Month: March 2023

New Affordability Protections Enacted Last Year for Lower Manhattan Residents Not Yet Available The process of delivering a package of affordability to benefits to Lower Manhattan residents who have long been excluded from them is inching forward. In 2022, State Senator Brian Kavanagh led the successful push for legislation to extend four protections that have…

Rat Poison Sprinkled on Battery Park City Sidewalks Endangers Pets Rodenticide spread along South End Avenue and Rector Place has caused serious illness in at least one dog, and poses a threat to others. At Tuesday evening’s meeting of Community Board 1, District Manager Lucian Reynolds announced, “someone has been putting rat poison on South…

Leaders Oppose Hochul Plan to Lift Development Cap A coalition of elected officials representing Lower Manhattan is pushing back against a proposal by Governor Kathy Hochul to repeal a longstanding limit on the density of residential real estate development in New York City. Since 1961, the City’s zoning code has prohibited residential buildings with a…

Venerable Neighborhood Institution Succumbs to Rising Rents The pizza emporium on South End Avenue that has served generations of Lower Manhattan residents, Picasso, abruptly shut down on Friday evening, after months of uncertainty over whether it would be possible to renew the lease on terms that would allow the store to remain in business. Owner…

Ranging from Provocative to Evocative, Broadsheet Founder’s Photographs Evince a Vision Undimmed by His Passing Robert Simko, the Broadsheet’s cofounder (who died November 10, at age 68, from a September 11-related cancer), was many things: publisher, musician, community leader, amateur horologist, devoted husband and father. But anyone knew him well would rank high on Robert’s…

Restoring Landmarks Military and Mercantile The New York Landmarks Conservancy, which works to preserve and protect New York’s architectural legacy, is honoring two Lower Manhattan structures with its Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award, the highest honor the Conservancy confers for excellence in preservation: Castle Clinton, at the Battery, and 131 Duane Street, in Tribeca. In…