Month: July 2021

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/29/21 ~ ‘This Was, And Will Always Be, Our Home’

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘This Was, And Will Always Be, Our Home’ A Pillar of the Community Considers His Next Chapter Above: The beginnings of Battery Park City Below: Mr. Ouranitsas and his staff clearing snow after a blizzard in the mid-1990s Behind the glittering facades of a neighborhood like...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newsaper ~ 7/28/21 ~ BPCA Announces New Advisory Commission to Consult on Location and Design of Essential Workers’ Monument

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Home Rule BPCA Announces New Advisory Commission to Consult on Location and Design of Monument BPCA chairman George Tsunis (center) confers with Pause the Saws protest leaders in Rockefeller Park on July 1. The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) announced Wednesday the formation of a Battery...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/27/21 ~ September 11 Survivors May Lose Rights to Compensation After Thursday Registration Cut-Off

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Urgent Deadline September 11 Survivors May Lose Rights to Compensation After Thursday Registration Cut-Off There is a drop-dead date approaching for all individuals who may someday wish to file a claim with the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund (VCF). Such people are required to register by...
The morning of September 11. photo: Alison Simko

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newsaper ~ 7/26/21 ~ Who Will Be Short Changed? Local Leader Thinks Locally, Acts Nationally

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Who Will Be Short Changed? Local Leader Thinks Locally, Acts Nationally United States Congressman Jerry Nadler New York is losing its voice, on the installment plan. From a peak of 45 seats in the House of Representatives (in the two decades preceding 1953), the Empire State...
Community leader Robin Forst

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/23/21 ~ Community leaders and education advocates are fuming over an apparent about-face by the City’s Department of Education

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Question: When Is a Promise Not a Promise? Hint: When the Department of Education Gives Its Word Above: Tricia Joyce, chair of Community Board 1’s Youth and Education Committee: “Gyms are really important. They are part of our infrastructure, but the DOE treats them like an...
Trinity Place School

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/22/21 ~ Construction Milestones and Hiring Mark Progress Toward Planned Arts Venue at World Trade Center

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper What’s Up, PAC? Construction Milestones and Hiring Mark Progress Toward Planned Arts Venue at World Trade Center Above: The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center, at the World Trade Center under construction. Below: As it will appear by day. Lower Manhattan is two steps closer to...