View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Perambulation Now Permitted for All Niou’s Push to Repeal Law That Targeted Transgender People Signed Into Law Above: State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou: “I have watched trans folk get followed by cops, ‘just because.’ Doing things cis-gendered people do every day. Waiting for the bus. Walking on sidewalk. […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 2/3/21 ~ Council Member Margaret Chin and Advocacy Group Score Win for Street Vendors
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Vendor, Vidi, Vici Council Member and Advocacy Group Score Win for Street Vendors Street vendors will have more opportunity to operate legally and less reason to fear punitive enforcement by police, under a new law spearheaded by City Council member Margaret Chin. City Council member Margaret Chin, in […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 2/2/21 ~ Wariness on Water Street
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Wariness on Water Street Two Convicted Sex Offenders Residing at Homeless Shelter in Financial District The Financial District hotel, currently being used as a homeless shelter, that houses two men designated as “sexually violent offenders.” Among the hundred-plus homeless persons sheltered at the Hilton Garden Inn, located at […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 2/1/21 ~ Sounding A Lot Like the Leftists of 2011, Young Republicans Re-Occupy Zuccotti Park
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Insurrection Resurrection Sounding A Lot Like the Leftists of 2011, Young Republicans Re-Occupy Zuccotti Park Gavin Max: “These schmucks on Wall Street and in Greenwich, or wherever they are, they can do whatever the hell they want to do with no repercussions.” On Sunday afternoon, several dozen members […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/29/21 ~ Mayor de Blasio Announces Bike Path for Brooklyn Bridge
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Penny-Farthing Lane Mayor Announces Bike Path for Brooklyn Bridge The plan announced by Mayor de Blasio on Thursday evening will dedicate one traffic lane, on the Manhattan-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge, for conversion into a two-lane bike path. On Thursday evening, Mayor Bill de Blasio, at his […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/28/21 ~ City Council Member Margaret Chin Endorses Onetime Presidential Aspirant Andrew Yang Who Favors Universal Income
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Quit Your New Year’s Resolutions Early And Indulge In Restaurant Week No judgment for those of you who will want to drop those new year’s resolutions (or whatever other health kicks you’ve got going on) after reading this PSA: NYC Restaurant Week launched this week, as hundreds of […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/27/21 ~ Nadler Sponsors Legislation to Make Lower Manhattan Heliopolis No More
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Hoping to Make Whirlybirds an Endangered Species Nadler Sponsors Legislation to Make Lower Manhattan Heliopolis No More Passengers aboard a “doors-off” tourist flight bank over the Brooklyn Bridge. U.S. Congressman Jerry Nadler, who represents Lower Manhattan in Washington, has introduced legislation that would impose stricter regulations on helicopter […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/26/21 ~ Atlantic City on the East River? Mayoral Hopeful Proposes Casino Development on Governors Island
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Atlantic City on the East River? Mayoral Hopeful Proposes Casino Development on Governors Island Above: The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio plans a Center for Climate Solutions on the 33 acres of Governors Island currently available for redevelopment. Below: Mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang: “Who’s going to use that […]
Eyes to the Sky ~ January 25 – February 7, 2020 ~ Sirius, The Big Dog and Thor’s Helmet
Eyes to the Sky January 25 – February 7, 2020 Sirius, The Big Dog and Thor’s Helmet Above: Thor’s Helmet, NGC2359 Emissions nebula. Astrophotography by Mario Motta, MD. All Rights Reserved Below: The constellation Canis Major contains Sirius, the brightest star. The constellation suggests the outline of a dog, sometimes fancied to be the dog […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/25/21 ~ Restaurant Week, Annual Food Fest Puts Lavish Local Meals within Reach of Thrifty Epicures
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Moveable Feasts Annual Food Fest Puts Lavish Local Meals within Reach of Thrifty Epicures New York’s annual food celebration, Restaurant Week, has been reimagined for the era of COVID-19. What’s new is that all meals will be for takeout or delivery. What remains the same is the deep […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/22/21 ~ HRPT President Madelyn Wils, Who Oversaw Build-Out of Waterfront Park to Step Down
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Doyenne of the Estuary Departs HRPT President Who Oversaw Build-Out of Waterfront Park to Step Down Above: Music lovers relax at Pier 45 in Hudson River Park, as Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra musicians perform. Below: Outgoing Hudson River Park Trust president Madelyn Wils. Madelyn Wils, president and chief executive officer […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/21/21 ~ New Law Aims to Play Fair with Fowl ~ “There may be as many as one billion birds killed by window and glass collisions every single year in the United States,”
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News For the Birds New Law Aims to Play Fair with Fowl A woodpecker killed in a collision with a Battery Park City skyscraper. The New York City Council recently enacted new legislation that will protect birds, who are killed by the thousands each year in collisions with the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/20/21 ~ National Thoughts ~ Amid These Truths, Clarity and Complexity and Better Things to Do
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News National Thoughts Amid These Truths, Clarity and Complexity and Better Things to Do More than 10,000 marchers gathered in Battery Park just days after Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, to protest policies they viewed as reprehensible. Nobody present was able to foresee that 400,000 Americans would be dead before […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/19/21 ~ Downtown Hotelpocalypse Continues as Two Hostelries in FiDi Go to Auction After Loan Default
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Inn-plosion Downtown Hotelpocalypse Continues as Two Hostelries Go to Auction After Loan Default Above: 126 Water Street Below: 51 Nassau Street A pair of Lower Manhattan hotels will be auctioned off to the highest bidder on Thursday, after the holding company that owns the properties was unable to […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Community Gathers at the Doors of the Museum of Jewish Heritage to Condemn Racist Symbol
Community Gathers at the Doors of the Museum of Jewish Heritage to Condemn Racist Symbol Yesterday afternoon, community members and elected officials joined with students, parents, and teachers from the Battery Park City School (PS/IS 276) in front of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust to forcefully condemn the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY 1/15/21 ~ Newly Completed 750-Mile Bikeway to Canada Begins in Battery Park City
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Happy Trails Newly Completed 750-Mile Bikeway Begins in Battery Park City Lower Manhattan latest landmark—the southern terminus of the longest multi-use state trail anywhere in the United States, marked by a new kiosk along the bikeway that runs parallel to West Street, near Battery Place—was unveiled on New […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/14/21 ~ State Extends, Expands Eviction and Foreclosure Bans Credited with Saving Thousands of Lives
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Four Walls for a Few Months Longer State Extends, Expands Eviction and Foreclosure Bans Credited with Saving Thousands of Lives Above: Belongings of a homeless person. Below: State Senator Brian Kavanagh: “We are delivering real protection for countless renters and homeowners who would otherwise be at risk of […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/13/21 ~ During Pandemic and Revenue Shortfall, City Hall Prioritizes Plans for New Ferry Between Staten Island and Battery Park City
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Whatever Floats Your Boat During Pandemic and Revenue Shortfall, City Hall Prioritizes Plans for New Ferry The ferry terminal on the esplanade (near Vesey Street) is slated by summer to begin hosting an additional 60 vessels each day, carrying as many as 2,500 passengers, as the City inaugurates […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/12/21 ~ The Ongoing Retail Apocalypse Unfolding in Lower Manhattan
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Lower Manhattan Unchained Questions about What’s In Store for Local Retail Point to Glum Answer: Not Much The Gap at Broadway and Maiden Lane closed at the start of the pandemic and stopped paying rent in March, which caused its landlord to default on their mortgage in August […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/11/21 ~ Confederate Battle Flag Found Tied to Front Door of Museum of Jewish Heritage
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Vile Vexillology Confederate Battle Flag Found Tied to Front Door of Museum of Jewish Heritage The front doors of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, where a Confederate flag was found on Friday morning. The “stars and bars” standard flown by the army of the Confederate States of America, […]