Author: Robert Simko

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/8/21 ~ CB1 Weighs In on Plans for Essential Workers Monument in Battery Park City

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘Memorial Fatigue’ CB1 Weighs In on Plans for Essential Workers Monument in Battery Park City BPCA chairman George Tsunis: “We have come to the end of memorials in Battery Park City. We are suffering from memorial fatigue.” During a five-hour meeting of Community Board 1’s Battery...
BPCA chairman George Tsunis: “We have come to the end of memorials in Battery Park City. We are suffering from memorial fatigue.”

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/7/21 ~ Plan for Monument to Essential Workers to Be Discussed at CB1 Meeting Tonight

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘A Rushed and Flawed Process’ Plan for Monument to Essential Workers to Be Discussed at CB1 Meeting Tonight Several days of meetings and rallies focused on the controversial proposal to build a memorial to essential workers who served during the pandemic will culminate tonight (Wednesday, July...
Rockefeller Park

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