i agree with you. I just want to live in a " Safe" New York. — Native on City Council seat will require a second round of voting

Please be kind to possums! — A2 on Nosy Neighbor: There is a possum among us!

Thanks for digging deeper on this. Good information and now I know. — JC on Nosy Neighbor: There is a possum among us!

Share the world with our fellow creatures. — Marcus on Nosy Neighbor: There is a possum among us!

Thank you for showing us these real dimensions of the creative past. — Elaine Smollin on Yoko Ono’s Chambers Street Loft Series

Walking towards the voting place on Greenwich I passed a man handing out Marte brochures. I said "I'm voting for him" before looking up -- and when I did, it was Christopher himself handing out the flyers! — George Bacon on City Council seat will require a second round of voting

Thank you for letting me know. I’m vey interested in your book!! — DSSA on Yoko Ono’s Chambers Street Loft Series

A relative of mine is currently in this safe haven type of shelter. First of all, it is not an all men’s shelter. It houses both men and women. It is a safe haven type of shelter which is less intimidating/frightening to those previously reluctant to seek safety from the elements and the streets of NYC. It contains just 87 beds with a 24/7 staff of medical and social service professionals providing medical and mental care. Secondly, some people in the comments here are painting all of the people sheltered there with a very broad brush as drug addicts, sex offenders and deranged, dangerous people. FYI…the person I am referring to above is a woman in her mid-60s who never touched a drug in her life, does not drink, has never been violent, arrested or hospitalized, has a university degree, held a steady job for more than three decades, was married and abandoned by her husband when their business failed and they could no longer meet the rent. She is highly lucid, intelligent, talented and possesses a kind and ethical heart.(Perhaps some wealthy person in the neighborhood might hire someone like this and change her life?) She is part of a growing number of many atypical, less conspicuous and “invisible” homeless people who, for various reasons, have fallen between the cracks in a large city when unfortunate circumstances and/or emotional issues collided, collapsed and crashed down upon them over time…leading to life-saving scenarios such as couch-surfing, staying awake all night wherever they could without danger and eventually, over time, sleeping on subway trains when all other options failed. It took a long time before she trusted and accepted outside intervention… but at long last, she entered “the system”….and was placed at the Washington Street Safe Haven residence being discussed here. She is finally working with a social worker and other qualified individuals who will try and help her navigate the confusing, daunting bureaucracy and will, with any hope, ultimately help secure her more permanent housing and stability in her life. You know, citizens of Tribeca, we humans are vulnerable beings and we’re all pretty much possibly just a few unforeseen illnesses/tragic events/catastrophes away from calamitous outcomes and financial/emotional instability, etc. Please…some of you…don’t sound so arrogant, insensitive or unsympathetic. Bad things don’t necessarily only happen to “bad” people. — Espie on Update on the shelter coming to 105 Washington

"gross and damaging" this is good way to describe most humans, not animals — Dan on Nosy Neighbor: There is a possum among us!

Agree 100%. Anyone who enables that kind of behavior by staff is suspect. And the irony of it all is that this was happening in front of a store that 50% of the merchandise is behind glass enclosures due to the rampant, unabated shoplifting problem. The comments that "Marte can't do anything if the Mayor reduces funding" is entirely misguided. The local precincts feel pressure from local leadership and will react when pushed. The problem is no one is doing the pushing for fear of alienating the progressive "get out of jail free" caucus. His "get tough on crime" stance was to further enable the aggressive vendors in Battery Park by not banning them, but by ensuring they are licensed. Really? You think that will solve the issue? Take a look at the Brooklyn Bridge - it was finally cleaned up of illegal vendors by BANNING them. No plan. No guts. I would love to see Liz or Jess run as an independent. — Downtown Dad Reborn on City Council seat will require a second round of voting

I don’t blame them — Carmen Braxton on Morgan’s will no longer sell newspapers

Komanoff, Sure adding apartments means more household/families/kids. It also means more Amazon, food delivery and Uber. So more vehicles. There are already many restaurants and cafes - basically at a saturation point and competing against each other. Numerous empty storefront. Residents are not really shopping local, not really supporting retail. — lisa on City Council seat will require a second round of voting

Not to mention that if we keep losing population to the South and other areas, we continue to lose power at the Federal level. — malcolm on City Council seat will require a second round of voting

Your position on a fourth IPN tower -- "idiocy" / "monstrosity" -- may be popular in Tribeca, as Marte's strong win suggests. But not all of us agree, and our ranks are growing. More and more folks feel that adding 500 families, give or take, to the neighborhood will mean more people patronizing local stores, more kids in neighborhood schools and at kid activities -- in short, more life. And with less climate damage than the default policy of forcing those families to the 'burbs or the South. There are genuine issues on all sides of this matter. Let's try to keep that in mind. — Komanoff on City Council seat will require a second round of voting

I am not sure what the big deal is...its an addition which ever design is questionable. But also to a boring ugly1930s old warehouse building. Let them finish it..anything is better at this point than the black tarp and the unfinished ruin. We are not trying to save an architectural marvel. Landmarks comission needs a reality check. — Jost Eckhardt on Nosy Neighbor: What’s happening at 50 Hudson?

Fighting against idiocy or tilting against windmills? — James Bogardus on City Council seat will require a second round of voting

The fact that Chris Marte is the only one who is definitively fighting against the idiocy of building another tower at IPN - a place that does not lend itself to such a monstrosity - and will surely upset the quality of life for all in the area - is what gave him my vote! — Darla on City Council seat will require a second round of voting

You can read much more about this in my Yoko Ono biography: In Your Mind - The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono The ultimate guide to the artist’s life and work. The true story of the woman John Lennon loved. Highly acclaimed by Ono’s colleagues and friends. Now in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library Honorable Mention on The Beatles Gift Guide THE YOKO YOU DON’T KNOW! On Amazon worldwide. Signed hard cover books exclusively available from the author. — Madeline Bocaro on Yoko Ono’s Chambers Street Loft Series

Fascinating. I wish there were some video clips of the events. — Marcus on Yoko Ono’s Chambers Street Loft Series

I’ve always found Chris Marte to be pleasant and accessible and his staff helpful. (Would not say the same about Carlina Rivera). Baffled to see so many negative comments… — mst on City Council seat will require a second round of voting

Yipes. So much for *my* recall! — Tribeca Citizen on Seen & Heard: Yoko Ono on Chambers?

Craven is the word. Thank you. — malcolm on City Council seat will require a second round of voting

https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/15/369 CHAMBERS STREET LOFT SERIES December 1960 – June 1961 In December 1960, Yoko Ono rented a loft on the top floor of a building located at 112 Chambers Street, in downtown Manhattan. She intended to use the space as a studio but also envisioned it as a place to present new music and ideas, a place unlike any other in the contemporary performance scene dominated by Midtown concert halls. Ono borrowed a baby grand piano from a friend and created makeshift furniture with discarded crates, transforming the low-ceilinged, gray-paneled loft into a vibrant environment. Over the course of six months, Ono and composer La Monte Young presented numerous events by artists, musicians, dancers, and composers, the programs for which are exhibited here. Several works combined music, visual art, and performance, blurring the distinctions between mediums. On any given evening there were as many as two hundred attendees, including art-world figures such as John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, Peggy Guggenheim, Isamu Noguchi, George Maciunas, Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg. — The Walrus on Seen & Heard: Yoko Ono on Chambers?

Couldn't resist this one. I like newspapers in print, at least the Times, at least I did until the Weekend Secton got so skimpy. I like Morgan's Market, and the Trib Citizen. I live in Florida, but I visit often and used to live in New York (in 1978-79). Back when Reade Street Pub was Morgan's Grill. Any relation between that long-ago restaurant and the still-there market? Always wondered. Thanks. — Mark Graham Hanson on Morgan’s will no longer sell newspapers

Zero consequences in this city, what do you expect — Grand on Arsonist lights several fires around the neighborhood