Community Board 1 (CB1) is urging the City’s Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to reject an application by a Tribeca newsstand operator to open a second kiosk one block away from his current location. The applicant, Abdur Patwary, first came before CB1 in 2010, with a request to open a newsstand at the northwest corner...
The location of Abdur Patwary's current newsstand, at the northwest corner of Murray and Greenwich Streets.
A female student whose name has not been released was injured in a hit-and-run accident outside of Millennium High School, in the Financial District, on Tuesday morning. The student was on South William Street when a taxi struck her, throwing her to the ground, inflicting severe bruising, and causing multiple injuries to her mouth. Sources...
Fears about traffic safety in Lower Manhattan have heightened in recent years, as pedestrians have been seriously injured (as shown here, from a 2011 incident) or killed in a series of vehicular accidents. These concerns were once again underscored on Tuesday morning, when a Millennium High School student (whose name has not been released) was struck by a taxi.
A protest encampment similar in style to — but smaller in scale than — the Occupy Wall Street movement that transfixed Lower Manhattan in 2011 has claimed several hundred square feet of sidewalk space outside of the Goldman Sachs headquarters building, at northwest corner of Vesey and West Streets. The protestors arrived on Tuesday night,...
On Tuesday afternoon, protestors objecting to the appointments made by president-elect Donald Trump from the ranks of Goldman Sachs set up an encampment outside the firm's headquarters, where they plan to remain through Friday's inauguration.
If Battery Park City sometimes seems a tad buttoned down, part of the reason may be all the forms of work and trade that are officially forbidden within the 92 acres of landfill between West Street and the Hudson River. The neighborhood, although governed and managed by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), is subject...
If Battery Park City sometimes seems a tad buttoned down, part of the reason may be all the forms of work and trade that are officially forbidden within the 92 acres of landfill between West Street and the Hudson River. The neighborhood, although governed and managed by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), is subject...
A mainstay of Battery Park City’s restaurant scene will soon be almost-but-not-quite gone, and replaced by an uptown cousin. SouthWestNY, which been serving quesadillas and margaritas to Lower Manhattan residents since 1999, is a victim of changing times, according to Alexander Yellen, associate counsel at Merchants Hospitality, which owns the eatery. “Revenue has slowed, because...
Lawyer Alexander Yellen, representing Merchants Hospitality (the owners of SouthWestNY) explains to the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 the changes that will soon be coming to the restaurant.
