Author: Robert Simko

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper A Taste for Learning Annual Seaport Food-a-Palooza Returns Saturday More than 30 Lower Manhattan restaurants are slated to participate in tomorrow’s Taste of the Seaport. The 11th Annual Taste of the Seaport festival will come to the South Street Seaport tomorrow (Saturday, October 16), with food...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Athens Bound BPCA Chair will Depart to Serve as Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis, the chairman of the Battery Park City Authority since 2018 (shown here chatting with residents protesting in Rockefeller Park, in July 2021) is likely to step down, after being confirmed as President...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Open Restaurants, Closed Neighborhoods Concerns Raised about Proposal to Make Sidewalk Dining Permanent State Assembly member Deborah Glick leads a rally in opposition to a plan that would expand and make permanent restaurant use of sidewalks and streets. Elected officials and local leaders are mobilizing against...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Local Heroes Annual Ranking of Most Powerful Manhattan Leaders Includes 11 Downtown Doyens Above: U.S. Congressman Jerry Nadler at the podium, with State Senator Brian Kavanagh behind him. Below: State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou The highly regarded local political journalism outlet City & State has released...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘The Courage To Do What’s Right’ The Battery Hosts Moving Memorial to New Yorkers Who Suffered Preventable Deaths Speakers at the dedication of the New York Gun Violence Memorial, on the Oval lawn of the Battery, included former U.S. Congresswoman (and gun-violence victim) Gabby Giffords (second...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘All Collective Judgements Are Wrong’ Governor Announces Funding to Protect Against Hate Crimes Above: Governor Kathy Hochul: “By their very nature, hate crimes strike at the heart of our democratic values.” Below: State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou: “It starts with education. It starts with understanding. And we...