About Matthew Fenton

Actually, Maybe You Can Fight City Hall? Borough President and City Council Member Win Court Round Seeking to Slow Planned Development at Two Bridges City Council member Margaret Chin (left) and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (center) at a June rally called to build support for their lawsuit against the de Blasio administration’s development plans […]

The Path of Lease Resistance CB1 Joins Elected Officials in Calling for Renewed Stabilization at Gateway GPTA board member Jeff Galloway (center): Having stabilization in Gateway Plaza affects the character of the entire neighborhood. It contributes to the community as a whole, over time. But if you have massive turnover, that hurts the community.” Community […]

When Vice is Nice Two Veteran Committee Chairs Seek CB1’s Number Two Spot Thinking Outside the Box: Tammy Meltzer and Paul Goldstein playfully engage in some pantomime sparring as they debate their respective visions for the role of Community Board 1’s vice chair. Community Board 1 (CB1) has a new vice chair. Tammy Meltzer, who […]

A Shore Thing HRPT Plans Beach and Historic Sculpture for Gansevoort Peninsula An overview rending of the Hudson River Park Trust’s plan for the Gansevoort Peninsula, with the proposed bathing beach at right, the ballfield in the center, and the picnic grove on the left. The Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) has unveiled plans to […]

Justice Delayed, But Not Denied Ten Years Later, It Turns Out That FiDi Tenants Were Entitled to Rent Stabilization 90 West Street: Converted from office use to 410 apartments in 2005 Tenants at two FiDi rental buildings scored a major victory on June 25 when New York State’s highest court ruled that they had been […]

Idyl Thoughts “Very hot and still the air was, Very smooth the gliding river, Motionless the sleeping shadows,” was how Henry Wadsworth Longfellow described a summer of his memory. We thought of these words when we observed two children playing above, on a lawn that they miraculously had all to themselves. At moments like this, […]

Pasture Prime BPCA and CB1 to Host Discussion of Ball Fields Resiliency Plans Tonight The Battery Park City ball fields were largely destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but expedited repair work allowed them to reopen the following spring. Tonight (Thursday, July 25), the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and Community Board 1 (CB1) will […]

Dulce et Decorum Est… City Council Overrules CB1 on Naming Tribeca Intersection for NYPD Officer Killed in Iraq New York City Police Officer and U.S. Army Staff Sergeant James McNaughton: born April 13, 1978; died August 2, 2005. The City Council on Tuesday overturned a preliminary determination made by Community Board 1 (CB1) last October, […]

Jitney Jeremiad Bumptious Bumpkins Make for Bus Bumpy Ride for Locals The free Downtown Connection shuttle has been skipping stops around Battery Park in the wake of concerns that it is being used by fraudulent ticket hawkers, as a prop in swindling tourists to purchase fake passes to the Statue of Liberty. Lower Manhattan community […]

A Super-Tall Laid Low Stalled Tower at 125 Greenwich Street May Be Headed to Foreclosure The 88-story building, where construction work has stalled due to financial setbacks, is slated to house more than 270 apartments. The troubled residential tower at 125 Greenwich Street (near the corner of Thames Street) may be facing foreclosure by lenders […]