Maybe you are the one who is self-absorbed? — Jim Smithers on In the News: 20-story building for Broadway and Thomas

Strong disagree. We do not get to police how people protest. Paint can be cleaned up. Lives of Black men, women, and children cannot be brought back. It's a minor discomfort for a neighborhood of privilege – both white and socio-economic. — Duane Street on City Hall Park occupation still going strong

Any advice on specifically who to reach out too? Sent en email to mayor's office, these occupy situations tend to turn into lawless encampment, and hurt the communities these spaces are here for. — Joseph on City Hall Park occupation still going strong

So we can go in there , or we can’t these days? What’s the legality, I’d love to go try as the staff is extremely smug. If it’s legal to go, we should all go... — Boney Boney on Who Knew? An interactive map of privately owned public spaces

And it is on the list, but as 101 Barclay. Again, not open now. — Tribeca Citizen on Who Knew? An interactive map of privately owned public spaces

Here that story -- from 2018: https://tribecacitizen.wpengine.com/2018/09/04/bny-mellons-lobby-is-finally-open-to-the-public/ — Tribeca Citizen on Who Knew? An interactive map of privately owned public spaces

Please look up Erik’s old posts regarding this. — Moxie on Who Knew? An interactive map of privately owned public spaces

Please call your city council members. A neighbor of mine was walking his puppy and was attacked. This is a really disgusting and disturbing situation. They've destroyed public property and they are NOT taxpayers. They're children or the homeless. De Blasio and the city need to act. — G on City Hall Park occupation still going strong

On the pavement in front of Sweaty Betty (90 Franklin Street) corner of Franklin and Church. Happy July 4th to all, be safe, Sonia — SONIA STOCK on Where in Tribeca? And Happy 4th!

This now reminds me of when the homeless moved into City Hall Park during the Koch administration- it was a very, very long time before that was disbanded. When I walked past the encampment the other day, I saw what were clearly street people, not protestors, availing themselves of free food, clothing, tarps to sleep on and under. In the midst of a pandemic, I’m not happy to have an encampment anywhere, let alone so close to my home. I hope the chanting and shouting late at night abates. It has gone on until all hours. Meanwhile, two entrances to the subway are blocked because of this, as is the elevator, which is a real issue for people with disabilities. — A on City Hall Park occupation still going strong

City Hall admits new budget dismantles unit for placard crackdown https://flip.it/kCxnje The lesson here? Be careful what you wish for. — Makes You Go "Hmm-m-m" on City Hall Park occupation still going strong

What about sidewalk in front of Food Emporium- I mean Best Foods- I mean another empty storefront on Greenwich... — Robert Ripps on Duane Street restaurants petitioning to get Citi Bike dock removed

Thank you Mr. Bacon for you excellent historical perspective. The Thomas Street Twins were unique; sadly that loss was followed by many more as the area's unprotected buildings have been demolished or altered. — Hal Bromm on In the News: 20-story building for Broadway and Thomas

https://nypost.com/2020/07/03/city-hall-admits-new-budget-dismantles-unit-for-placard-crackdown/ "City Hall has pulled the plug on its latest effort to tackle rampant placard abuse by municipal employees, shutting down the NYPD unit meant to enforce the most recent crackdown. "Officials said Friday they are axing all 116 positions that were dedicated to placard enforcement through attrition and zeroing out the unit’s $5.4 million annual budget — just a little more than a year after Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out the effort to great fanfare. [...] "The de Blasio administration also admitted in response to questions submitted early Friday that officials had yanked just five placards from city employees under de Blasio’s three-strike policy for placard abuse, which was another highly touted policy announced in City Hall’s February 2019 crackdown. "Warning letters are supposed to go out to another 389 city employees this week, Feyer said. That’s just a tiny fraction of the more than 125,000 parking placards in circulation in New York City. "Placards are only supposed to be used to help on-duty employees of city and state agencies to work more efficiently by allowing them to briefly park in places where most other drivers are barred from leaving their cars. [...]" — James on Seen & Heard: City cars towed from Reade Street

These people obviously post-date the nightclubs Wetlands and Area, both a block south on Hudson Street. And have they not walked a couple blocks further to see that the building that contained Tribeca Cinemas has been demolished and a new building rising on the site? Perhaps the residents next door could not make it in from the Hamptons to attend the meeting? — James on 27 Vestry proposal pushed off again to this month

I agree. I am not sure how you get your point across by vandalizing public spaces. It is so disrespectful to the city and the space they are occupying. — JC on City Hall Park occupation still going strong

Tragic. Looks like the filth of tent city in LA. For goodness sakes, making this city look disgusting. Does your home look like this? At least keep it clean while you want to occupy. — Cordcutter on City Hall Park occupation still going strong

This has provided inspiration--Although our museum ship LILAC is still closed, we'll put out a donation collection jar on Pier 25 when crew are working on board to accept any cash you can't spend elsewhere. Contactless cash contributions! (Yes, we will disinfect the container, etc.) Lilac Preservation Project is a 501c3 non-profit. Help keep us afloat. — Captain Mary on Is the end of cash near?

This is so sad. I love this hardware store. It is a neighborhood staple. :( — Mike on Tribeca Hardware is closing at the end of the summer

Good golly. Is a neighborhood even a neighborhood without a hardware store? I am hardly handy, which is one of the many reasons the friendly staff here are so valuable! What a loss. — Jolene on Tribeca Hardware is closing at the end of the summer

This is ridiculous. Vestry is a narrow street? Where are these people from, Kansas? They need to go back to the suburbs where they belong if they can’t tolerate restaurants and bars around them. And northern Tribeca has a high “density” of licenses? Get out of here, NIMBYs. Seriously, if city living is not for you, get lost. — ER on 27 Vestry proposal pushed off again to this month

This is a sad loss for the neighborhood. Such a great store. — Mike on Tribeca Hardware is closing at the end of the summer

So sad. I met my husband there almost 20 years ago. Will miss Steve and the store. — Toni on Tribeca Hardware is closing at the end of the summer

Why not move the Duane Street Citi Bike dock to the western vertex of Duane Triangle Park, with its expanse of unused street? That was DOT's original (and excellent) location, in fact, until a resident of 165 Duane preciously and loudly complained that she didn't want to have to see "corporate branding" from her apartment window, leading to the switch. — Charles Komanoff on Duane Street restaurants petitioning to get Citi Bike dock removed

No offense but it sounds like you’re talking up your book, are you in real estate by chance? Tribeca prices are not going up in the medium to long term, it’s obvious how much pressure there was before covid. While it may be a nice place to live, more empty towers certainly don’t help anything. I just don’t understand what laws are in place that make this attractive to developers while the rest of us lose our shirts, have to pay more taxes, and have our quality of life decline. Yet there’s no bail outs for restaurants and other mom and pops that actually add to the neighborhood a whole lot more than empty glass and steel — Huh? on In the News: 20-story building for Broadway and Thomas