Good luck Andreas. We will always remember your Dad. — Karen on Seen & Heard: Tribeca’s Kitchen on its way back

Very beautiful documentary. Amazing Arjun. — Karen on COVID-19: The neighborhood as seen on two wheels

Isn't Jay already one-way east? — Huh? on Let’s close Duane Street to through traffic for summer

Wow…I got very emotional over this.…simply amazing Arjun…bravo! — Francesco on COVID-19: The neighborhood as seen on two wheels

Relax. At times they may overreach, but CB 1 serves a real need for community involvement. You want the Mayor of their minions to decide your future? — GC on CB1 committee shoots down tavern for Saks space

I want YOU to call Brian Lehrer. Don't farm out your work. — Stevie on The cost of living next to a construction project

Thanks James for this comment. I live next to a site on Broadway and will use your information for reference. — Rose on The cost of living next to a construction project

How can that boutique hotel on Warren be essential when one block away there are 3 hotels on 4 corners that are empty and or closed. To be locked in with that noise out the back and Bogardus Park out the front and little children above my head who get running jags from the lock in and noise... not very human. i want someone to call Brian Lehrer at NPR this Friday at 10 AM when he usually has the Mayor take calls from the Public. — Dianne Talan on The cost of living next to a construction project

Walked up 6th Ave to the Trader Joe's in Soho around 4pm yesterday and there were plenty of cars on Broome St heading to Holland Tunnel. Looks like we are slowly getting back to the new normal. — TribecaMom on Seen & Heard: More businesses coming to life

Now you want to impact everyone on Duane, Jay, and Reade Street? And waste money on an impact study? I didn't move to Duane Street to live on a town square. Sorry Madeline your business doesn't take priority over the quality of life of the 24/7 residents and the access (deliveries, trash, car loading/unloading, etc.) to their homes. Why don't we close all the streets in NYC, so ALL businesses can benefit? — Duane's Majority on Let’s close Duane Street to through traffic for summer

So great to hear! Max always brought great warmth to the neighborhood! — Marc Rayfield on Max is back in action

I'd love to see this and more pedestrianized streets in the city. What's the update on congesting pricing plans, now that we are in viral mode? — Marcus on Let’s close Duane Street to through traffic for summer

hmmm- tempting to support the idea,bc i think it would definity be a help for my business- as well as the others, but I've given it a lot of thought and unless Jay St and Reade street can be rerouted to one way east, closing Duane St would create a ton of traffic issues, especially for the narrow streets of Jay & Reade. this is the kind of proposal that needs an impact study. — madeline c lanciani on Let’s close Duane Street to through traffic for summer

Thank you for a thoughtful and beautiful tribute to NY. — Jill on COVID-19: The neighborhood as seen on two wheels

So we’ll said Elaine thank you! — Lee on Let’s close Duane Street to through traffic for summer

The cb1 needs to be shut down. These people shouldn’t determine economic opportunities in this day and age. The people are generally a bunch of angry do nothing trolls who like to meddle in other peoples business. We should quarantine them for good. — Seriously ? on CB1 committee shoots down tavern for Saks space

I love the idea of NYC having more outdoor dining and terraces. The sidewalk cafes in Spain and Italy are lovely. Doing something similar here would give restaurants a chance to recover safely and making it official would give them the chance to be good citizens of the neighborhood (e.g. taking responsibility for trash and guest management). — ML on Let’s close Duane Street to through traffic for summer

So much hate. Relax, remember your blood pressure! — Jim Smithers on Let’s close Duane Street to through traffic for summer

I didn't mention republicans, you did. Double shame on you. — Jim Smithers on Let’s close Duane Street to through traffic for summer

I love you Jim Smithers! Thank you! Duane Street is already perfect as a... oh yeah... street. And for those of you who think your "innocent" little gatherings are harmless and free please remember that someone pays for those spaces - inside and out - in the form of taxes, cleanup and repair (and there's always cleanup and repair) as well the sacrifice of their opportunity to live peacefully in THEIR own homes without people congregating outside their doors. — Elaine on Let’s close Duane Street to through traffic for summer

The "empty stoop" is the entrance to someone's home. Not a huge deal except when people leave cups, cigarette butts and other pieces of trash on it instead of walking to the corner trash cans. Today I saw a neighbor cleaning the citibike baskets of trash. Thanks Blueshirt man. — Karl on Let’s close Duane Street to through traffic for summer

Wear earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones. — Block it on The cost of living next to a construction project

Welcome to the world of those of us living next to the Bogardus Garden construction for the past 2.5+ years (including many, many weekends with noisy work). — N on The cost of living next to a construction project

Once a new foundation is completed, having been poured around the footing of the rakers, then the rakers are usually removed. These developments in and near historic districts often damage their neighbors during the construction of their foundations. Because the developer cannot "underpin" the neighbor's foundation without consent, they often drill piles deep into the soil. Developers and GCs often use water to drill the piles and that water causes the soil next to and under the neighbors to liquefy and thereby eliminate the support of the foundation. Then the neighbor buildings tilt and drop down into the ground, if they have not already cracked from different parts of the building tilting and dropping at different rates, thus causing brittle bricks to crack because they cannot bend. The fact that the developers usually want to dig inappropriately deep foundations in formerly marshy areas in order to have many useable basements and sub-basements (that do not count against allowable zoning floor area) means that they are more likely to do damage to their neighbors' foundations. If you have given the developer and the GC and the foundation contractor a written construction license to sign--which your attorney should draft and which the developer should pay for your attorney and engineering expenses and without which they cannot enter your property legally--then the developer is *strictly liable* for the damages, meaning you do not have to prove negligence by the developer or GC, but they figure on building the building first and fighting the damages bill later. Only if the Department of Buildings stops their work (and forces them to put up a raker) does the developer care. Any neighbor and their attorney should review the 2014 Building Code "SECTION BC 3309 - PROTECTION OF ADJOINING PROPERTY" at https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/buildings/apps/pdf_viewer/viewer.html?file=2014CC_BC_Chapter_33_Safeguards_During_Construction_or_Demo.pdf&section=conscode_2014 There are requirements for surveying your building, monitoring it during construction for damage, protecting your roof from overhead debris, making sure such protection does not prevent your rooftop ACs from working properly, etc. The developer should also agree to install permanent flashing, waterproofing, and emseal between your buildings to prevent water infiltration. If you (the existing building) are in a landmark district, even if the new development within 90 feet is not, you should also be familar with the more stringent requirements of Department of Buildings' Technical Policy and Procedure Notice 10/1988 available for download here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/downloads/ppn/tppn1088.pdf One should also report rat sightings, excessive noise, or other issues to 311, even if just to make a documentary record of the issues. — james on The cost of living next to a construction project

Sounded a lot like Freedom to me ... — Phil McCrakken on Seen & Heard: Tribeca’s Kitchen on its way back