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Category Archives: City Hall & Civic Center
Pete Wells panders to Tom Colicchio with his review of Fowler & Wells
January 24, 2017- This week, Pete Wells reviewed Tom Colicchio’s Fowler and Wells in the Beekman Hotel (which we despised).
Review: The Odeon
December 19, 2015- by Steven E. Greer I went to The Odeon restaurant on West Broadway by Thomas Street. A PR-placed article claimed that
New Jersey woman who ran over Tribeca mom gets 2-6 years in prison
Update August 3, 2016- She was sentenced to two to six years in the clink, according to The Post.
Keith McNally’s Augustine restaurant getting close to opening in The Beekman Hotel
June 18, 2016
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Told you so. J&R by City Hall is closing
Update May 14, 2016- Two years later, the space sits empty. The real estate families are asking too much and Manhattan is becoming a city of empty storefronts.
The perpetual jobs program called The Brooklyn Bridge
May 4, 2016- Downtown Express reports, “Downtowners living near the Brooklyn Bridge are furious
Broadsheet praises Downtown Alliance safety officers who are far more incompetent than AlliedBarton
February 26, 2016- by Steven E. Greer We have previously detailed how The Broadsheet, TribecaTrib, and other local advertising fliers
The lame Manhattan GOP picks a candidate to fill Sheldon Silver’s spot
February 4, 2016- by Steven Greer I knew about this months ago when the head of the Manhattan Republican
What’s in store for Downtown in 2016
December 23, 2015- by Steven E. Greer More so than in recent memory, the new year will bring some big changes to the Downtown
Ticker-tape parade for the U.S. Women’s soccer team
By Bary Hauptman
NYPD reports no gun-related crime Downtown since 2013
June 27, 2015- DNAinfo reports, “While the number of shooting victims have gone up
Brookfield Property senior executive to run Downtown Alliance
June 14, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The secretive Alliance for Downtown announced that the new Chairman is Dennis Friedrich,
Council Member Robert E. Cornegy proposes bill to protect small businesses from eviction
March 4, 2015- Council Member Robert E. Cornegy reached out to us with video and text from
Exclusive: Have rent increases in BPC been illegal?
June 20, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV previously reported, “Exclusive: Your building is likely rent stabilized and you had no idea” in which we uncovered
Local electeds have “no comment” of support for Sheldon Silver
January 23, 2015- DNAinfo reports that key elected officials declined to comment on the Sheldon Silver arrest as the
Why does Downtown have no good pizza?
December 9, 2014- By Steven E. Greer I rarely eat pizza, but had a craving for it yesterday. I almost used Seamless to order Skinny Pizza from Hudson Eats,
Thousands of protestors clog major arteries
December 5, 2015- The numerous large protests taking place across the country, for weeks now, have made this
Woolworth building employs anti-tourist-Nazis
September 21, 2014- The Post reports, “Careful how you crane your neck in this city or you’ll be branded a tourist! One Brooklyn woman learned that the hard way as she paused to gaze upward in the ornate lobby of … Continue reading
Tip of the Week: How to dodge jury duty (legally)
August 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer There are ways to postpone jury duty in New York that are not well appreciated.