In the new State budget, Governor Andrew Cuomo has pledged $50 million to complete the Hudson River Park, which was originally slated for completion in 2006. But this offer comes with a large string attached: his political sparring partner, Mayor Bill de Blasio, must match this with $50 million in City funding. This total of...
The recent announcement that the State and City will contribute a total of $100 million toward the completion of the Hudson River Park may overstate how important those allocations actually are.
The suffering continues for tenants of 85 Bowery, who were driven from their homes on January 18, after inspectors from the City’s Department of Buildings (DOB) determined that an interior staircase in the building was unstable, and in danger of collapsing. More than 75 residents of the building — including 17 young children and dozens...
The scene at 85 Bowery on January 18, when residents were notified in the middle of the night that they had to vacate the premises immediately.
Law enforcement sources confirm that both Federal and State prosecutors have begun probes into the financial irregularities that brought construction of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, within the World Trade Center complex, to a halt in December. As first reported in a story that appeared in the National Herald, a newspaper that focuses on...
Prosecutors have begun to examine the finances of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church within the World Trade Center site, where construction work was halted in December, after cost overruns converged with alleged financial irregularities in the management of funds by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. The striking design (shown here in a rendering) by architect Santiago Calatrava, who also created the nearby Oculus, has made the structure one of Lower Manhattan's most eagerly anticipated new buildings.
Two City agencies that have separate jurisdiction over adjacent halves of the same plot of land in Tribeca have allowed a potentially unsafe condition to fester for several years, according to a recent discussion at Community Board 1 (CB1). “The Parks Department called me back after a year,” Bob Townley said at the March 20...
The dog run on Warren Street, which occupies the southern half of a Tribeca lot that has been troubled by substandard pilings beneath the surface, while the City's Parks Department has delayed making repairs.
Throughout the remainder of this month, the Museum of Jewish Heritage (36 Battery Place, near First Place) will host a multi-week remembrance of the Holocaust, which will continue through April 26. During this period, admission to the Museum is free, and operating hours are extended to 8:00 pm on Mondays through Thursdays. Programs for the...
The Museum of Jewish Heritage will host a series of free programs throughout April to commemorate the Holocaust.
The Battery Park City community lost its oldest business and a cherished local institution on Wednesday, when the Battery Park Pharmacy closed down after 35 years of dispensing medicine and comfort to residents. “We have served three generations of people who live here,” recalled a tearful Yon Kwack, the store’s owner. “We now have grandchildren...
