* Clarification - the LYFT 50% off code is only valid on election day - 11/3 — KL on Early voting has started!

Same here, voted early by mail. Very easy. Confirmed receipt and validity on Board of Election website. — SW on Early voting has started!

Are you ever going to give up that this space can only be used for a supermarket? Ever? Exercise is a good thing for elderly and weight-challenged tenants. — Paul on Citi Bike is expanding in all sorts of directions

Right, the space a new supermarket should be in but won't because IPN's owner Vornado Realty wants as many non-market rent tenants to move out as possible. They love having elderly tenants walk all the way to Whole Foods & Target to grocery shop iwhen they don't want to be gouged by Morgan's Market. They figure by not bringing in a supermarket grocery expenses will be higher for the non-market rate tenants thus x amount of them will move out due to the increased expense. And you laud the opening of this elitist "club." What a waste of space. — New club? on Citi Bike is expanding in all sorts of directions

Thank you to all of you who left updates on the polling site at St. Anthony's. I've been discouraged with long lines for early voting but when I read Kevin's comment about re: Thursday, 10/29, I jumped into a Lyft ( there is a 50% off code for heading to the voting polls) at 2:00 PM this afternoon (10/29) and like what Kevin mentioned, NO LINES and NO WAIT at all! I was in-and- out about 10 minutes. — KL on Early voting has started!

Wow. I have to go see her. Gorgeous powerful sculpture. — j. on Art in Tribeca: Medusa gets her man

i was simply stating my direct experience. the goods and the not so goods where there is room for future improvement. and, it really shook me having a poll worker single me out and literally scream at me numerous times after i had cast my ballot. i had done nothing wrong. i know the stress is high working there but it was very inappropriate. in hindsight, i wonder if it was because i was wearing a biden/harris tote bag. who knows. but i have been waiting 4 long years to vote, and i am thrilled to have cast my ballot. now we all wait. fingers crossed. — j. on Early voting has started!

I hope sweet Cafe Clementine finds new home very soon. Their note in window definitely tugs at the heart. — j. on Seen & Heard: “We miss making soup and cookies”

Excuse me? I'm not whining. I have a right to criticize the state for their system & have said what should be done to make it better which it would be. I haven"t once got on the pollworker ok? You won't put words in my mouth. We should have what New Jersey has as follows: - A no-excuse ballot with postage paid return envelope mailed to EVERY registered New York voter - A 24-7 access dropbox in every voting precinct - Early voting beginning the third Saturday of September through two days before Election Day. No one should have to spend even one hour on line to vote. Yes nice gestures by people but it should be out of genuine niceness not cuz people are on lines for hours & during a deadly pandemic. Sorry not sorry I think NY is far behind NJ et.al. with voting & NY should've done a much better job with it. We should have a semi-open primary like NJ has, too. — Election Reform Now on Early voting has started!

Similar to Kevin, I went to St Anthoy's about an hour ago. I was prepared for a 3 hour wait, but there was no line and was waved in immediately! In and out in 10 minutes. Lots of people volunteering along the way. Great process overall. — Alison on Early voting has started!

She is HOT. I want my next girlfriend to wear a Medusa wig ; ) — Yummy on Art in Tribeca: Medusa gets her man

The NYPD's hands are tied by who? I did not say remove the man, I said bring a mental health counselor down to talk with him & try to get him off the street especially with the colder weather then winter coming. The cops could GASP! station a patrol car on Franklin between Hudson & Church just two blocks below First Precinct. Two cops & a car. What is so difficult about that? Cuz TriBeCa has other pressing problems such as...? I guarantee you that block would be menace/danger/crime-free if you put two cops & a cop car there. If the crime is not serious the perpetrator should be booked then released. A kid who stole a friggin backpack was sent to Ryker's Island & killed there. I blame the cops for a spike & drop in crime but you keep cherrypicking & making excuses for their incompetence & laziness - I will continue to call them out for both. Want the credit? Then take the blame, too. — NYPDo Nothings on Seen & Heard: “We miss making soup and cookies”

Went to St Anthony's this afternoon (Thu 10/29 1pm). Other than the rain (or because of it), it was a fast and easy experience. No wait. Lots of volunteers guiding us through. Bring your card with the bar code from the BOE mailer that was sent if you can to further speed it up. — Kevin on Early voting has started!

He's talking about Cocoon, the parenting and kids hangout members-only space. — Tribeca Citizen on Citi Bike is expanding in all sorts of directions

RIP Pepe....😢 — Donna Sanquini on A skunk by any other name…

Some other good news right across the street is a lighting store called Lambert et Fils that appears to be opening soon. Signage went up a week ago or so. NW corner of Duane and Hudson next to Scalini Fedeli (which reopened a few weeks ago and looks great). — person on J. Crew Ludlow Shop doing some remodeling

The NYPD’s hands are pretty much tied. Even though it may seem obvious that a person is mentally unstable, its difficult for the NYPD to officially label someone as an “emotionally disturbed person” and thus take them off the street against their will. Plus there are no vagrancy laws either that NYPD could use. So unless the person is actually committing a crime, the cops can’t touch them. And even if the person does commit a crime unless its serious, under the 2019 NYS bail reform laws, that person gets booked and released. The laws are to blame (as well as a whole host of other complicated socio economic issues), but can’t really blame the cops. — Demetri on Seen & Heard: “We miss making soup and cookies”

Early voting hours now increased to: Friday 10/30 - 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat 10/31 - 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun 11/1 - 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Bob on Early voting has started!

Great work by the poll workers who made our experience very good indeed. The line for the elderly and those with physical issues is very well organized. Is it perfect?, maybe not, but those who volunteer their time for very little reward make the very best of it. Thanks to them. The early voting (hours have now been extended over this weekend) makes things a lot better than waiting for hours on Election Day. — Bob on Early voting has started!

When I first saw this, I loved the stairs of the random passer byes and now what I've also noticed is the candles placed at her feet to honor the killing. I love New York. — Victoria Harmon on Art in Tribeca: Medusa gets her man

After attempting to go first thing yesterday at noon when they first opened for the day the estimated wait was 3-4 hours, I went back last night at 6:15 and waited only 25 minutes! — Ashley on Early voting has started!

I agree. I voted Tuesday and it took 3 hours but the poll workers were great - and working really hard to accommodate us all ... we owe them a debt of gratitude not whiney complaints! — SusanD on Early voting has started!

Like Pam, I voted yesterday at 3:00. A fast 35 mins from start to finish. A lovely couple walked the length of the line multiple times offering fresh slices of pizza to those waiting. (If I hadn’t been negotiating wearing a mask, glasses, carrying my bike helmet and telephone I would have partaken). The official volunteers were great-keeping people distanced in line, crossing streets and not blocking pedestrians, and once inside it was energized and hectic but coordinated and organized. What’s a bit of time invested compared to four years — TheBlackSquirrel on Early voting has started!

It took me less than an hour on Wednesday. Line was around the block, but it moved pretty steadily. Lots of poll watchers, did a good job keeping people distanced. Things were more chaotic inside, poll watchers obviously stressed, but I was in and out in ten minutes. And thank you, Pam, for keeping us all so informed and even entertained this difficult year. Great work. — Jef on Early voting has started!

What and where is it? — New club? on Citi Bike is expanding in all sorts of directions