Year: 2020

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Pursuant to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s executive orders 202.17 and 202.18, all people in New York are required to wear masks or face coverings in public, including when taking public or private transportation or riding in for-hire vehicles. The Future of Local History Design Floated for New South...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Lower Manhattan Faces Possible Cartastrophe Council Member Pushes Back on Reopening Plans That Ban Public Transit The New York Stock Exchange partially reopened on Tuesday, but banned employees who use public transit to get there. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) partially reopened on Tuesday, after a hiatus...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Refugees Don’t Produce Refuse Less Trash and Fewer People May Explain Why Downtown Avoided the Worst Before the health crisis, Lower Manhattan experienced chronic problems with trash accumulating on local curbs, as seen here on Cliff Street, in the Financial District. Two statistical indicators are pointing toward a...

Eyes to the Sky May 18 – 31, 2020 Summer stars rise as winter stars set. Venus and Mercury meet this week Summer Triangle rising with the Milky Way, pictured here as a red band., Deneb, in the northeast, marks the left corner. May 19 at 10:45 p.m. Diagram Judy Isacoff/Starry Night One month before...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Kindred Spirits Onetime Presidential Contender and Liberal Firebrand Endorses Lower Manhattan Candidates Erstwhile presidential candidate (and possible contender for the Democratic nomination for vice president) has thrown her support behind the reelection bids of U.S. Congressman Jerry Nadler and State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou. Progressive icon and prospective...