Author: Robert Simko

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/28/20 ~ ‘A Fraudulent Scheme’ ~ FiDi Renters Win Recompense for Years of Illegal Rent Overcharges at 63-67 Wall Street

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News ‘A Fraudulent Scheme’ FiDi Renters Win Recompense for Years of Illegal Rent Overcharges Residents of the luxury rental tower at 63-67 Wall Street will soon be $5 million richer. Rentals tenants in a Financial District building, who sued their landlord to demand restitution for years of illegally high...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/25/20 ~ Quatrain Alley ~ Words Come to Life Amid New Installation in Battery Park City

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Quatrain Alley Words Come to Life Amid New Installation in Battery Park City Poets House—a library, creative space, and meeting place that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry, while cultivating a wider audience for the art—will celebrate its tenth anniversary in...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/24/20 ~ Make-Believe Mennonite Market Denouement ~ Amish Market to Close in Tribeca

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Make-Believe Mennonite Market Denouement Another Much Admired Downtown Small Business Says Goodbye The Amish Market in Tribeca will close its doors before the end of September. In another symptom of the life-and-death struggle being waged by small businesses against the economic downtown triggered by the pandemic coronavirus, the...
The Amish Market location in Tribeca, which will close its doors before the end of September.

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/23/20 ~ Downtown Alliance Distributes Masks at Lower Manhattan Schools

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Pedagogical Prophylaxis Alliance Distributes Masks at Lower Manhattan Schools Above: Spruce Street School dismissal, pre-pandemic. Below: Downtown Alliance president Jessica Lappin helps deliver 4,000 PPE masks to the Spruce Street School. The Downtown Alliance has distributed 28,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) masks to seven Lower Manhattan schools, for...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/22/20 ~ Bionomics Begins at Home ~ BPCA Launches Ten-Year Sustainability Plan

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Bionomics Begins at Home BPCA Launches Ten-Year Sustainability Plan The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has begun implementation of a landmark plan to “achieve progressive sustainability targets over the next decade, and lay the groundwork for continued sustainability action after 2030.” “Even in the midst of present challenges,...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/21/20 ~ Getting a Corner on the Market ~ Retail Developer Wins Years-Long Struggle for Control of Legendary Bank Building at 23 Wall Street

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Getting a Corner on the Market Retail Developer Wins Years-Long Struggle for Control of Legendary Bank Building The former headquarters of J.P. Morgan & Company at 23 Wall Street, vacant for more than a decade, may soon house new retailers. When the financial upheaval unleashed by the pandemic...