Author: Robert Simko

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Not-So-Okay Corral DOT Overrules Community Concerns about Delivery Bike Facility in Tribeca The new cargo-bike corral on Warren Street, intended for use by Whole Foods in making local deliveries. The City’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has ignored calls from Community Board 1 (CB1) to address concerns of...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Life and Death in the Estuary Outside Our Windows Dead menhaden in North Cove. Over the past few days, downtowners have witnessed extremes of life and death in the Hudson River—a humpback whale exploring the waterway, flipping its tail as if to wave at the Statue of Liberty;...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News ‘Liberal in the Streets, NIMBY in the Sheets’ Margaret Chin Pushes Back Against Racially Charged Pasquinade Above: The “Chinzilla” poster that critics of City Council member Margaret Chin created to express their criticism of her record. Below: Margaret Chin: “To who seek to poison the well with misinformation...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News ‘Affordable Housing is Unaffordable’ Stringer On New Yorkers Being Priced Out of Their Communities City Comptroller and mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer New York City Comptroller, mayoral contender, and Lower Manhattan resident Scott Stringer took part in a candidates’ forum last Saturday, as part of the annual West Side...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Jenny from the Block Veteran Local Activist Seeks City Council Seat Jenny Low, whose record of community leadership in Lower Manhattan is decades long, is running for City Council. Jenny Low, a longtime Lower Manhattan activist and community leader, has entered the race for the City Council seat...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Shelter Skelter Another Day, Another Court Ruling about 52 William Street On Thursday afternoon, Justice Anil Singh of the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division granted a temporary stay, which has the effect of halting once again the planned transfer of more than 200 men from the...