Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) was devoted entirely to a presentation about plans to reconfigure the streetscapes on South End Avenue and West Thames Street to enhance pedestrian safety, traffic flow, and aesthetic appeal. The presentation was led by two staff members from the Battery Park...
CB1's Battery Park City Committee chair Tammy Meltzer: "There have been numerous changes to the community since 2013 -- including the opening of Brookfield Place, changes on Liberty Street, and changes in the ways that consumers shop. But South End Avenue has not changed dramatically in those five years."
State Assembly member Deborah Glick has secured passage of a bill in her house of the Albany legislature that would provide for sanctions against mental healthcare providers who practice “conversion therapy” on patients younger than 18 years old. The measure seeks to ban a pseudoscientific practice that aims to modify an individual’s sexual orientation (from...
State Assembly member Deborah Glick, who sponsored the bill to ban "conversion therapy" in New York: "Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender is not a deficiency in need of treatment. Our children must be protected from this discriminatory and damaging practice that masquerades as a legitimate mental health treatment."
The City’s Department of Parks and Recreation has taken control over a Tribeca dog park, after more than a decade during which the agency appears to have been unaware of the facility’s existence, or the fact that it bore responsibility for it. The 4,000-square-foot dog park, located on Warren Street, between West and Greenwich Streets,...
The Warren Street dog park, where the City’s Parks Department recently removed a lock installed more than a decade ago by the non-profit group that has maintained the facility for years
Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 1) evening, the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) will host a review and update about plans for improving pedestrian safety and traffic flow on South End Avenue. Because these plans have under development for several years, and some versions of the proposed design have been controversial, community leaders...
The board of the Gateway Plaza Tenants Association (GPTA) has been almost entirely reconstituted since residents stood for election last October, with a new slate of community leaders and activists taking the helm. The Association’s new president is Karlene Wiese, who is backed up by first vice president Rosalie Joseph and second vice president Honey...
GPTA members Marc Gorman, Steve Kessler, Sarah Cassell, Gail Vinisky, with President Karlene Wiese and Rosalie Joseph
The Battery Park City Authorityis in the process of developing new wayfinding signage, intended to guide motorists, bicyclists, transit users, and pedestrians along and through streets (in concert and coordination with existing New York City street signage), sidewalks, public spaces, and transition points across Battery Park City’s 92-acres. This process will result in the...
