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CB1 supports Cordoba move Downtown amidst zoo of a meeting
BY John Bayles
The good, the bad and the ugly were all on display at Community Board 1’s full board meeting on Tuesday night at 3 Legged Dog Studios.
Local pols push 9/11 health care bill through committee
BY Meghan Neal
U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney and Jerry Nadler paid a visit to ground zero on Sunday to highlight a 9/11 health care bill that has been dragging through Congress for nearly nine years.
Whoa Elley! New college has unexpectedly high turnout
BY Helaina N. Hovitz
The Financial District is now home to a private, 42,000 square-foot, two-year college as a result of a recession-induced demand for new career training.
Oysters and oil make for surprising pageant
BY Helaina N. Hovitz
Who knew seahorses, oysters, and other unlikly creatures swim amid the assorted garbage floating along the Hudson River?
Underwater passage celebrates 60th birthday
BY Michael Mandelkern
Measuring 1.7 miles, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is the longest underwater tunnel in North America. The underwater passage, which serves approximately 44,000 vehicles commuting between Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn everyday, celebrated its 60th birthday on May 25.
Visit from Irish pres sheds light on hunger there and here
BY Aline Reynolds
Twenty-two third graders anxiously awaited Irish President Mary McAleese’s arrival at the Action Center to End World Hunger on Sunday.
Educating Downtown youth on hunger epidemics
Dialogue to continue on Asphalt Green’s BPC campus
BY John Bayles
Senior staff from Asphalt Green attended a Community Board (CB) 1 committee meeting on Monday to present for the first time a defined vision of the non-profit’s campus in Batter Park City, slated to open in January 2012.
List of Downtown Memorial Day Activities
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Passing the LMDC bucks, yet again
BY Josh Rogers
The city is passing the ball of unspent 9/11 money back into the LMDC’s court.
Storied NY Downtown Hospital is ready for anything
BY Nikki Dowling
It’s 3:30 p.m. – a peak time in the emergency room of New York Downtown Hospital, which has experienced a 30 to 35 percent increase in patients since Saint Vincent’s Hospital closed last month.
Local schools use grant money for hi-tech toys
BY Aline Reynolds
Technology teacher Renny Fong can’t get enough of his school’s new whiteboards. His elementary students at P.S. 130, the Hernando DeSoto School, can travel in real time using Google Earth to learn geography, and dissect frogs using Flash Interactive, right on a screen for the entire class to see.
Cuts to parks and education rile up audience
BY Ishita Singh
Community members, concerned about steep cuts to the city’s education and parks and recreation departments, flocked to the Borough of Manhattan Community College in Tribeca for a borough-wide budget meeting hosted by the New York City Comptroller’s office Monday night.
Squadron honors Hughes for community work
BY John Bayles
Catherine McVay Hughes is vice chair of Community Board 1; however she was absent from Tuesday’s full board meeting, and for good reason. She was in Albany, being honored at the recommendation of State Senator Daniel Squadron for her role as a community leader in Lower Manhattan, the senator’s district.
C.B. 3 A-lister Sevigny?
Survey says, Downtown population swelling
BY Alison Bowen
Michelle Ibero and her husband moved downtown to start a family.
Bill seeks to raise $2 billion for MTA
P.S. 89 packs the house
No live tigers but plenty to see, hear and feel
BY Michael Mandelkern
There may not be any live animals at “TIGERS The Exhibition: Tracking A Legend,” but visitors might learn more about the near-extinct species there than they would in a zoo.
Storefront improvement program underway; more to come
BY John Bayles
The much-anticipated storefront improvement program along the crossroads of Fulton and Nassau is underway. This week the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) in cooperation with the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) announced the installation of the first five storefront renovations. |
