The BroadsheetDAILY – 6/3/22 – An End to Binary Ballots? Gender Requirements for Some Elected Offices Sparks Calls for Reform

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage An End to Binary Ballots? Gender Requirements for Some Elected Offices Sparks Calls for Reform Eleanor Roosevelt Ever wonder why New York State has legal quotas limiting how many women can be elected as district leaders? Blame Eleanor Roosevelt. Some background: A district leader is...

The BroadsheetDAILY – 6/2/22 – Entry for the Gentry; Heave-Ho for the Hoi Polloi

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Entry for the Gentry; Heave-Ho for the Hoi Polloi Analysis By Housing Group Cites Threats to Affordability in Lower Manhattan Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City A leading housing advocacy organization has conducted an exhaustive look at threats to affordability in every community in the...
Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City

The BroadsheetDAILY 6/1/22 Last Type of Cancer Excluded from World Trade Center Health Program and Compensation Fund May Be Covered

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Ex Utero Last Type of Cancer Excluded from World Trade Center Health Program and Compensation Fund May Be Covered Above: Female survivors of and responders to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, such as NYPD detective Carol Orazem (shown here at the World Trade...
Female survivors of and responders to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, such as NYPD detective Carol Orazem (shown here at the World Trade Center site in the days after the attacks) will likely soon be eligible for treatment and compensation if they develop uterine cancer as a result of exposure to toxic debris.

The BroadsheetDAILY – 5/31/22 – Public Comment Period for South BPC Resiliency Plan Open Now

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Wagnerian Vigilance Public Comment Period for BPCA’s Plans to Build Flood Walls and Elevated Landscaping Concludes Friday Short, animated videos of the future Wagner Park and surroundings help illuminate plans for the South Battery Park City Resilience project that will begin construction soon. For several...

The BroadsheetDAILY – 5/26/22 – CB1 Wants a Voice in How to Allocate BPCA Funds Collected Here, Sent Elsewhere

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage ‘A Seat at the Table’ CB1 Wants a Voice in How to Allocate BPCA Funds Collected Here, Sent Elsewhere Battery Park City buildings line Rockefeller Park along River Terrace. Local leaders are demanding a commitment from elected officials and the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA)...