On Thursday March 15, the National Lighthouse Museum will present Bill Miller, an international authority on the subject of ocean liners and cruise ships. Mr. Miller will give a 45 minute talk about the Port of New York and all the great ships that have visited. Includes will be those great ships of the past,...
A new analysis from an online real estate marketplace, StreetEasy, finds that three Lower Manhattan neighborhoods are among those where market conditions are most favorable to homebuyers, and least advantageous to sellers. The evaluation, released Thursday by StreetEasy’s senior economist Grant Long, documents that Tribeca is the fifth-most auspicious environment for buyers anywhere in the...
On February 16, 2018, Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc. hosted the 141st Annual George Washington Birthday Ball in honor of George Washington and to benefit Fraunces Tavern Museum. Even Martha danced at George’s party. This year’s Distinguished Patriot Award was presented to Robert M. S. McDonald of the United States...
Ambrose Richardson, President of the SRNY with Robert M. S. McDonald of the United States Military Academy, the evening's honoree and Fraunces Tavern Museum Executive Director, Jessica B. Phillips.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has reorganized its network of Express Bus service between Staten Island and Manhattan, announcing 21 new consolidated routes. Two of these planned routes will bring as many as a dozen large buses into Battery Park City each rush hour. The SIM7 and SIM33 routes are slated to exit the Hugh...
This MTA map illustrates how two new Express Bus routes from Staten Island are planned to divert from West Street into northern Battery Park City, to discharge passengers.
A pair of Albany lawmakers representing Lower Manhattan have been appointed to committees in their respective houses of the State legislature that work on areas of acute concern to Downtown residents. State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou has been named chair of the Assembly Subcommittee on Catastrophic Natural Disasters, which is a subsidiary panel of the...
Last week, a new bill that adds caveats to the measure signed by Governor Cuomo in December, setting aside two seats on the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), passed both houses of the State legislature. The revised measure, which was ratified by the Assembly on Tuesday and the Senate on Wednesday, will...
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."
