Update June 12, 2013- The Tribeca CB1 met tonight and the Hudson River Park Trust CEO, Madelyn Wils, was supposed to deliver an update on the mysterious Pier 26. However, she was “called to Albany” and could not attend. Also notably absent was Peter Braus, Chairman of the Tribeca committee.
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Update June 15, 2013- Downtown Express is confirming that there is now no longer any child on the kindergarten waitlist in Downtown. Also, PS 150 likely will not move.
Update June 11, 2013– By Steven E. Greer, MD
PS 89 recently opened a 4th kindergarten class to make room for the kids on the waitlist. However, the PS 276 waitlist remained. We have learned that PS 89 has now opened a 5th kindergarten class, possibly allowing PS 276 waitlisted kids to move in. We are awaiting comment from the school.
Update May 17, 2013– By Steven E. Greer, MD
PS 89 opened another kindergarten class, and all of the parents on the waitlist seem to have been offered spots. The school wrote, Continue reading
July 3, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
At the Battery Park City (BPC) subdivision of the Community Board 1 meeting last night, a local man who lives by the Vesey Street ferry boat slip on the north side of BPC was once again expressing displeasure with the noise created by the older boats. Over the years, he has requested that the noisier boats dock on the south side of the slip, away from his building. The CEO of the NY Waterway company, Paul Goodman, was Continue reading
(Center, Bob Townley who runs Manhattan Youth, From Clockwise: Former Chairman of the BPCA, Bill Thompson, Former President/CEO of the BPCA, Gayle Horwitz, BPCA senior executive Anne Fenton, Community Board 1 Chair, Katherine McVay Hughes, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Community Board 1 member Jeff Galloway)
April 4, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD
BatteryPark.TV previously reported on the CB1 resolution that was passed last November which requested the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), FEMA, and other organizations to preferentially provide funds for Bob Townley’s Manhattan Youth community center to help with post-Hurricane Sandy repairs. We questioned the appropriateness and fairness of this since Manhattan Youth is not part of Battery Park City and the BPCA.
It is now clear why the CB1 had the chutzpah to make such a request. Continue reading
Opinion June 20, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
When the LeFrak-owned Gateway Plaza went off the Mitchell-Lama rent stabilization program several years ago, it made it possible for LeFrak to sell the property. It has been rumored that neighboring Brookfield Properties was interested in purchasing it. We believe that Brookfield should purchase the parking garage on South End Avenue, demolish it, and build a better commercial real estate and parking structure complex.
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(From the Fika website)
Meet Håkan Mårtensson – our master in the art of chocolatering!
Born and raised in the heart of the Swedish south, Håkan knew from an early age that he would devote much of himself to tickeling people’s taste buds with the wonderful world of chocolate. Blessed with a very vivid imagination and a unique dedication to his art of choice, Håkan established himself at a very young age as one of Europe’s most respected and admired chocolatiers, and went on to enjoy a long and acclaimed career at Sweden’s top chocolate house.
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June 25, 2013- With the passage in the state legislature of the amendment to the Hudson River Park Trust Act that allows revenue to be raised via the sale of air rights, the fate of the alternative revenue raising plan, the NID-tax, seemed uncertain at best. Recall, one camp wanted to sell air rights over Pier 40 to raise funds to maintain the facility and the other camp wanted to levy a new NID-tax.
During the monthly Community Board 1 meeting tonight, Continue reading