Year: 2020

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 7/1/20 ~ Justice Belayed ~ Appeals Court Considers Whether to Let Stand Decision About Two Bridges

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage  Active in the BPC community since 1994 Barbara.Ireland@Sothebys.Realty Justice Belayed Appeals Court Considers Whether to Let Stand Decision About Two Bridges A recent hearing before the Appellate Division court of New York’s First Judicial Department indicates that the controversial plan to erect four massive new towers in the...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/30/20 ~ Greater Goods and Lessor Evils Gateway Affordability Protections Expire Today; Discussions Continue

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Greater Goods and Lessor Evils Gateway Affordability Protections Expire Today; Discussions Continue Rent stabilization at Gateway Plaza expires today (Tuesday, June 30). Despite more than two years of behind-the-scenes negotiations between the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and the LeFrak Organization (which operates the complex), no agreement has...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/29/20 ~ Vendor, Vidi, Vici

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Vendor, Vidi, Vici Advocacy Group and Council Member and Score Win for Street Vendors Street vendors—who are mostly ineligible for benefits like unemployment or health insurance, and have recently suffered losses of more than 80 percent of their usual revenue—will no longer be subject to enforcement by the...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/26/20 ~ A Leader Takes Leave ~ CB1’s Outgoing Chair Anthony Notaro Reflects on Decades of Service as He Passes the Torch

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage A Leader Takes Leave CB1’s Outgoing Chair Reflects on Decades of Service as He Passes the Torch Anthony Notaro has been a member of Community Board 1 for two decades, and has served as its chair since 2016. Anthony Notaro, a Lower Manhattan community leader for decades and...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/24/20 ~ City Plans Black Lives Matter Street Mural for Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Centre Stage City Plans Black Lives Matter Street Mural for Lower Manhattan Mayor de Blasio helps paint the mural in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn last week. Lower Manhattan will soon have new piece of street art: the Administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has commissioned a Black...