Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Tourists are Returning Downtown photo Dorothy Lipsky Active in the BPC community since 1994 Barbara.Ireland@Sothebys.Realty National Thoughts: Been There, Done That Theseus Aweighs Anchor on Troubled Waters WPA Photo Library of Congress We’re only halfway through 2020, but already, many of us have the sense that we will […]
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The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 7/1/20 ~ Justice Belayed ~ Appeals Court Considers Whether to Let Stand Decision About Two Bridges
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Active in the BPC community since 1994 Barbara.Ireland@Sothebys.Realty Justice Belayed Appeals Court Considers Whether to Let Stand Decision About Two Bridges A recent hearing before the Appellate Division court of New York’s First Judicial Department indicates that the controversial plan to erect four massive new towers in the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/30/20 ~ Greater Goods and Lessor Evils Gateway Affordability Protections Expire Today; Discussions Continue
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Greater Goods and Lessor Evils Gateway Affordability Protections Expire Today; Discussions Continue Rent stabilization at Gateway Plaza expires today (Tuesday, June 30). Despite more than two years of behind-the-scenes negotiations between the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and the LeFrak Organization (which operates the complex), no agreement has […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/29/20 ~ Vendor, Vidi, Vici
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Vendor, Vidi, Vici Advocacy Group and Council Member and Score Win for Street Vendors Street vendors—who are mostly ineligible for benefits like unemployment or health insurance, and have recently suffered losses of more than 80 percent of their usual revenue—will no longer be subject to enforcement by the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/26/20 ~ A Leader Takes Leave ~ CB1’s Outgoing Chair Anthony Notaro Reflects on Decades of Service as He Passes the Torch
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage A Leader Takes Leave CB1’s Outgoing Chair Reflects on Decades of Service as He Passes the Torch Anthony Notaro has been a member of Community Board 1 for two decades, and has served as its chair since 2016. Anthony Notaro, a Lower Manhattan community leader for decades and […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/25/20 ~ The Election Is Over, But the Counting Continues
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Tally Dally The Election Is Over, But the Counting Continues Incumbent Yuh-Line Niou The preliminary results in the contested race to represent the 65th Assembly District (which stretches from the Battery to Vesey Street on the West Side and traces a jagged line between Broadway and the East […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/24/20 ~ City Plans Black Lives Matter Street Mural for Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Centre Stage City Plans Black Lives Matter Street Mural for Lower Manhattan Mayor de Blasio helps paint the mural in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn last week. Lower Manhattan will soon have new piece of street art: the Administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has commissioned a Black […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/23/20 ~ Putting a Dent in Rents Pandemic and Economic Downturn Impact Local Leasing
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Editor’s Note: Today, Tuesday, June 23, voters in the Democratic primary will effectively decide the race for the State Assembly seat representing the 65th District in Lower Manhattan, which stretches from the Battery to Vesey Street on the West Side and traces a jagged line between Broadway and […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/23/20 ~ Five Questions for Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou An Agenda Driven By Public Health, Economic Justice, and Bottom-Up Constituent Concerns
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Five Questions for Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou An Agenda Driven By Public Health, Economic Justice, and Bottom-Up Constituent Concerns State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou Editor’s Note: Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 23) voters in the Democratic primary will effectively decide the race for the State Assembly seat representing the 65th […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/19/20 ~ Five Questions for Assembly Candidate Grace Lee An Emphasis on Reform, Recovery, and Relief
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Five Questions for Assembly Candidate Grace Lee An Emphasis on Reform, Recovery, and Relief Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, June 23, voters in the Democratic primary will effectively decide the race for the State Assembly seat representing the 65th District in Lower Manhattan, which stretches from the Battery to […]
Race and Class
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Race and Class A Lower Manhattan Community Leader Considers How Much Has Changed and How Much Still Needs To Change CB1’s Pat Moore: “Young people would tell me I haven’t had their experiences and they’re right. But I know how much has changed and that not all cops […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/18/20 ~ Race and Class A Lower Manhattan Community Leader Considers How Much Has Changed and How Much Still Needs To Change
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Race and Class A Lower Manhattan Community Leader Considers How Much Has Changed and How Much Still Needs To Change CB1’s Pat Moore: “Young people would tell me I haven’t had their experiences and they’re right. But I know how much has changed and that not all cops […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/1720 ~ After Officers Are Accidentally Sickened at Downtown Shake Shack, Police Unions Allege Deliberate Poisoning
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Shack Attack After Officers Are Accidentally Sickened at Downtown Shake Shack, Police Unions Allege Deliberate Poisoning The Shake Shack at the Fulton Transit Center, where three officers were accidentally sickened by contaminated milk shakes. Three NYPD officers were hospitalized on Monday evening, after ingesting what they believed was […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/16/20 ~ Local Leaders Urge Heightened Federal Response to September 11 Mental Health Issues
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Pushing for Peace of Mind Local Leaders Urge Heightened Federal Response to September 11 Mental Health Issues On September 15, 2001, Lower Manhattan residents, traumatized yet resolute, assembled at a Canal Street basketball court to hear from community leaders like Bob Townley (at left, addressing the crowd) and […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6.15.20 ~ ‘A Fraudulent Scheme to Evade the Rent Stabilization Laws’
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘A Fraudulent Scheme to Evade the Rent Stabilization Laws’ FiDi Renters Seek Recompense for Years of Rent Overcharges; U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Overturn Tenants’ Victory A map, compiled by New York University’s Furman Center (which advances research and debate on housing, neighborhoods, and urban policy) illustrating the dozens […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/12/20 ~ Bull Headed
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Bull Headed City Pushes Plan to Move Iconic Sculpture Away from Bowling Green “Charging Bull,” the iconic bronze statue that has been staring down Broadway, near Bowling Green, since 1989. The City’s Public Design Commission (PDC) is slated to consider on Monday a controversial plan that would move […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/11/20 ~ Changing Lanes CB1 Wants to Claim Part of the Pike for Cyclists
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Changing Lanes CB1 Wants to Claim Park of the Pike for Cyclists A proposal to create more space for cyclists would close to traffic the right lane of the southbound side of West Street, between Canal and Chambers Streets. Community Board 1 (CB1) is calling upon City and […]
BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/9/20 ~ ‘When People Answer that All Lives Matter, They are Lying’ A Lifelong Resident of Downtown Considers Blackness Within a Bubble of Privilege
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘When People Answer that All Lives Matter, They are Lying’ A Lifelong Resident of Downtown Considers Blackness Within a Bubble of Privilege “This community exists largely in a bubble,” reflects Mariama James, a local leader who serves as the co-chair of the Quality of Life Committee of Community […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Gauges Become Less Grim Fourteen New Cases, and One Additional Death in Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Gauges Become Less Grim Fourteen New Cases, and One Additional Death in Lower Manhattan A weekly statistical update from the City’s Department of Health indicates that 68 residents of Lower Manhattan have died from the pandemic coronavirus, while 797 have tested positive for the disease. A New York […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/4/20 ~ Flight of Fancy
Planes circle the Statue of Liberty towing banners that read “Congratulations to Federal State of New China!” View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Flight of Fancy Chinese Exile and Ex-Trump Advisor Fill the Skies over Lower Manhattan with Proclamations of a New Nation Republican political strategist Steve Bannon and fugitive Chinese billionaire Miles Guo […]