THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF LOWER MANHATTAN

*Downtown Express photo by John Bayles*

Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron led the anti-Cathie Black rally on the steps of Tweed Courthouse last Thursday
GOP Senators block debate on 9/11 Health bill Waiver for Black prompts protests and lawsuits BY Aline Reynolds To say some Downtown educators, parents and elected officials are unhappy about Cathie Black being appointed the Department of Education’s new chancellor is an understatement. C.B.1 gives thumbs up to the C.W.G. BY Aline Reynolds The Chinatown Working Group is two steps closer to its goal of meeting with citywide agencies to implement its infrastructure plans for the community. Fire Museum’s new director is man of all trades BY Helaina N. Hovitz Now that Damon Campagna has been appointed director of the New York City Fire Museum, everyone else can just go home. Campagna can conceivably do it all himself. A go-to chef shares his success By Rowann Gilman If you’re looking for information about the food business in New York City, Bernard Ros is your go-to guy. But if it’s good food, easy-going neighborhood-y feeling and recession-proof prices you’re after, his restaurant, Meli-Melo, is the place to be. Assembly backs stopgap moratorium against fracking By Albert Amateau The New York State Assembly voted 93 to 43 shortly after midnight on Monday in favor of a six-month moratorium on hydrofracture gas drilling in the state. ARTS DOWNTOWN What’s Been Happening to Baby Jane? BY JERRY TALLMER Dexter sings with ‘terrifying lion-like power’ Rising Phoenix Repertory: Keepers of the Flame BY MARTIN DENTON Company champions work that’s ‘visceral, transformative, and unforgettable’ Just Do Art! Tribeca artist’s retrospective offers many “Sensations” BY SHANE McADAMS Color, as a form of energy, ‘stimulates our perceptual processes.’	Summer’s protests positive for Cordoba and Imam BY Aline Reynolds Those who thought the myriad protests against Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s plan to build an Islamic community center blocks from Ground Zero would create a movement of opposition, instead sparked another kind of movement altogether. Nadler says country in trouble BY Terese Loeb Kreuzer There was little good news and no optimism in Congressman Jerrold Nadler’s talk to the Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association on December 6. Nadler, a Democrat representing New York’s 8th Congressional District, has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1992 and was just elected to his 10th term Ten years old and changing the world By Aline Reynolds Last week, ten-year-old Battery Park City resident Tyler Rose and his family had pizza for dinner. When they finished up around 8 p.m., Tyler had some free time to kill. On a mission to make room for everyone BY Helaina N. Hovitz On September 11th, 2001, homeless men taking refuge at the NYC Rescue Mission became first responders, handing out food and other supplies to hundreds of dust-covered workers streaming uptown. Holidays provide lesson on giving BY Aline Reynolds It’s that time of year again, when schools all around Lower Manhattan are holding gift drives, coin drives and other programs aimed at ensuring everyone has a holiday to remember. From shopping for toys to dropping change in buckets, the students are spending their free time helping out children and teens less fortunate than they are. Canal Park Playhouse is open for business BY ALINE REYNOLDS Cabaret, clowning, acrobats comprise throwback aesthetic. A ‘Swan’ is Bourne BY SCOTT STIFFLER Return of radical rethink more than the sum of its male members. Reviewing Martin Denton BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK Prolific nytheatre.com founder pioneered comprehensive coverage. Koch on Film By Ed Koch

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