Click here to listen to “Good Morning Scotland” featuring a special interview with Matthew Fenton, editor of The Broadsheet about the 15th anniversary of 9/11
“The South End Avenue redesign is a major development project masquerading as a transportation safety initiative. The World Trade Center complex is a shopping mall disguised as a train station that was built at public expense and still went $2 billion over budget. We need to hold government accountable, and to make it transparent.” Don...
To the editor, Just wanted to tell all our friends and neighbors that we developed warm and caring relationships with during our tenure at Gateway Plaza “Happy Birthday.” Even though we live in Florida our hearts are still in Battery Park City especially during this time of year. We say ‘Happy Birthday’ because on that...
Alone among the aspirants for the 65th Assembly district seat, Alice Cancel can speak not only of what she hopes to do as a member of the Assembly, but of what she has done. That is because Ms. Cancel was elected in April of this year, to serve for the two remaining months of the...
As a result of winning a special election held in April, Alice Cancel served the remaining time in Sheldon Silver's term in the Assembly. She is now running for a full, two-year term.
Most of the labels that were coined after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 are succinct and direct: “heroes,” “responders,” “martyrs,” and “evil-doers” all come to mind. Each conveys instantly and without ambiguity who is being talked about. But 15 years later, there is one category still in search of a rubric. What do...
Post 911 meeting with community leaders and elected officials on the basketball court, north of Canal Street on the Avenue of the Americas
The Gateway Plaza Tenants Association (GPTA) will honor United States Senator Charles (“Chuck”) Schumer at its annual gala tonight, Friday, September 9, in recognition of his leadership and efforts on behalf of Battery Park City, and the City of New York as a whole. GPTA president Glenn Plaskin says, “we’re honored to present Senator Schumer...