Year: 2020

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 5/4/30 ~ What Comes Next? Assembly Member Proposes Post-CV19 Pandemic New Deal

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage What Comes Next? Assembly Member Proposes Post-Pandemic New Deal State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou: “We must take this moment to fundamentally rethink government, and establish policies that prioritize the struggling many, not the wealthy few — while ensuring that the wealthy pay their fair share, so we have...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 5/1/20 ~ Rate of Confirmed CV19 Infections Among Lower Manhattan Residents Rises Slightly

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage A Bump in the Curve, But Trend Remains Favorable Rate of Confirmed Infections Among Lower Manhattan Residents Rises Slightly A total of 660 residents of Lower Manhattan have tested positive for the pandemic coronavirus, which translates into 75 new local cases, or a jump of approximately 12.8 percent, in...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 4/30/20 ~ Downtown Alliance Throws a Lifeline to Lower Manhattan Small Businesses

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Merchant Munificence Alliance Throws a Lifeline to Lower Manhattan Small Businesses Jessica Lappin, president of the Downtown Alliance: “There is not one storefront business in New York City that has been spared by COVID-19. Every one of them is struggling. We are stepping up to do what we...
Jessica Lappin, president of the Downtown Alliance

The BroadsheetDAILY 4/29/20 ~ Remembering a Fallen Healer ~ A Local Leader Recalls Tribeca’s Nisar Quraishi

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Remembering a Fallen Healer A Local Leader Recalls Tribeca’s Nisar Quraishi Nisar A. Quraishi, MD (1947 – 2020) Russ Schulman, a longtime resident of Tribeca and the associate executive director at Manhattan Youth, says of Dr. Nisar A. Quraishi, “he was my primary care physician for decades, and...
Nisar A. Quraishi, MD

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 4/28/20 ~ Data Scientist Finds That Downtown Footpaths Impede Social Distancing

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Where the Sidewalk Forfends Data Scientist Finds That Downtown Footpaths Impede Social Distancing This online data visualization map shows the prevalence of streets in Lower Manhattan deemed too narrow for effective distancing from passersby. Although Lower Manhattan is among the communities least affected by the pandemic coronavirus anywhere...