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Eyes to the Sky March 4 – 17, 2019

At this moment every year, we meet to observe with delight the first signs of spring in the sky, before the earth thaws. The increasing light and heat of the Sun and the re-appearance of spring stars Regulus and Arcturus in the evening sky are heralds of flowering elm trees, blooming willows and alders, redwing blackbirds, and,...
Arcturus and the Sun

In Memoriam: Tom Goodkind

Lower Manhattan has lost a leader, an advocate, an artist, and a renaissance man. Tom Goodkind died on Thursday morning, after waging a long battle against chronic illness. He was 65 years old. A longtime resident of Gateway Plaza, in Battery Park City, Mr. Goodkind also served for decades on Community Board 1 (CB1), where...
Tom Goodkind

Gray or Green, or Somewhere in Between?

The plan to use a City-owned lot to create 123 permanently affordable housing for low-income seniors on the site of a public garden in Little Italy took a major step forward on Tuesday, when Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer endorsed the plan, with some conditions. The proposal has been controversial since its announcement in 2014,...
The proposed Haven Green senior housing facility would create 123 affordable housing units for seniors, while also incorporating a new open space, which would be smaller than the existing Elizabeth Street Garden.

The Cost of Living (Here)

Governor Andrew Cuomo is attempting to revive and revise his congestion pricing plan that died in the face of political opposition a year ago, this time with support from Mayor Bill de Blasio. Both politicians tout the plan as a way to raise revenue for the beleaguered subway and bus systems, as well as commuter...

Dishonesty at the Dispensary

A Lower Manhattan pharmacist has been convicted of a multi-million dollar Medicaid fraud scheme involving drugs prescribed to treat HIV and AIDS. On Friday, State Attorney General Leticia James announced that Hin Wong, who operated the New York Pharmacy (located at 131 Walker Street, in Tribeca) had entered a guilty plea to a single count...
The now-shuttered New York Pharmacy, at 131 Walker Street, was the headquarters for a Medicaid swindle that defrauded the State out of millions of dollars, prosecutors allege.

Sophisticated Launch

On February 13th, Valentines Day eve, more than 800 guests joined Lower Manhattanites Samantha and Steve Sendor for the 2019 release party of their annual Sophisticated Weddings magazine. This year’s cover features “S.W.A.T.” star David Lim, and his (model)fiance Marketa Kazdova Sophisticated Weddings, born in 2012, has become the premier resource for those planning to...
Capitale