Governors Island Trust Announces City’s First Public Hybrid-Electric Ferry; Invites Public to Name It The Trust for Governors Island and the administration of Mayor Eric Adams have announced plans to bring the City’s first hybrid-electric ferry into service next year. The new vessel, now under construction in Louisiana, will accommodate up to 1,200 passengers and...

Downtown Sisters Singled Out by Global Search for Academic Talent A pair of sisters who live in Battery Park City and attend PS/IS 276 have been identified as among the brightest students in the world by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY), a gifted-education program for school-age children, which is affiliated with...

New Affordability Protections Enacted Last Year for Lower Manhattan Residents Not Yet Available The process of delivering a package of affordability to benefits to Lower Manhattan residents who have long been excluded from them is inching forward. In 2022, State Senator Brian Kavanagh led the successful push for legislation to extend four protections that have...

Rat Poison Sprinkled on Battery Park City Sidewalks Endangers Pets Rodenticide spread along South End Avenue and Rector Place has caused serious illness in at least one dog, and poses a threat to others. At Tuesday evening’s meeting of Community Board 1, District Manager Lucian Reynolds announced, “someone has been putting rat poison on South...

Leaders Oppose Hochul Plan to Lift Development Cap A coalition of elected officials representing Lower Manhattan is pushing back against a proposal by Governor Kathy Hochul to repeal a longstanding limit on the density of residential real estate development in New York City. Since 1961, the City’s zoning code has prohibited residential buildings with a...

Venerable Neighborhood Institution Succumbs to Rising Rents The pizza emporium on South End Avenue that has served generations of Lower Manhattan residents, Picasso, abruptly shut down on Friday evening, after months of uncertainty over whether it would be possible to renew the lease on terms that would allow the store to remain in business. Owner...