Author: Robert Simko

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Fleeing Heliopolis Nadler Sponsors Legislation to Clip Wings of Whirlybirds Above: Congressman Jerry Nadler: “For decades, New Yorkers have been plagued by excess helicopter noise and have had their lives put in danger by non-essential flights.” Below: Passengers aboard a “doors-off” tourist flight banking over...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Packet Racket Survey Data Shows Ferry Ridership Became More Moneyed and Monochrome During Pandemic The ferry terminal on the Esplanade (near Vesey Street), where the City inaugurated in August a new ferry service between Battery Park City and Staten Island. This is part of a...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage What Did Rudy Know and When Did He Know It? Nadler Presses City Hall to Release Documents from 2001 about City Hall’s Awareness of Ground Zero Health Risks Above: Congressman Jerry Nadler: “We have yet to see a full accounting of what then-Mayor Giuliani and...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Dispossessed Edifices A Pair of Downtown Marquee Properties Seized by Lenders Above: A rendering for the super-tall tower once proposed for 80 South Street, a property that is now in foreclosure on its $175-million mortgage. Below: The tallest Holiday Inn in the world, located at...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Alluvion Alarm Federal Report Foresees Rising Water in Lower Manhattan High tide flooding at the Battery may become a once-every-three-days event in decades ahead, according to a new federal report. A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the federal scientific agency...

Bandwidth Chicago, a drumline and dance group from Chicago, at Wagner Park on Sunday. The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage ‘A General Feeling of Neglect And Disrespect From the City’ Niou Allocates $20 Million for Asian Communities, Argues Against Proliferation of Shelters in Chinatown State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou: “We must...