BEEKMAN SHELTER AT CB1 MEETING
The city’s Department of Shelter Services will be at this evening’s Community Board 1 Quality of Life Meeting — Wednesday, Jan 17, 6p, at the board office conference room at 1 Centre, room 2202A-North. You can also watch live on Webex here.

NEW PRESIDENT FOR BPC
The Battery Park City Authority appointed Raju Mann as president and CEO in late November. Mann is an urban planner who has worked on planning, housing, parks and infrastructure challenges for almost 20 years in New York City. He joins BPCA from the design and engineering firm Arup, where he was an associate principal and the city planning leader for the East Coast working on transportation, housing policy, and climate adaptation projects. Prior to Arup, Mann was the director of land use and deputy chief of staff for the City Council. He grew up in Morningside Heights and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Johanna Peet. He received his BA in philosophy from Columbia University and his master’s in urban planning from the University of Michigan. He is a board member of MoMA PS1 and on the advisory board of the New York Housing Conference.

OPEN HOUSE AT CHURCH STREET SCHOOL
Church Street School for Music & Art will host an open house on Saturday, Jan. 27, from 11a to 2p, for students aged 6 months to 18 years. RSVP here to try their most popular Early Childhood and Group Music classes at no cost. All experience levels are welcome.

MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA BUYS ITS BUILDING
The Museum of Chinese in America has bought its building at 215 Centre St. in Chinatown for $51.1 million from a firm called Grand Machinery Exchange, city records show. Department of Finance records also show that the city provided a mortgage of $39.4 million.