Year: 2021

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 2/3/21 ~ Council Member Margaret Chin and Advocacy Group Score Win for Street Vendors

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Vendor, Vidi, Vici Council Member and Advocacy Group Score Win for Street Vendors Street vendors will have more opportunity to operate legally and less reason to fear punitive enforcement by police, under a new law spearheaded by City Council member Margaret Chin. City Council member Margaret Chin, in...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 2/2/21 ~ Wariness on Water Street

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Wariness on Water Street Two Convicted Sex Offenders Residing at Homeless Shelter in Financial District The Financial District hotel, currently being used as a homeless shelter, that houses two men designated as “sexually violent offenders.” Among the hundred-plus homeless persons sheltered at the Hilton Garden Inn, located at...
The Financial District hotel, currently being used as a homeless shelter, that houses two men designated as “sexually violent offenders."

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 2/1/21 ~ Sounding A Lot Like the Leftists of 2011, Young Republicans Re-Occupy Zuccotti Park

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Insurrection Resurrection Sounding A Lot Like the Leftists of 2011, Young Republicans Re-Occupy Zuccotti Park Gavin Max: “These schmucks on Wall Street and in Greenwich, or wherever they are, they can do whatever the hell they want to do with no repercussions.” On Sunday afternoon, several dozen members...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/29/21 ~ Mayor de Blasio Announces Bike Path for Brooklyn Bridge

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Penny-Farthing Lane Mayor Announces Bike Path for Brooklyn Bridge The plan announced by Mayor de Blasio on Thursday evening will dedicate one traffic lane, on the Manhattan-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge, for conversion into a two-lane bike path. On Thursday evening, Mayor Bill de Blasio, at his...
The plan announced by Mayor de Blasio on Thursday evening will dedicate one traffic lane, on the Manhattan-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge, for conversion into a two-lane bike path.

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/28/21 ~ City Council Member Margaret Chin Endorses Onetime Presidential Aspirant Andrew Yang Who Favors Universal Income

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Quit Your New Year’s Resolutions Early And Indulge In Restaurant Week No judgment for those of you who will want to drop those new year’s resolutions (or whatever other health kicks you’ve got going on) after reading this PSA: NYC Restaurant Week launched this week, as hundreds of...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/27/21 ~ Nadler Sponsors Legislation to Make Lower Manhattan Heliopolis No More

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Hoping to Make Whirlybirds an Endangered Species Nadler Sponsors Legislation to Make Lower Manhattan Heliopolis No More Passengers aboard a “doors-off” tourist flight bank over the Brooklyn Bridge. U.S. Congressman Jerry Nadler, who represents Lower Manhattan in Washington, has introduced legislation that would impose stricter regulations on helicopter...