Re: Washington Street... NYPD used to keep a car there on certain nights to prevent people from cutting through Washington street in order to expedite their access to the tunnel. In recent months however I notice they are reverting to simple barriers which are useless. What we really need is cameras and digital fine$. I see so many people running red lights, making rights on red.. it is simply beyond belief. And they know better. A few hundred dollars in fines will hammer some sense into those who choose to ignore the rules. The big problem is the one way toll! Make it two way and most of this nonsense will simply disappear. — Rohin on Seen & Heard: Holland Tunnel Traffic Study Is Mainly About Soho

Is Amanda Culpepper on the board of America First? — Anonymous on There’s a Pro-Trump March in Tribeca Today

"Do not assume that anyone in Chin’s office is aware of the problem" - Is this her 2017 campaign slogan? — James on Seen & Heard: Holland Tunnel Traffic Study Is Mainly About Soho

Is that Urban Decay piece yours, Erik? HAHA! — KP on Seen & Heard: Holland Tunnel Traffic Study Is Mainly About Soho

BRILLIANT! — Mark on There’s a Pro-Trump March in Tribeca Today

This is really great news! — Sal on Trader Joe’s Is Opening in Soho

Now I get it. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Holland Tunnel Traffic Study Is Mainly About Soho

They should get a sign or something to notify people — Ben on Seen & Heard: Holland Tunnel Traffic Study Is Mainly About Soho

It's been having one for months. It's not really a sample sale so much as a discount clothing store. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Holland Tunnel Traffic Study Is Mainly About Soho

Is the store at 412 Broadway having a sample sale? — Ben on Seen & Heard: Holland Tunnel Traffic Study Is Mainly About Soho

Ya got me again! Happy April 1! — FiDiFred on There’s a Pro-Trump March in Tribeca Today

Good one! — Sheila on There’s a Pro-Trump March in Tribeca Today

Well done! You totally had me in the first paragraph. — Dan Kohn on There’s a Pro-Trump March in Tribeca Today

If a teen hasn't committed a crime why would they worry about be videotaped (need immunity)? hahahahahahaha! — Jim Smithers on What Cops Have to Say About the Teen Hooligans

OMFG! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4368936/Sad-somber-Ivanka-Trump-strolls-NYC-streets-solo.html — Jim Smithers on Seen & Heard: The Name of the New Kids’ Store

There goes the neighborhood. You know it's time when you have to start buildings on top of buildings!? ;) Any news on the Hotel... unfortunately seems to be at a dead stop again... would be a good addition to our little neck of the neighborhood — Rohin on Washington Street in Flux

Citi Bldg on Greenwich Street — Derek on Where in Tribeca…?

Nope and nope... — Erik Torkells on Where in Tribeca…?

Walked by there this morning. The existing North building already steps forward much more than the South building. — IJM on Seen & Heard: Grand Banks’s Reopening Dates

This has gotten to the point where teens can't (or won't) go to BPC or Brookfield for fear they will be painted with the same broad brush of guilty just because they are teens. If two (or more) boys are seen together, they are presumed a member of TMW or one of the offending kids. When my son finds himself getting video-taped by a stranger as he walks in BPC, I think things have gotten out of hand. Perhaps crimes have been committed and/or people harrassed - and there is no excuse for that and those people should face their punishment - but let's not assume every kid in this neighborhood is a thug. That is misguided. — Local Parent on What Cops Have to Say About the Teen Hooligans

I'm aware that words change in meaning over time. (I've read Nietzsche as well.) I didn't realize its use here was intended to evoke the pre-Robespierre era. Noted. The crux of my argument is not that bad behavior doesn't warrant police attention — it's that only unlawful behavior does. Do you really think it's necessary to involve the NYPD because four kids threw their empty lemonade bottles onto a field? If their identity is known — as is repeatedly claimed — it would be pretty easy to find out where they attend high school / where they live and notify the appropriate parties. And, much like you reserved the right to use an "extreme example" for dramatic/rhetorical effect, I cited those particular incidents for the same purpose. That said, when there is a serious crime, OF COURSE the police should be called — which is why it's incredibly hard to believe that a parent who, along with his/her child, was physically assaulted would not have called the police. It's also surprising that the owner of a vehicle that sustained physical damage would not have filed a police report. TL;DR: It's unfair to complain about police inaction if there are no reports for them to act on. If, however, every unlawful act committed by "Tribeca's Most Wanted" was reported and subsequently ignored or mocked by the police, then it would absolutely and unequivocally open them to criticism. — Michael Commonsense on What Cops Have to Say About the Teen Hooligans

it's the top of a protective bollard. location is the hard part... corner of hudson and worth? brookfield place? — safe as milk on Where in Tribeca…?

I wasn't offering non-US citizens as an explanation why Tribecans aren't notifying the police. I was using them as an extreme example of anyone who has reason to be wary to going to the police. And "terrorize" was a word long before what we currently think of as terrorists ever existed. The crux of your argument is that the bad behavior doesn't warrant police attention—but as proof, you cherry-picked the three least egregious examples. Do you think the police shouldn't be concerned about these incidents? —Throwing glass bottles down into the ballfields. —Approaching kids and pulling out out a fake gun. —Spitting at a taxi driver. —Stealing the tip jar from Pick-a-Bagel. —Calling someone a faggot and spitting on him. —Throwing rocks at taxis and other cars. —Skateboarding on the hood of a car, causing damage. —Knocking adults and younger kids to the ground. — Erik Torkells on What Cops Have to Say About the Teen Hooligans

This "Tribeca's Most Wanted" nonsense is really getting out of hand. "The precinct’s commanding officer, Mark Iocco (above left), led things off with a report of crime statistics from the past month, but as we shall soon see, they don’t include unreported crimes, which calls their usefulness into question." What else do they have to go on apart from crimes that were ACTUALLY reported? Do we want them to read the minds of neighborhood residents? It's also insulting and incredibly insensitive to trivialize the very real suffering of non-U.S. citizens by offering them as a possible explanation for why quick-on-the-draw Tribeca residents aren't notifying the police of these oh-so-serious run-ins with teenagers. Perhaps people haven't called 9-11 because, upon further reflection, they realize that their claims of being "terrorized" are overblown and dramatic. Here are three such examples: "Two adults in surgical masks stopped a 13-year-old boy by Gristedes and asked him for money." "3 teenagers were bothering some girls that were sitting in the ballfields terrace. The mom of one of them approached and asked them to leave. They didn’t like it and started shouting." "A man, pregnant wife, and their little boy came out of the movie theater (around March 4), when some kids started bothering them. Goldman Sachs security guard had to interfere and ask them to leave them alone and leave the alley..." Do you REALLY think these warrant police attention? Do you REALLY think these qualify as crimes? These people are completely lacking in self-awareness. By using words like "terrorizing," they're effectively comparing these sorts of low-level incidents to what's currently going on in a place like Mosul. It's frankly disgusting and shameful. Get a grip. — Michael Commonsense on What Cops Have to Say About the Teen Hooligans

Excellent news. And I'd love to see the minutes. tribecacitizen@gmail.com — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: “The Gargoyle Hunters”