Jan 29, 2025 · Marte, Community Leaders Decry Updated Plan for New Jail. The Adams administration released updated sketches for its new Manhattan Detention Complex (MDC) on Friday, and disclosed new details about the project’s budget and timeline, which have now swelled to $3.7 billion and stretched to 2032.

Aug 28, 2024 · 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 …

Jan 31, 2025 · Local Schools Panel Rejects Push to Offer Elite Admissions Exam in Multiple Languages. The Community Education Council (CEC) for District 2 of the New York City public school system has voted to reject a proposal that would have called upon the City’s Department of Education (DOE) to offer the specialized high school admissions test …

2 days ago · City Agencies Wrote a Quarter-Million Summonses in Lower Manhattan Last Year, But Placard Enforcement Mostly Targets the Handicapped. Various agencies of City government issued nearly a quarter of a million summonses for parking violations in Lower Manhattan during 2024, according to statistics available from the NYC Open Data portal, resulting in slightly more than $22.1 million in revenue ...

Jan 30, 2025 · The City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has completed a rehabilitation project on the streetscape adjoining a historic structure at 22 Reade Street, in the Civic Center neighborhood. The building at 22 Reade dates from 1875 and is the work of an architect whose name is lost to ...

Brookfield Place Moving to Zero-Carbon Electricity by Year’s End. By the close of 2024, all electricity at Brookfield Place will be supplied by zero-emissions hydropower, part of a larger push by Brookfield Properties to convert its entire New York City portfolio to clean, renewable power as of December 31, and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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 beyond) to raise awareness about the role New York ...

The departing administration of President Joe Biden is delivering a gift to what is shaping up to Lower Manhattan’s next great public space. The federal Department of Transportation (DOT) is tapping into its Reconnecting Communities grant program to allocate $2 …

Nov 20, 2024 · Single Mom Scammed by Ticket Hawkers Highlights Pattern of Persistent Crime Downtown. The recent case of a single mother with two small children, who was conned by swindlers selling bogus tickets to the Statue of Liberty at Battery Park, illustrates an ongoing case of lawlessness in Lower Manhattan.

Aug 19, 2024 · Shouldn’t the primary concern of the BPCA be Battery Park City..I read the entirety of “There is Desperate Need Elsewhere’” and the BPCA never addressed the future of the 600 apartments still stabilized in Gateway.