I have been to Buddha Bodai Kosher Vegetarian Restaurant on Mott Street many times, and the food there is very good and satisfying (this from a carnivore...). — Robert Ripps on Seen & Heard: Dim sum all around

Let's ask a broader question. Why has the entirety of City Hall Park fallen into such disrepair? The landscape and hardscape are an embarrassment. — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... on Nosy Neighbor: Why is City Hall Park continuously barricaded?

Tons of police all around Franklin this afternoon. Maybe the Taylor stalker is why. — j. on In the News: Another arrest at Taylor’s house

Yes! I wrote Bill de Blasio's office about it a few years back, after I was approached by a creepy man in the park. They gave me some BS answer. Not only are the gaslights beautiful, but they provide lighting and thereby help make the park a little safer. — Fiona on Nosy Neighbor: Why is City Hall Park continuously barricaded?

. . . and why the fountains operate at different levels. There’s one of the big ones and at least one of the little lower ones on the outside that seem to be partially blocked. I was there when they first turned them on (way later in the year than usual BTW) and it was even worse, so why can’t they fix them the rest of the way? It’s so beautiful when it’s all working right — Hudson River on Nosy Neighbor: Why is City Hall Park continuously barricaded?

Tribeca needs a Pickle Ball court. — TribecaPickleBall on Nili Lotan will have a line at Target

My frustration is why the gas lamps don't work! It is so incredibly beautiful and it has been years since I last saw them operating. — Luis Vazquez on Nosy Neighbor: Why is City Hall Park continuously barricaded?

I have lived in small-town-USA Oyster Bay for 50 years. My children loved growing up here, and I stayed after they flew the nest. It is a place where natural beauty and history converge and where oysters abound! The presence of TR is palpable!! — Joyce Bisso on Field Trip: Oyster Bay, Long Island

There is already a free ferry from Staten Island. — Ava Sterling on New ferry route will get to Midtown in 17 minutes

Covid, they said before, but more likely staffing and budget cuts is my guess. https://tribecacitizen.com/2021/03/22/nosy-neighbor-why-are-there-still-police-barricades-up-at-the-9-11-memorial/ — Tribeca Citizen on Nosy Neighbor: Why is City Hall Park continuously barricaded?

I wish Chin's office would look at cleaning up Collect Pond Park and Columbus Park. Both are absolutely disgusting. — Broadway Mamma on Seen & Heard: Math festival on Saturday

This is an undercover NYC government giveaway to Hudson Yards. The Staten Island stop is part of the subterfuge, making it seem like it’s principally for the benefit of an outer borough. But given that : 1) there’s already a fairly proximate Staten Island Ferry, 2) the terminal name “Midtown West” handily obscures that it’s really Hudson Yards, 3) it’s largely a ferry between two financial headquarters- Brookfield and Hudson Yards and 4) the NYC government subsidy has been calculated at $9.34 per trip, it’s truly shocking that there hasn’t been meaningful scrutiny of this giveaway. — Iris on New ferry route will get to Midtown in 17 minutes

Also wonder why the 911 Memorial grounds are closed after 5 p.m. every night. — Jon on Nosy Neighbor: Why is City Hall Park continuously barricaded?

The park was closed yesterday (Aug 16) due to an Anti-Vax protest at City Hall in the afternoon. However, I regularly also see it closed for no particular reason or when everything is calm. That protest was over by the late afternoon. There was no reason to have the park still closed in the evening when everyone had left. There is occasionally filming that takes place in the park, but many times things are completely peaceful and the gates are still closed. — James Seigal on Nosy Neighbor: Why is City Hall Park continuously barricaded?

The NYPD will frequently close the park when they think a protest may be coming. — Reademan on Nosy Neighbor: Why is City Hall Park continuously barricaded?

Sad IS RIGHT!!!! Entitled whiners out of touch with reality... — Fred kinney on New ferry route will get to Midtown in 17 minutes

Bodhi on Mulberry Street is also all vegan and has fantastic dim sum. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Dim sum all around

We've been eating at Vegetarian Dim Sum House for years. Wonderful food, lovely people. Note: cash only. — Jeff on Seen & Heard: Dim sum all around

Thankfully the companies themselves have a modicum of empathy and the transition to EVs is a tacit acknowledgment of the nuisance that this is. Alternatively I can ask them to move their base of operations under your window if you're agreeable. — James on Nosy Neighbor: Are the idling trucks on White legal?

You nailed it James!!! — JS Miller on Seen & Heard: Math festival on Saturday

I like Lekka Burger's approach. I wish all restaurants would do that and I lean towards frequenting those that do. You can always leave more, but it makes up for tourists who sometimes don't have tipping in their own countries, so don't do it (I remember as a young waitress getting pocket change from Europeans in the Village when I was young). Once schools are back like Pace and NYU, etc., the staffing issues should ease, though. — Ann on Local restaurants struggle with staffing issues

TR house is a gem. Has a Latin quote at entrance. His Nobel Peace Prize is displayed (Russian Japan war). The grounds are terrific views, reminded me a bit of the other Roosevelts upstate Hyde Park off Hudson. Don't rem the town too much. Rocky Point out past SUNY is kinda of a find too. Small but rocky terrain. — Frank Graham on Field Trip: Oyster Bay, Long Island

Also, for the restaurants that grew from a dozen tables indoors to fifty extra outdoors within months, I imagine staffing could be a problem? — R. on Local restaurants struggle with staffing issues

Those numbers are incorrect. You are excluding the $300 extra payment from the NY number and including it in the others. NY has one of the highest in the country. — Good neighbor on Local restaurants struggle with staffing issues

Mentioning you fished with Ted Williams is like mentioning you sang with Pavarotti... amazing. — Don on Where in Tribeca?