Call Center Acknowledges Falsely Using City Council Member’s Name in Water Street Outreach

A consulting company hired to help build public support for a controversial zoning measure currently being considered by the City Council has admitted to placing calls to Lower Manhattan residents using technology that made the calls appear to come from the office of City Council member Margaret Chin. The proposal, known as the Water Street...

June 1

193 – The Roman emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. 1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky. 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. 1535 – Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis. 1660 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the...
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band "It's Wonderful to See You, It's Certainly A Thrill..."

Rowing Across the Atlantic

Here’s his latest post: “Scary Encounter! Monday 30th May, Day 16. Going slowly. Fog all day, S-SW winds, often rough seas due to tides. Hard work. Sore right back and tender right bum… But I have just finished my freeze-dried supper – game casserole – to the soothing music of Chet Baker in my cosy...
Dr. Stein Hoff began his attempt rowing across the Atlantic last week the Battery in his rowboat named FOX II, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen.

EYES TO THE SKY May 30 – June 12, 2016

Stepping out to stargaze on a late spring night is as much about the delight of finding our place in our celestial neighborhood as experiencing the rush of surprise encounters out there in the dark as life on Earth celebrates renewal. The pace has picked up. We look up and are stunned by the appearance...
Artist's illustration of the orbits of Earth and Mars, via NASA. May 30 2016.

Letters

It is long past time when the community needs to start considering a class action suit against the BPCA, the State of New York, Governor Cuomo, Brookfield and IGY to enforce the community’s right to access to the public parkland resources that Brookfield supposedly promised to ensure as part of its winning bid for the...

Skippers of Vintage Sailing Vessels Question Their Future at North Cove

Community Board 1 (CB1) has passed a resolution calling upon the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) to live up to promises about keeping in North Cove Marina historic boats that provide affordable public sailing. The resolution is based on a discussion at the May 3 meeting of CB1’s Battery Park City Committee, in which the...
Skipper Tom Berton (of Shearwater) and Pat Harris (of Ventura) explain to Community Board 1 why they fear that the Battery Park City Authority, Brookfield Properties, and International Global Yachting don't want their historic vessels to remain at North Cove Marina.