Not-So-Super Tall Landmarks Panel Approves Howard Hughes Proposal for Scaled-Back Tower at Seaport Site The full-block parking lot at 250 Water Street, which Howard Hughes Corporations hopes to develop, where an environmental cleanup is underway to remove toxins such as mercury and lead. The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News Secondary Considerations Local Public High Schools Perform Well in National Rankings The U.S. News & World Report has issued its annual national rankings of high schools, and several local secondary institutions, either located in Lower Manhattan or else attended by large numbers of students from this community, have earned favorable mention....

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Much Ado about Nutten Governors Island Opens New Season Packed with Attractions and Events Above: Docking at Governors Island, the 172-acre park that is a five-minute ferry ride from Lower Manhattan. Below: The new, 132-foot-long ferry to Governors Island has increased the frequency of trips from Lower Manhattan...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Concourse Considerations BPCA Prepares Preliminary Steps to Implement South End Avenue Plan South End Avenue, which functions as the equivalent of Main Street for Battery Park City’s southern neighborhood, has been the focus of a years-long effort to reach consensus on redesigning the thoroughfare. The Battery Park City...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Detention Abstention Downtown Non-Profit Sues to Halt Arrest for Minor Offenses Above: Protestors take over West Street last July 4. The Legal Aid Society alleges that many of these demonstrators were illegally arrested by police, in contravention of a State law that mandates the issuance of summonses for...