If you are a parent dumb enough to raise your kids in New York City there way more "hazards" you should be worried about other than this parking lot. — FiDiGuy on Howard Hughes revises plans for 250 Water

This is sad, there go 30 affordable housing units. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the final version ends even smaller with zero affordable housing. New Yorkers have proven time and time again that they don't *actually* want affordable housing. Next time I pass a person experiencing homelessness I'll tell them to ask the CB1 Landmarks & Preservation Committee why they don't have a home. It's also ridiculous because there are literally massive skyscrapers across the street in multiple directions; I mean this is Manhattan, JFC! — FiDiGuy on Howard Hughes revises plans for 250 Water

I agree: there are many reasons not to support the new proposal as it stands; site remediation is not one of them. I'm looking forward to it not being a parking lot anymore, but at the proper scale and with genuine thought given to the input of the neighborhood. I usually lean YIMBY, but this location is important to get right. Perhaps an increase in height and scale is warranted with a design that could pass muster with Landmarks (I am less interested in what CB1 has to say.). Let's see, but I am not enamored by the way HHC continues to tie height and scale to an investment in the Seaport Museum. Either way, we need to see some specific numbers attached to that, too. — malcolm on Howard Hughes revises plans for 250 Water

Ummm... I don't get advertising from Howard Hughes, though that's not to say I wouldn't in the future. I have written a lot of stories about this project despite the fact that it is not in Tribeca, including those about the remediation of the site. I think the elected officials who are supporting this project should be a bigger concern to you than me. Finally, note that this site *will* be developed, whether it ends up being 120 feet high or 400 feet high, and any developer, HHC or otherwise, will have to remediate. That should be your focus moving forward, not my advertising revenue. — Tribeca Citizen on Howard Hughes revises plans for 250 Water

The real story here is the immense danger this project will pose to the children attending Peck Slip school and the other private school adjacent to this lot. My understanding is that there are serious environmental hazards related to the soil underneath the parking lot which will have to be remediated, to say nothing of all of the typical construction hazards and noise which will last for years. Every parent of a child in these schools and every other citizen that lives anywhere near this site, as well as just any thoughtful person who is opposed to corporate greed and political corruption, should vehemently oppose this project. I hope Tribeca Citizen will choose to forego the ad dollars from the developer of this dangerous project and give voice to those that are rightfully concerned about the health and safety of our vulnerable children. — AA on Howard Hughes revises plans for 250 Water

I have lived on Murray St since 1981. I am thrilled CB1 would not let this man have his way. We have had years of issues with people outside smoking, being loudly drunk, throwing up in our entrance way, and trashing the streets with cigarette butts and bottles. We are relieved that CB1 has standards now for bars so that these issues are kept under control. If it is a sports bar , what sports are played between 2 and 4 AM. The only sport happening at that hour is drinking. I applaud CB1 for making Murray St a much more livable street and keeping things under control for the residents. — Tom on CB1 thwarts plans for a sports bar at 41 Murray

Yes, same ones as December 2018, more or less. I've asked to get them... — Tribeca Citizen on In the News: Another Redesign for Broadway Tower

Regarding CityMD lines: I arrived Monday morning 3/15 at 8am and was tested and out by 8:30. There were about a dozen people in the line total but everyone was being seen right then instead of taking names and asking them to return. — S. on New testing storefront opens on Church

The $119 PCR test I mentioned is not an in office rapid antigen test. It's a saliva PCR test they send to a lab in NJ. — S. on New testing storefront opens on Church

New Renderings Reveal Gene Kaufman's Mixed-Use Skyscraper at 267 Broadway in Tribeca, Manhattan - New York YIMBY https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/03/new-renderings-reveal-gene-kaufmans-mixed-use-skyscraper-at-267-broadway-in-tribeca-manhattan.html — James on In the News: Another Redesign for Broadway Tower

I didn’t attend the licensing meeting, but reading these many comments I feel it’s important to point out: CB1 liquor license guidelines for Tribeca side streets are actually 12am Sun-Thurs, and 1am Fri-Sat. Applicants can return after a year of operations to ask for later hours. These guidelines were set approximately ten years ago, formalized from what had been working successfully if somewhat haphazardly for most residents and business owners. Some establishments were indeed recommended to the SLA for later hours after that one year period though in my 13 years on the board surprisingly most never asked. Some just said they were fine with what they had, that there was little profit in those later hours. The guidelines can stretch (in either direction) depending on the history or qualifications of the applicant, the nature of the specific area, and importantly the response from the immediate community. The SLA has been very supportive of CB1’s approach, citing it a number of times as one of the most reasonable Community Boards in the city. Applicants are also asked to post the immediate neighborhood with the basics of their business (method of operation, hours) 15 days in advance of the committee meeting. Some of the licensing attorneys make it their business to engage the community prior to an appearance. Pam is correct about Mr. Lipsitz’s history -- in my experience there were no complaints about the business, (and the photos of scantily clad dancers displayed in the windows were readily removed after some young mothers expressed discomfort at such exposure to their kids). 10-15 years ago most of the other “legacy” 4am bars on Murray (licenses from the days before Tribeca became so kid-friendly, residential and fashionable) were a constant source of complaints about under-age drinking, and rowdy, rude or loud patrons on the street, sometimes well after 4am. The slow change-over to newer bars and restaurants with earlier hours was welcome relief to the residents. So on Murray particularly I understand any reluctance to recommend right off the bat an extra three or even two hours to any new establishment, no matter the success of the owner at a very different type method of operation. That the committee offered 2am was a compromise. The absence of neighbors at the meeting does make me wonder if there were actually 15 days of postings? One resident I just spoke to, who in the past has been active in setting up lines of communication with applicants, was unaware of this app until Pam wrote it up. Finally, I think we all agree something needs to be done to get businesses and small building owners back on their feet. The Community Board is well aware of that and I’m sure would welcome constructive ideas and new public members. A lot of work and creative thinking needs to be done. But personally, like Marcus, I’m not sure accepting 3 and 4 am closing hours is helpful even if residents are willing to suffer until the businesses are stable. There is no way to claw back hours with the SLA once things improve. — Jeff on CB1 thwarts plans for a sports bar at 41 Murray

The state owns the land underneath Hudson River Park south of 34th Street, and I would guess (tho I am not positive) that it also owns the land in all state parks -- such as Riverbank or Roberto Clemente. — Tribeca Citizen on In the News: More memorials for BPC

Community board 1 is the real plight to this neighborhood. How many times have we heard NO to a qualified operator? These nobody’s should have no business dictating from their rent stabilized apartments. Wake up NY! If we want to get our city back cut the red tape and let the free market work. Didn’t they just dismiss the F&B at the 456 Greenwich? Another beautiful project that can bring a lot of business back to the neighborhood. It’s also another family owned and operated hotel chain which means quality operators. — Times have changed on CB1 thwarts plans for a sports bar at 41 Murray

You don't run. Members are appointed by the borough president. The applications for 2021 were due in late February. — Tribeca Citizen on CB1 thwarts plans for a sports bar at 41 Murray

All state memorials have to go in bpc, that’s the only part of the city that the state runs, right? — Eric on In the News: More memorials for BPC

In office rapids aren’t PCR tests. And there can be real issues with their accuracy. — A. on New testing storefront opens on Church

The lines were long before Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s because people wanted to travel and see family - even though the tests are not appropriate for such purposes. That’s what fueled the last big spike. Now that those folks are not traveling, testing has decreased. — A. on New testing storefront opens on Church

He’s completely unqualified, a shiny bauble the way Cynthia Nixon was. Take, for example, his defense of the absence of secular education in Hasidic yeshivas - there have been lawsuits, State monitors, a horrifying lack of enforcement - and enormous problems for anyone who wants to leave that world and has only a 3rd grade secular education. But he believe outcomes are equal? In what world? And his basis - not studies, not data but a prep school course he took!!! https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/02/18/andrew-yang-doubles-down-on-defense-of-yeshivas-1364452 Then there’s his endorsement of any number or Chinese American candidates- and only Chinese American candidates. Are we going back to the ethnic politics of the 70s - 90s? Diversity is the goal, not this. We need someone with government experience. I don’t know why that all these arrogant private sector folk think government is so easy that they don’t need to know anything. Ugh! — A. on In the News: Glut of office space in Fidi (no shocker)

I heard about the covid memorial plans for battery park area. Mark D. Levine was proposing it doesn’t make sense down here and should be in a very hard hit area. It was a hot topic of his on Twitter a week or so ago I think. — j. on In the News: More memorials for BPC

Tricia is a very special talent. She combines committment with a work ethic that makes her a person who will accomplish so much for others, I’ve seen her grow into a wonderful woman, mother, wife, daughter and lifelong friend, Yea Tricia. New York now will survive and succeed. — ben zelenko on Citizen of the Month: Tricia Joyce

Village Preservation is doing a free live webinar tonight, Mon, March 15 on the SoHo NoHo upzoning. proposal. Here is the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kJuzoGyrRQyTjHg2_1eJkw — JSMIller on The back and forth on the Soho/Noho rezoning

A request for dialog from the Tribeca Citizens of White Street between West Broadway and 6th Ave to the owners of Nutopian Embassy An outdoor dining structure is being built (almost complete) by Nutopian Embassy on the south side of White Street between West Broadway and 6th Avenue. We have surveyed the other outdoor spaces on similar blocks and reviewed the Open Table guidelines for such structures. By the letter of the code it seems the structure is legal. We do note that relative to the other outdoor dining structure on the block (Town Stages) it sticks out an additional 12". These 12" are critical in that it is now impossible (we tried) to parallel park on the north side of White Street across from the structure. Further, even when cars are parked tight to the north side trucks (including Ladder 8) and other large vehicles must inch along to pass the structure which will inevitably lead to honking horns and disruption on this very quiet block. This is not the case for the other existing structure (Town Stages). Thus, we ask the following of Nutopian Embassy's owners. Can you possiby scale back your structure by 12" as a gesture of good will towards your neighbors to avoid the inevitable traffic issues that will occur? Please engage with us, your neighbors, as we are all in this together. Andrew Scheman Annie Chanler Diana Heller Elenor Kovachevich Daniel Miller Ariane Lopez-Huici Heidi Fasnacht James Michael Patricia Belfanti Peter Halley — andrew scheman on Seen & Heard: Hope, under construction

Thank you for posting the video. I will be watching it. I saw photos last night on Twitter while happening and then in the NYTimes this morning. I didn’t know it was happening and couldn’t find a live stream. Must have been striking to see while driving. — j. on A memorial to the victims of the coronavirus

Before you cast aspersions, I remind you that Weisbrod was head of the NYC Loft Board shortly after its formation, and led the creation of most of the rules that "protected" the vast majority of tenants in SoHo, giving them lifelong rights to huge spaces at a tiny fraction of market rent. — Robert Berger on The back and forth on the Soho/Noho rezoning

An attack? Sorry no empathy. The rezoning is needed and preserves the good of Soho while adding housing. I was born here and have lived around the changes to the area since the 70s. And no not all Crains readers are what you say, if any. — Patrick Valentino on The back and forth on the Soho/Noho rezoning