Year: 2020

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Pushing for Peace of Mind Local Leaders Urge Heightened Federal Response to September 11 Mental Health Issues On September 15, 2001, Lower Manhattan residents, traumatized yet resolute, assembled at a Canal Street basketball court to hear from community leaders like Bob Townley (at left, addressing the crowd) and...

Eyes to the Sky  June 15 – 28, 2020 Summer Solstice – June 20, 2020 Every day is Sun day for the month of June, when the Sun is up for 15 hours plus a few minutes most days and darkness prevails, most days, for a few minutes less than 9 hours. The longest days of the...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘A Fraudulent Scheme to Evade the Rent Stabilization Laws’ FiDi Renters Seek Recompense for Years of Rent Overcharges; U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Overturn Tenants’ Victory A map, compiled by New York University’s Furman Center (which advances research and debate on housing, neighborhoods, and urban policy) illustrating the dozens...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Bull Headed City Pushes Plan to Move Iconic Sculpture Away from Bowling Green “Charging Bull,” the iconic bronze statue that has been staring down Broadway, near Bowling Green, since 1989. The City’s Public Design Commission (PDC) is slated to consider on Monday a controversial plan that would move...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Changing Lanes CB1 Wants to Claim Park of the Pike for Cyclists A proposal to create more space for cyclists would close to traffic the right lane of the southbound side of West Street, between Canal and Chambers Streets. Community Board 1 (CB1) is calling upon City and...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘When People Answer that All Lives Matter, They are Lying’ A Lifelong Resident of Downtown Considers Blackness Within a Bubble of Privilege “This community exists largely in a bubble,” reflects Mariama James, a local leader who serves as the co-chair of the Quality of Life Committee of Community...