Authority puts in more green to woo Asphalt Green
By Julie Shapiro
An Upper East Side fitness nonprofit was designated this week as the operator of the new Battery Park City community center.

Homeless man helped as vacant lot is secured
By Julie Shapiro
A vacant lot on Greenwich St. just south of the World Trade Center site has sprouted weeds and garbage, leading residents to call it an eyesore.

Artistic shed at a corner near you

Advocates forum

OBITUARY: Friedlander, 95, councilmember who fought for the less powerful, dies

5 more stories to go for Fiterman

Gardeners pack it up for the season
By Chelsea-Lyn Rudder
The gardeners of Liberty Community Garden packed up their plants and perennials Oct. 10 with a sense of optimism that was not reflected by the day’s dreary autumn weather.

City & residents going in different directions on Fulton
The city Dept. of Transportation made several small changes to the intersection of Fulton and Gold Sts. after residents complained that it was unsafe for pedestrians, but residents say more changes are needed.

Rector St. bridge reopens, elevator still a work in progress

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Thompson says open Park Row & consult with the community
By Josh Rogers
A Mayor Thompson would have a simple message if his police commissioner warned him to keep Park Row closed for security purposes: Open it.

The candidates on Pier 40 and the Sanitation Garage

Only some school issues are for parents, mayor says   
By Julie Shapiro  
Parents do not need a role in decisions like new school sites or school zoning, Mayor Michael Bloomberg told Downtown Express last Friday.  

Bloomberg says his powers are limited at the W.T.C.
By Josh Rogers
Mayor Bloomberg told Downtown Express last week that “things I am responsible for” at the World Trade Center are moving well, and added that officials have no choice but to offer a good deal to W.T.C. developer Larry Silverstein.

Bloomberg now thinks marriage vote is possible
BY DUNCAN OSBORNE
Less than a month after defending his support for Republican state senators saying he could get their votes for gay marriage, Mayor Mike Bloomberg said conservatives in that body will not support what the mayor termed “our number one priority” at a recent campaign event with gay supporters.

Thompson: Mayor has helped opponents of gay marriage
BY DUNCAN OSBORNE
Weeks after Mayor Mike Bloomberg first said that the prospects for enacting gay marriage in New York this year were “zero, zero,” only to backtrack and offer a rosier assessment, Bill Thompson, Bloomberg’s rival in this year’s mayoral race, said that the mayor was an obstacle to winning that right.

Kazan: Vilified namer of names, socially conscious auteur
BY TRAV S.D.
Body of work contrasts ‘controversy that plagued its creator’

Celebration of culture merits more than cult following 
BY SCOTT STIFFLER 
Asian ‘Third Wave’ Americans define identity by being themselves