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At its Wednesday board meeting, the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) shared the preliminary findings of its two-year resiliency study, conducted by consulting firm Parsons Transportation, as part of an effort to formulate plans that will make the community more resistant to future extreme weather events, such as 2012’s Hurricane Sandy, which flooded much of...

State Assembly member Deborah Glick is sponsoring a proposed law that will (if enacted) impose a tax on residential development in New York City, to create a new, dedicated funding stream to build public schools. In a related development, two Lower Manhattan Community Boards and the Community Education Council for District 2 (which covers Lower...

Three State lawmakers representing Lower Manhattan have introduced bills in both houses of the Albany legislature that would require the governor to appoint Lower Manhattan residents to a majority of seats on the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA). State Senator Daniel Squadron and Assembly members Deborah Glick and Yuh-Line Niou are sponsoring...

A team of real-life superheroes is moving into Lower Manhattan. Doctors Without Borders, a non-profit organization that sends squads of healthcare providers and others with lifesaving skills into war zones, impoverished developing nations, and just about any other place where large numbers of innocent people are facing immediate danger of preventable death, is relocating its...

On Wednesday, Yu-Line Niou raised her right hand and said, “I do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of member of the Assembly according to the best of my...

Robert Douglass, who helped to spark and lead Lower Manhattan’s continuing resurgence as a residential community and newly vibrant business district, died Tuesday from complications related to Parkinson’s Disease. He was 85 years old. Less than 24 hours later, the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) adopted a resolution urging that the new...