Author: Robert Simko

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 6/29/21 ~ Protests to Save Rockefeller Park Continue as Bulldozers Back Away, For Now

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Monumental Error? Protests to Save Rockefeller Park Continue as Bulldozers Back Away, For Now Above: Children and their parents spread out picnic blankets in front of earth-moving equipment, laid down and refused to move, thus preventing the start of construction. Below: The area of some of the oldest...
Protests to Save Rockefeller Park Continue as Bulldozers Back Away, For Now

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 6/28/21 ~ Residents Rally for a Voice in Decision about Locating Planned Memorial in Rockefeller Park

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Pause the Saws Residents Rally for a Voice in Decision about Locating Planned Memorial in Rockefeller Park Battery Park City resident Tristan Snell: “This is being presented as a fait accompli and a done deal. We’re supposed to have a democratic process with decisions like this. But the...
Battery Park City resident Tristan Snell: "This is being presented as a fait accompli and a done deal. We’re supposed to have a democratic process with decisions like this. But the reason the memorial is being put here is they didn’t feel like they had to do that here, because Battery Park City is a State-run Authority." photo: Bob Schneck

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 6/25/21 ~ Community Leaders React to Cuomo Plan for Yet Another Monument in Battery Park City

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘This Project Will Forever Be a Symbol of Failure’ Community Leaders React to Cuomo Plan for Yet Another Monument in Battery Park City A rendering of the design for Governor Cuomo’s planned Essential Workers Monument, which is slated to take up 29,000 square feet of space in Rockefeller...
Governor Cuomo’s planned Essential Workers Monument,

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ Goodbye, Mrs. Chips

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Goodbye, Mrs. Chips Valediction for a Local Legend Janet Lovell, who will retire at the end of July after 35 years of service at the Battery Park City Day Nursery, plans to return to her native Belize. Multiple generations of local residents will gather this afternoon (Thursday, June...
Janet Lovell, who will retire at the end of July after 35 years of service at the Battery Park City Day Nursery, plans to return to her native Belize.

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newwspaper ~ 6/23/21 ~ News Analysis & Opinion Housing Costs and Predictability in Battery Park City

Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage News Analysis & Opinion Housing Costs and Predictability in Battery Park City BPCA president and chief executive officer B.J. Jones At the Battery Park City Authority, we make it a point to regularly communicate with our community’s residents—renters and owners alike—about our role in managing, maintaining, and improving...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/22/21 ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ State Legislature Passes Bill That Offers Path Forward on Affordability

Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Can We Get It Right This Time? State Legislature Passes Bill That Offers Path Forward on Affordability State Senator Mike Gianaris, sponsor of the Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act Whoever is elected to the various offices representing Lower Manhattan residents today, they will have to grapple with...