Governor Signs Bill Enabling Extension of BPCA Ground Lease, Expanding Affordability Protections Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed legislation sponsored by State Senator Brian Kavanagh that will expand housing affordability benefits in Battery Park City, while also paving the way to extend the ground lease that governs property ownership within the community. The bill aims...

Wagner Park Resiliency Plan on Hiatus Pending Court Hearing Opponents of the plan to demolish and rebuild Wagner Park, with the aim of creating resiliency measures designed to protect against flooding, have reached an agreement with the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) that no demolition work will commence until the State Supreme Court convenes a...

Onetime Lower Manhattan Candidate Who Won Brooklyn Elective Race Faces Questions About When He Left An erstwhile Lower Manhattan resident and candidate for elective office Downtown recently won a bid to represent a Brooklyn district in the State Assembly, but is facing a probe by the lower house of the State legislature to determine whether...

One of Very Few Lifelong Black Residents of Lower Manhattan Elected District Leader November’s round of elections achieved a little-noticed local milestone. Longtime activist and member of Community Board 1 Mariama James won her race for a District Leader seat, representing Lower Manhattan. A District Leader is an unsalaried, elected official who represents a portion...

Downtown University Plans to Make Plaza Sweet Pace University is embarking on a transformation of One Pace Plaza, the central building of its Lower Manhattan campus, to include new academic spaces, a modernized residence hall, and a state-of-the-art performing arts center. The rebuilt theater is slated to serve not only the university’s performing and creative...

Lower Manhattan College Awarded Grant to Help Hungry Students The Borough Manhattan Community College (BMCC), headquartered in Tribeca, has received a $100,000 grant from the online retailer Amazon to help address food insecurity among its students. In addition to the cash donation, Amazon also contributed an industrial refrigerator, to enable BMCC to offer cold products,...