Month: June 2017

Ozarchuk Out

The new chief financial officer (CFO) at the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) is leaving, after less than six months on the job. Janet Ozarchuk has resigned from the Authority, “due to unanticipated family issues,” according to a press release. In the same statement, BPCA president Shari Hyman said, “Janet may unfortunately be leaving BPCA,...
Janet Ozarchuk came to the BPCA with decades of experience in finance, but departed after a few months, under circumstances that are disputed.

June 1

1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. 1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky. 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. 1535 –...
Quaker Mary Dyer being led to her execution on June 1, 1660.

Eat Your Vegetables

If you’re looking for locally-sourced vegetables, cheese, meat, baked goods, or even spirits, check out GrowNYC’s Water Street Greenmarket between Hanover and Broad Streets which will be opening today Thursday, June 1st. The Water Street Greenmarket began as a pop-up market through a partnership with the Downtown Alliance, but soon became a staple market place...

Landlords to Lower Manhattan Renters: Fork It Over

A study by the RentCafe real estate blog concludes that the highest average rents currently charged anywhere in America are in Battery Park City, from Vesey and Chambers Streets. Using data compiled by RentCafe’s sister company, Yardi Matrix (a data analytics tool for real estate professionals), the site concludes that rents in zip code 10282,...
This interactive map, produced by the real estate blog website, RentCafe, indicates that residential rents in northern Battery Park City are among the highest in the United States.