9/11 museum deal only halfway there
The settlement made between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the National Sept. 11 Memorial is a crucial step forward toward resolving the year-long financial impasse that has...
View ArticleSupport Lower East Side BID expansion
Since its inception in 1992, the Lower East Side Business Improvement District has been a boon to businesses on and around Orchard and Allen Streets by keeping the streets clean and drawing in crowds...
View ArticlePolice must follow the rule of law
Judge Richard J. Sullivan, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, made the right decision when he recently ruled that the New York Police Department illegally arrested large...
View ArticleHurricane evacuation map
Mayor Bloomberg has ordered a mandatory evacuation of Zone A, an area that includes much of lower Manhattan along the Hudson River and East River area. Battery Park City residents, in particular, are...
View ArticleHow to reach us while our offices are in flux
Due to the enormous impact of Hurricane Sandy, please look for the next issue of Downtown Express Saturday, November 3, 2012. Feel free to contact us using the following information: Editor: Josh...
View ArticleAs the lights come on after Sandy
Downtowners once again are coming together, helping their neighbors — so the comparisons between Hurricane Sandy and 9/11 are natural. The key difference is that the devastating and tragic loss of life...
View ArticleA word about NYC Reconnects
Since Superstorm Sandy hit our shores, some of you have been able to move back and continue with your lives without much change. But for some other Downtown residents and businesses, the storm has...
View ArticleSandy-battered businesses need grants
In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, small businesses throughout Lower Manhattan have once again found themselves in an economic swamp. Shuttered mom-and-pop shops along Front Street, Avenue C and...
View ArticleA park still worth building
Superstorm Sandy has brought new emphasis to questions surrounding Hudson River Park, but one thing remains unchanged: It needs money. The storm showed that much of the park can withstand heavy floods...
View ArticleFighting the good war on guns
After another bloody mass shooting — this time at the Newtown elementary school in Connecticut — we are once again left numb and feeling helpless at the senseless violence. Twenty-six lives wiped out —...
View ArticleHurting from betrayal over Sandy relief
Condemnation was swift last week for the House Republicans’ heartless abandonment of people devastated by Hurricane Sandy. No one put it better than Representative Peter King of Long Island. He said...
View ArticleStormy lessons from South Ferry
As the governor and mayor put together their own plans to protect New York City and State from future storms, they would be wise to visit the case of South Ferry — if not the storm-damaged subway...
View ArticleMore park space needed in Hudson Square
The City Planning Commission approved a major rezoning for an 18-block area of Hudson Square at the end of last month. Propelling the rezoning is Trinity Real Estate, which feels legalizing residential...
View ArticleThe first step to a solution for Soho’s street vendors
At its January full board meeting, Community Board 2 unanimously passed a resolution calling on Mayor Bloomberg and the city to take steps toward dealing with chaotic street congestion caused by the...
View ArticleQuinn’s middle way
It’s become de rigeur for our top city officials to all give annual State of the City addresses. As it turns out, these speeches are about more than simply raising one’s profile, and, in fact, offer...
View ArticleHigh noon at high court on same sex marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court next week will be concluding oral arguments on two major marriage equality cases On March 26, the federal lawsuit challenging the Defense of Marriage Act filed by Downtown...
View ArticleStill searching for trust at the Seaport
Another year, another big plan to “save” the Seaport. Downtowners have coexisted with corporations running the Seaport mall for a few decades. There have been some good initiatives, and some great...
View ArticleLower Manhattan is with you, Boston
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” Mister Rogers’ moving words are as useful...
View ArticleScouts earn badge of shame
Perhaps after years of digging in their heels amidst mounting P.R. problems, the Boy Scouts of America thought they could garner some favorable press with the recent announcement that gay members would...
View ArticleSimple ways to start solving the school overcrowding problem
The wait continues for solutions to Lower Manhattan’s perennial school waitlists. In a sense, the problem is unavoidable, given the city until now has decided not to make accurate population...
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