Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed the amended version of the bill (enacted in December, 2017) that requires residents be appointed to the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BCPA). In its revised form, the bill now imposes limits and criteria that will narrow which residents could be appointed to the Authority’s board. The language...
Governor Andrew Cuomo's December 17 "signing memo" approving a law to appoint Battery Park City residents to the Authority's board: "There are technical concerns that would make it difficult to make sure the Battery Park City [Authority] board can function effectively. The Executive has secured an agreement with the Legislature to pass legislation in the upcoming session to address these concerns. On that basis, I am signing this bill."
The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) will host an “Open Community Meeting” tonight (Wednesday, June 6), from 6:00 to 7:30 pm, at Six River Terrace (opposite the Irish Hunger Memorial and next to Le Pain Quotidien restaurant). Residents are urged to attend, hear a presentation from Authority staff on their vision for the community, and...
CB1's Battery Park City Committee chair Tammy Meltzer: "This plan is still very much a work in progress."
The Greenmarket at Oculus Plaza, the open-air farmer’s bazaar in the World Trade Center, will be returning for its second year at the newly rebuilt complex, starting today and continuing each Tuesday through October 30. Among the dozen-plus vendors who will populate this year’s market are 1857 Spirits/Barbers Farm Distillery (offering handcrafted potato vodka from...
The Greenmarket at Oculus Plaza is a continuation of a popular outdoor emporium that opened in 1984, making it one of the first of its kind in New York City, and was abruptly discontinued on September 11, 2001.
On Tuesday, the City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) reversed itself and rescinded a package of proposed rule changes to its approval process that would have removed from public review several categories of modifications to legally protected historic structures. Among these changes was one that would have had a significant impact on Lower Manhattan: a plan...
The dozens of glass panels are each lenses focused to direct light into a specific area on the building's basement, transforming it into viable workspace in the years before electricity.
A new study concludes that four Lower Manhattan neighborhoods are among the most expensive communities in New York to rent an apartment. In an analysis by the RentCafe real estate blog RentCafe, Tribeca places first as the most expensive neighborhood in Manhattan, or anywhere in the five boroughs, with an average monthly rent of $5,586,...
Battery Park City: The third-most expensive community in which to rent an apartment.
A bill that adds caveats to the measure signed last December by Governor Cuomo, setting aside two seats on the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), has passed both houses of the State legislature and is now on the Governor’s desk, awaiting his signature. The bill (if approved by Mr. Cuomo, as appears...
Governor Andrew Cuomo: "There are technical concerns that would make it difficult to make sure the Battery Park City [Authority] board can function effectively. The Executive has secured an agreement with the Legislature to pass legislation in the upcoming session to address these concerns. On that basis, I am signing this bill."
