Everything you read in the Daily News isn't true, friend. This immigrant woman and her husband are the real American dream, a school teacher showing up here with $40 in her pocket, slaves as a nanny, puts herself through NYU, opens the first school, her husband is the architect, the owner of the building helped them get the mortgage. And her crime? Two decades later, she's running 20 schools, the biggest operator in the whole city, when she signed up for the subsidized lunch program, the fools in City Hall couldn't understand how she was charging them for more meals.... because her place is open all day, from 8AM to 6PM, the kids get breakfast, lunch, dinner and two snack periods versus a regular public school where you just get lunch. All the money went into the kids mouth. She's rich because she holds the mortgage on all of the schools, they pay her the rents... She was railroaded so the Feds could get a conviction from a foreigner who hadn't made the right (or any) political donations. Don't ya know? The real New York gangsters never get busted. — DMZ on BPC residents thwart (for now) chef-driven omakase restaurant

Lisa and Ken are great neighbors. My two young boys love hanging out with them and hearing stories of Tribeca back in the day. — Jpd on Loft Peeping: The artists Ken Brown & Lisa Crafts

Great story of the early 80s! We are heading back in that direction with crime in the city. Always watch your back especially now while taking the train. This is the reason why people don't want to go back to work. This so called mayor destroyed our city. It didn't feel like there was a hatred for law informant back then. It was a fight against the citizens and the criminals in our city. I pray either Eric Adams or Curtis will clean this beautiful city up. I don't care either one will do! We need to get rid of bail reform. This is the problem letting criminals out to do the crime dozens of times over. — Native on The Chambers Street connection to Bernhard Goetz

The whining for such an upscale place just needs to stop. — j. on Marc Forgione will leave Reade and move to Hudson

Is there any organizing to have that particular block of Duane Street converted into a permanent pedestrian-only street (with permanent outdoor seating and landscaping for restaurants and the neighborhood? The "safe street" program over the past year has been fantastic for Duane and similar streets; if there were a block in our area that is particularly well-suited to pedestrian-only usage, that block is it. — Reader on Reade on Marc Forgione will leave Reade and move to Hudson

Our bedroom windows face Hudson and there is a bar across the street. We don't always want to hear the late night noise BUT we are glad the bar is there and we want it to do well. So we turn on some white noise and move along. We are a small, not heavily trafficked neighborhood and we should welcome businesses that want to set up shop here and be a part of our community. They help to make our neighborhood vibrant and safe. Marc is/has been involved with three restaurants in Tribeca. It sounds like they are good neighbors, plus they support causes like Taste of Tribeca and shop at the local Greenmarket. So welcome, good luck and we will definitely come by! — Bettina on Marc Forgione will leave Reade and move to Hudson

The new Hudson location should also have a pretty sweet outdoor dining area since it extends around the corner onto Duane Street where Khe-Yo and Weather Up are. Really looking forward to it. Hopefully some other restaurant takes their old space as well. Absurd to complain about places of this caliber choosing our neighborhood when they can go anywhere in the city, especially after the challenges faced this past year. Forgione's popup BBQ on Reade was one of very few highlights. And with the ongoing concerns of public safety, we need active streets and occupied storefronts, not empty streets and vacancy. — person on Marc Forgione will leave Reade and move to Hudson

My building would welcome a restaurant like Marc Forgione with open arms! Those residents are lucky to have a business like that in their building. — K on Marc Forgione will leave Reade and move to Hudson

Curtis Sliwa is a better choice than Eric Adams if you want law and order restored — Samantha on The Chambers Street connection to Bernhard Goetz

Do we really need yet another kids park? How about something that every Tribeca resident can enjoy equally? — Brandon on Fundraiser launched for Pier 26 science playground

Totally agree. Move to the suburbs then. We need well lit nice restaurants in our neighborhood. — J on Marc Forgione will leave Reade and move to Hudson

Plus, this is a Restaurant, not a club... if it was a club i agree 100% it would be extremely disruptive, but a restaurant like this has never been a problem. And their existence make our neighborhood so much better! — Rich on Marc Forgione will leave Reade and move to Hudson

Agreed on the MK space. A swiffer and some Mrs Meyers and the space was operational months ago — Patrick C Valentino on Seen & Heard: Chanson progress

If people want suburbia they should move to suburbia. If they want a gated community Im sure there are some in Englewood nj. This is NYC and there should be noise all night. Im glad you posted this. I need to start paying attention to the agendas and attending and commenting in favor of these restaurants. Im from NYC and I lived in San Francisco for a bit. The people here who complain about hours should move to SF. Its cottages by the sea mentality and last call for dinner at 9 would suit them just fine. — Patrick VALENTINO on Marc Forgione will leave Reade and move to Hudson

Whoops! Tuesday July 13th!!! for the Startover talk. — Bob on Seen & Heard: Chanson progress

How to get the architect to include many more trees in the design? Are the fish made of metal? Will that be bearable in the middle of the summer? — Armony on Fundraiser launched for Pier 26 science playground

Noted. — Tribeca Citizen on Seen & Heard: Oysters get their own condos

You can watch on YouTube. I usually get to it eventually... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ginCQuH0NYI — Tribeca Citizen on Neighbors organizing (and suing) to fight 250 Water plans

I’m trying to find out what happened at the land-use and zoning committee meeting on July 12. Was there a vote and what was the result? Thank you! — Ronnie on Neighbors organizing (and suing) to fight 250 Water plans

Wonderful sense of deja vu as galleries return to Tribeca. Since opening the gallery in 1975 at 10 Beach in and then on to Franklin Street and West Broadway, Tribeca has always been home. — Hal Bromm on Catching Up with New Kids: Luhring Augustine

Wine tastings in FiDi. :-). The Corkery is not in the Seaport. It is on Bridge Street between Whitehall and Broad. — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on Seen & Heard: Oysters get their own condos

Very well put. — James S on Monument plans will be sent back to drawing board

Thanks to all for raising awareness of the issue. Since, I believe that everyone is united (or almost everyone) on “let’s do what’s best for the ducklings”,if the current ramp is a bad idea, what is the better idea that lets the ducklings live? Being the least knowledgeable on this subject, I wonder what the best solution is? Is JB comment the right “ask” of BPC or is there a better solution? — Kelly Mcgowan on Make way for ducklings

The Estuarium of Heroes? The Pier 26 Science Play Area of Heroes? The Sturgeon General? — james on Fundraiser launched for Pier 26 science playground

I think what Natalie wants is available elsewhere and has failed miserably in most cases. Maud is a friend of the disenfranchised not an enemy, look at her public record. She wants a better NYC for everyone, where safety and harmony coexist. She gets it! — John Drumheller on The Candidates 2021: Maud Maron for CD1