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4 days ago — Local Leaders Request Federal Intervention on 5G Towers Planned for Lower Manhattan. Read more. Share. October 29, 2024.
‘I Need to Keep My Kids Safe’ - The Broadsheet
Jan 4, 2024 — The tight squeeze on Barclay also leads to frayed tempers. Luis Barros, a senior special educator at Hawthorne, recalls being shoved out of the way by a limousine driver picking up at the hotel, who wanted to park in a space needed by a school bus. Among the more prosaic consequences of the commandeered bus stop is that Hawthorne’s fleet of ...
Noble Sanctuary - The Broadsheet
Noble Sanctuary. Homeless Shelter with Comprehensive Services Poised to Open in FiDi. A new “safe haven” homeless shelter for single adults is scheduled to open at 105 Washington Street by the end of this month. Originally announced in 2020, and initially planned to debut two years ago, the facility was delayed by the Covid pandemic and ...
Keeping His Own Council - The Broadsheet
Nov 8, 2023 — Marte Reelected to Represent Lower Manhattan in City Legislature. Incumbent City Council member Christopher Marte won his bid for reelection on Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Helen Qiu to earn another term representing Lower Manhattan in the municipal legislature.
High Marks - The Broadsheet
Aug 28, 2024 — High Marks. Local Elementary Schools Earn Top Grades from Parents, Students, and Staff. An analysis of data from the City’s Department of Education gauging parent, student, and teacher satisfaction with Lower Manhattan elementary schools documents broad approval across multiple categories. These results are derived from the 2022-2023 School ...
Current Affairs - The Broadsheet
This is an international coalition of more than 300 large property owners, managing more than $50 trillion in assets, who have committed to supporting the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner. “In the years since,” he says, “every Brookfield subsidiary has been working to align with that commitment.”.
Road to Freedom - The Broadsheet
Sep 29, 2024 — Law Passes to Create Trail of Historical Markers Related to Slavery. On September 12, the City Council unanimously voted to ratify the Road to Freedom Act, a bill sponsored by member Christopher Marte that will impanel a 13-member task force of government officials and academic experts to plan an urban historical trail in Lower Manhattan (and …
Contact Us - The Broadsheet
Mar 19, 2022 — Thank you Matthew Fenton for being the only reporter to give a complete account of the protests against the jail about to go up in Chinatown unless we are able to stop it.
Fertile Ground - The Broadsheet
Oct 7, 2024 — The BPCA composting program used to accept only raw fruits and vegetables, but the new system can process cooked food, plus breads, meats, and even small bones. Once activated, the metal paddles of the machine will turn continuously. After food scraps are poured into a hatch at the top, the material is churned for about two weeks and then ...
Air Power - The Broadsheet
Nov 15, 2023 — Mayor Seeks to Make Lower Manhattan Hub for Electro-Copters. Mayor Eric Adams on Monday, November 13, announced a plan to transform the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (located on the East River waterfront at Pier 6, near the intersection of Coenties Slip and South Street) into the nation’s first aerodrome for electric helicopters, while also creating a …