Author: Matthew Fenton

Science Play Area Begins Construction; Long-Planned Estuarium Advances The Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) began construction last week on a new science play area at Pier 26 in Tribeca. Designed by the landscape architecture firm Olin, the plan envisions a 4,000-square-foot marine science-themed space that will include custom-fabricated giant play structures in the shape of...

Eleven-Month Investigation Comes to a Close On Friday morning, FBI agents arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly soliciting sexual contact with a nine-year-old boy online, according to legal documents reviewed by the Broadsheet. This was the culmination of an investigation that began in February, when an online user of the Scruff app calling himself “Evan”...

Governor Signs Bill Enabling Extension of BPCA Ground Lease, Expanding Affordability Protections Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed legislation sponsored by State Senator Brian Kavanagh that will expand housing affordability benefits in Battery Park City, while also paving the way to extend the ground lease that governs property ownership within the community. The bill aims...

Wagner Park Resiliency Plan on Hiatus Pending Court Hearing Opponents of the plan to demolish and rebuild Wagner Park, with the aim of creating resiliency measures designed to protect against flooding, have reached an agreement with the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) that no demolition work will commence until the State Supreme Court convenes a...

Onetime Lower Manhattan Candidate Who Won Brooklyn Elective Race Faces Questions About When He Left An erstwhile Lower Manhattan resident and candidate for elective office Downtown recently won a bid to represent a Brooklyn district in the State Assembly, but is facing a probe by the lower house of the State legislature to determine whether...

One of Very Few Lifelong Black Residents of Lower Manhattan Elected District Leader November’s round of elections achieved a little-noticed local milestone. Longtime activist and member of Community Board 1 Mariama James won her race for a District Leader seat, representing Lower Manhattan. A District Leader is an unsalaried, elected official who represents a portion...