Three local elected officials are urging the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio to consider a proposal to create a new, elevated tram network to help mitigate the shock from the 18-month shutdown of the L train slated to begin in 2019. U.S. Congress member Carolyn Maloney, City Councilman Stephen Levin, and State Assemblyman Joseph...
A rendering of the first phrase of the proposed East River Skyway, which would shuttle passengers between Williamsburg and the Lower East Side in five minutes.
At its December 7 board meeting, the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) for the first time allowed members of the public to comment on its proceedings. After approximately 50 minutes of deliberation about contracts and finances, Authority chair Dennis Mehiel, said, “now we have a period of public comment,” and asked the first speaker, Jeanette...
Dennis Mehiel: "Here we are. This is the first public comment, the first meeting, and we're in a debate about the protocol."
Finding solutions to our everyday quality of life concerns — sidewalk congestion, garbage piles, construction sheds, trucks parked on sidewalks, etc. requires that we better understand the root causes of the problem. With data, proper planning and solutions can be implemented. The Financial District Neighborhood Association has put together a petition to request public funding...
(Editor’s Note: This is the second in an occasional series that will explore questions and answers of City-wide significance raised at Senator Daniel Squadron’s recent Community Town Hall meeting. This installment focuses on the issue of housing affordability.) At the November 15 Community Town Hall meeting hosted by State Senator Daniel Squadron, a surprising number...
Gabrielle Sasson: "My husband and I both work in education. We're middle class. We live and work in Tribeca. But we're being forced out of our home. We're going to have to leave Tribeca for financial reasons. We can't afford to live here anymore."
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...
Robert Douglass (right), shown at a 2015 award ceremony with Downtown Alliance president Jessica Lappin and Battery Park City Authority founder Charles Urstadt.
“It’s a home run,” Robert Serpico, the retiring vice president and chief financial officer of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) says, looking out the window of his office in Brookfield Place. “The mix of residential and retail and commercial development, with one-third of the land set aside for parks and public space, plus museums...
Battery Park City Authority vice president and chief financial officer Robert Serpico: "I always knew the community had a bright future, but I could not have dreamed that it would be this positive. I feel privileged to have had a seat at this table for 30 years and to have been able to help contribute to what's out there now."
