Author: Robert Simko

EYES TO THE SKY October 4 – 17, 2021 Protect Earth’s night, essential to life on Earth

EYES TO THE SKY October 4 – 17, 2021 Protect Earth’s night, essential to life on Earth FOOD FLIGHT — Nocturnal pollinators like this moth in the Eupithecia family were long thought to have little food crop value. But a three-year study on apple trees at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Experiment Station...
FOOD FLIGHT — Nocturnal pollinators like this moth in the Eupithecia family were long thought to have little food crop value. But a three-year study on apple trees at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Experiment Station shows nocturnal pollinators do just as much pollinating as non-native honeybees during daylight hours. Photo courtesy of Dr. Stephen Robertson, all rights reserved.

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/6/21 ~ New Rental Building in Hudson Square Contains 30 Affordable Units

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Flats for the Frugal New Rental Building in Hudson Square Contains 30 Affordable Units The new rental building at 111 Varick Street contains 100 apartments on 30 floors, with 30 units set aside as affordable homes. Downtown’s roster of affordable rental apartments will soon expand by...
111 Varick Street contains 100 apartments on 30 floors

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/5/21 ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ World Trade Center Health Program Faces Funding Shortfall

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper An Ill Wind Blows World Trade Center Health Program Faces Funding Shortfall Kimberly Flynn, the director of 9/11 Environmental Action: “With the cost of healthcare and prescriptions rising, it is critical that the World Trade Center Health Program keep pace. Cutting services is unthinkable and unacceptable.”...
Kimberly Flynn, the director of 9/11 Environmental Action

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/4/21 ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ What Did Giuliani Know and When Did He Know It?

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper What Did Giuliani Know and When Did He Know It? Nadler Presses City Hall to Release Documents from 2001 about Awareness of Ground Zero Health Risks Above: September 11, 2001, around 3:30pm. Photograph by Robert Simko. Below: Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani at the recent 20th anniversary...
September 11, 2001, around 3:30pm. Photograph by Robert Simko©

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/1/21 ~ Too Much of a Good Thing ~ Of Monuments and Markets and the Right Mix

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Too Much of a Good Thing Of Monuments and Markets and the Right Mix Above: The Hurricane Maria Memorial at River Terrace and Chambers Street. Below: The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Battery Park City is blessed with a lot...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/30/21 ~ Lower Manhattan Becomes Reluctant Hollywood on the Hudson with Most Film Permits in City

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Lights, Camera, Aggravation Lower Manhattan Becomes Reluctant Hollywood on the Hudson with Most Film Permits in City A film crew prepares to shoot a scene on a street in Lower Manhattan, the location of 22 percent of all production permits issued in the City. According to...