Hard Times for Higher Education in Lower Manhattan A college based in Lower Manhattan is in danger of losing its academic accreditation, making it the latest in series of local institutions facing similar headwinds. Alliance University (known as Nyack College until rebranding last year) has been based at Two Washington Street (near Battery Place) since…
Month: April 2023
A Temporary Reprieve
City Hall Agrees to Pause Jail Demolition for Two Weeks The administration of Mayor Eric Adams has responded to widespread outrage among community leaders and elected officials over its sudden decision to proceed with demolition of the Manhattan Detention Complex (MDC) by agreeing to put the project on hold at least through May 5. The…
Sojourners Return
Tourist Tally Turns a Corner Lower Manhattan tourism has begun to rebound from the troughs of the COVID pandemic, with several key indicators matching or exceeding levels last seen in 2019, according to a new analysis from the Downtown Alliance. “While more visitors may mean increasing competition to snag a table at your favorite Downtown…
Where World-Saving Ideas Will Be Incubated
Partnership Led by Stony Brook Wins Competition to Create Climate Research Hub on Governors Island The administration of Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that a partnership led by the State University of New York at Stony Brook had won a years-long competition to build a Center for Climate Solutions on Governors Island, which will combine…
Redoing the Undoing of the Do-Over
State Panel Changes Its Mind on District Lines, Once More The New York State Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) has issued yet another version of proposed boundaries for the New York State Assembly, which keeps the lines for Lower Manhattan where they were for the 2022 elections, and thus largely preserves a plan that State courts…
Carceral Cozenage
Local Leaders Outraged by Abrupt Approval for Demolition at Jail Complex Elected officials representing Lower Manhattan and members of Community Board 1 (CB1) erupted in outrage last night, April 19, at the surprise announcement by representatives from the City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) that they have obtained the necessary permits to begin demolition…