Year: 2021

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/6/21 ~ Vandals Emblazon Downtown Buildings with Symbols of Hate

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Malignant Motif Vandals Emblazon Downtown Buildings with Symbols of Hate Video surveillance footage depicts three suspects wanted for questioning by the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit, shown here as they approach the Goldman Sachs building at 200 West Street, before affixing anti-semitic decals to its facade. Three...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 7/2/21 ~ BPCA Promises to Change Location of Controversial Memorial

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘This Site Is Off the Table’ BPCA Promises to Change Location of Controversial Memorial BPCA chairman George Tsunis (center) confers with Pause the Saws leaders Kelly McGowan, Greg Sheindlin, and Eric Gyasi. On Thursday morning, Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) chair George Tsunis took the unusual step of...
BPCA chairman George Tsunis (center) confers with Pause the Saws leaders Kelly McGowan, Greg Sheindlin, and Eric Gyasi.

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/1/21 ~ Protestors Continue to Block Destruction of Rockefeller Park, as BPCA Announces Pause

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘Each of These Days Is a Victory’ Protestors Continue to Block Destruction of Rockefeller Park, as BPCA Announces Pause The occupation of Rockefeller Park lawn by residents protesting plans to bulldoze the space, in order to make way for a planned monument, continued for a third consecutive night...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 6/30/21 ~ Welfare of Residents Should by BPCA’s Top Priority, Says Homeowner’s Coalition President

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Homeowner’s Rebuttal Welfare of Residents Should by BPCA’s Top Priority, Says Homeowner’s Coalition President Pat Smith, president of the Battery Park City Homeowner’s Coalition: “There are people in City Hall and Albany who would like to get even more. They work in the shadows and pressure the BPCA...
Pat Smith

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 6/29/21 ~ Protests to Save Rockefeller Park Continue as Bulldozers Back Away, For Now

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Monumental Error? Protests to Save Rockefeller Park Continue as Bulldozers Back Away, For Now Above: Children and their parents spread out picnic blankets in front of earth-moving equipment, laid down and refused to move, thus preventing the start of construction. Below: The area of some of the oldest...
Protests to Save Rockefeller Park Continue as Bulldozers Back Away, For Now

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 6/28/21 ~ Residents Rally for a Voice in Decision about Locating Planned Memorial in Rockefeller Park

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Pause the Saws Residents Rally for a Voice in Decision about Locating Planned Memorial in Rockefeller Park Battery Park City resident Tristan Snell: “This is being presented as a fait accompli and a done deal. We’re supposed to have a democratic process with decisions like this. But the...
Battery Park City resident Tristan Snell: "This is being presented as a fait accompli and a done deal. We’re supposed to have a democratic process with decisions like this. But the reason the memorial is being put here is they didn’t feel like they had to do that here, because Battery Park City is a State-run Authority." photo: Bob Schneck