East River Begins to Rival the Hudson as a Waterfront Destination Although the Hudson River Park has emerged in recent years as a focus of Lower Manhattan community life, it increasingly faces competition. Planning and development for an East River waterfront park are roughly a decade behind the political dialog and physical construction surrounding the...

Affordability Advocates Rally to Delay Agency Vote on Five World Trade Center A rally to demand a larger-than-planned number of affordable housing units at the last remaining development parcel in the World Trade Center complex drew elected officials and community leaders to the steps of City Hall on Monday morning. The Coalition for a 100...

The New York State Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) has issued yet another version of proposed boundaries for the New York State Assembly, which restores the lines of the districts representing Lower Manhattan to almost exactly where they were before the process began. For more than a decade, Lower Manhattan straddled two Assembly districts. Southern Battery...