Letters

Dear editor: Yesterday’s BroadsheetDaily (Tues., 6/7/2016) has a great photo of an Allied Barton BPC Ambassador riding his bike on the sidewalk. I’ve seen these guys ride the wrong direction in the bike lanes, as well as on the BPC Ballfields field level walkway while kids, parents, and nannies are there for practices and general play time....

All's Fare

The 15th annual Dine Around Downtown food festival will be held today (Wednesday, June 8), from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, at 28 Liberty Plaza (enter at Nassau and Liberty Streets). More than 40 restaurants from the length and breadth of Lower Manhattan will come together, hosted by chef, cookbook author, and Food Network star...

All’s Fare

The 15th annual Dine Around Downtown food festival will be held today (Wednesday, June 8), from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, at 28 Liberty Plaza (enter at Nassau and Liberty Streets). More than 40 restaurants from the length and breadth of Lower Manhattan will come together, hosted by chef, cookbook author, and Food Network star...

FiDi Resident, Yuh-Line Niou Launches Run for Assembly Seat

Financial District resident Yuh-Line Niou has entered the race to claim the Democratic nomination for the State Assembly seat representing the 65th District, once held by former Speaker Sheldon Silver (who was convicted of corruption charges in November) and recently won in a special election by Lower East Side community leader Alice Cancel. On Monday...
Financial District resident Yuh-Line Niou declares her candidacy for the New York State Assembly: “Our schools are still overcrowded, the right of workers to organize and earn fair wages is still under attack, tenants are still being harassed out of their homes and too many families still struggle every day to make ends meet.”

Rowing Across the Atlantic

Here’s his latest post:. Harbo & Samuelsen’s day. Day 23, Monday 6th June. On this day, 120 years ago, Georg Harbo, 30 and “Frank” (Gabriel) Samuelsen, 26, started their row towards Europe. Their boat was an 18,5′ open fishing boat – a dory – similar to the boats they used when fishing and clamming off...
Dr. Hoff rowing FOXII photo by Stanley Fine

June 7

1099 – First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins. 1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and becomes law. It was passed by the House of Commons in 1628 in response to years of abuse by the King regarding forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause,...
Mississippi Segregation Photo by Marion Post Wolcott