Month: December 2022

Senate Fails to Consider Funding for World Trade Center Health Program The U.S. Senate failed to take action Wednesday evening on a bill that directly affects many hundreds of Lower Manhattan residents. The so-called “omnibus bill,” which is intended to pay for all government operations beyond a Friday deadline, contains a provision sponsored by New...

Rite Aid to Become Latest Local Store to Shut Its Doors Multiple sources confirm that the Rite Aid pharmacy in Brookfield Place is scheduled to close. Two employees (who asked not to be identified, because they are not authorized to speak to the press) said they have been notified that the store will cease operations...

Science Play Area Begins Construction; Long-Planned Estuarium Advances The Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) began construction last week on a new science play area at Pier 26 in Tribeca. Designed by the landscape architecture firm Olin, the plan envisions a 4,000-square-foot marine science-themed space that will include custom-fabricated giant play structures in the shape of...

Eleven-Month Investigation Comes to a Close On Friday morning, FBI agents arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly soliciting sexual contact with a nine-year-old boy online, according to legal documents reviewed by the Broadsheet. This was the culmination of an investigation that began in February, when an online user of the Scruff app calling himself “Evan”...

Governor Signs Bill Enabling Extension of BPCA Ground Lease, Expanding Affordability Protections Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed legislation sponsored by State Senator Brian Kavanagh that will expand housing affordability benefits in Battery Park City, while also paving the way to extend the ground lease that governs property ownership within the community. The bill aims...

Wagner Park Resiliency Plan on Hiatus Pending Court Hearing Opponents of the plan to demolish and rebuild Wagner Park, with the aim of creating resiliency measures designed to protect against flooding, have reached an agreement with the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) that no demolition work will commence until the State Supreme Court convenes a...