Author: Robert Simko

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Race and Class A Lower Manhattan Community Leader Considers How Much Has Changed and How Much Still Needs To Change CB1’s Pat Moore: “Young people would tell me I haven’t had their experiences and they’re right. But I know how much has changed and that not all cops...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Shack Attack After Officers Are Accidentally Sickened at Downtown Shake Shack, Police Unions Allege Deliberate Poisoning The Shake Shack at the Fulton Transit Center, where three officers were accidentally sickened by contaminated milk shakes. Three NYPD officers were hospitalized on Monday evening, after ingesting what they believed was...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Pushing for Peace of Mind Local Leaders Urge Heightened Federal Response to September 11 Mental Health Issues On September 15, 2001, Lower Manhattan residents, traumatized yet resolute, assembled at a Canal Street basketball court to hear from community leaders like Bob Townley (at left, addressing the crowd) and...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘A Fraudulent Scheme to Evade the Rent Stabilization Laws’ FiDi Renters Seek Recompense for Years of Rent Overcharges; U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Overturn Tenants’ Victory A map, compiled by New York University’s Furman Center (which advances research and debate on housing, neighborhoods, and urban policy) illustrating the dozens...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Bull Headed City Pushes Plan to Move Iconic Sculpture Away from Bowling Green “Charging Bull,” the iconic bronze statue that has been staring down Broadway, near Bowling Green, since 1989. The City’s Public Design Commission (PDC) is slated to consider on Monday a controversial plan that would move...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Changing Lanes CB1 Wants to Claim Park of the Pike for Cyclists A proposal to create more space for cyclists would close to traffic the right lane of the southbound side of West Street, between Canal and Chambers Streets. Community Board 1 (CB1) is calling upon City and...