Beautiful! — TG on The kids are back in town: first day of school netted (mostly) smiles

Heide, I'm guessing most of the sidewalk on the south side of N. Moore between Greenwich & West St is the responsibility of Vornado Realty and Stellar Management. That's an Independence Plaza residential building entrance and empty commercial space on the corner of Greenwich & N.Moore. https://tribecacitizen.wpengine.com/2018/09/17/the-future-of-independence-plaza/comment-page-1/ — Matt on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

This is classic broken windows theory. You all do realize this is a ripple effect of a Mayor that has allowed one thing to go, and now another and another etc follows. This isnt a Tribeca problem, this is a NYC problem, along with a million others things. — Rose on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

The dog crap problem is out of control. Dog owners should call out other dog owners on this. No other city i have visited has this disgusting habit. — John on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

That was probably the installation of some kind of buried, sub-surface support structure to receive the sculpture. https://tribecacitizen.wpengine.com/2018/02/01/why-56-leonards-sculpture-is-delayed/comment-page-1/ "[...] The Leonard Street sculpture has a different support mechanism. Instead of a single large support frame, each slice has its individual support frame. The support frames for the bottom slices are each bolted to the plaza, and the slices themselves are suspended by means of cables. When completed, the entire sculpture will be suspended with a system of cables and spring members so that it will be able to move slightly with changes of temperature and wind and snow loads. All of the cables will need to be properly tensioned during the installation process. [...]" — James on In the News: Lots of kids here go to private school

I saw that the concrete was dug out for the bean, but then filled back in again. Is this a reflection of the real estate market and developers' budgets gone awry? — Nichole on In the News: Lots of kids here go to private school

Thank you Sam for defending the Friends of Finn Square which has been around for over twenty years, just trying to keep things green and flowers blooming for the neighborhood. We do have a small board whose credentials you will be able to find at our website, finnsquare.org. The three board members and any volunteers who would like to pitch in are most welcome to weed, keep the garden clean, and do other unglamorous things not requiring donations. However, if you were interested in donating, the Friends of Finn Square is a 501c3 organization, so any donations are tax deductible. — Patricia Aakre on Friends of Finn Square: Making the most of 1/10th of an acre

Anyone have any idea what F&B at 40 Wall Street is?? The only available retail space there is the huge and (never opened) Dean & Deluca space. I don't believe any work is currently underway there. — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on Community Board 1 agendas for September

With Buddha Bar and Assunta Madre, the applicant needs to provide documents for license after conditional approval. Because construction took longer than anticipated, conditional approval expired. Tetsu had the same issue as it was originally scheduled to open in 2012 but delays pushed it to 2017. — Alex on Community Board 1 agendas for September

"The requirements for residence may vary based upon an employee’s position, title, status or agency, but most City employees are required to establish and maintain residence in one of the five boroughs (Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island) for two years of City employment. "As a result of Local Law 48, most employees may now reside in one of the six designated New York State counties (Nassau, Westchester, Suffolk, Rockland, Orange or Putnam) after two years of continuous City employment. Other positions, such as positions in the Executive Office of the Mayor and senior-level positions in Mayoral agencies, require that the employee maintain city residence for the duration of his/her employment. [...] Those employees serving in the title of Chaplain or whose regular work site is located outside of the five boroughs are excepted from the residency requirements, as are employees selected for titles certified as hard-to-recruit. [...] "The provisions of Section 1127 of the New York City Charter require that City employees residing outside of New York City at any time during their employment pay to the City an amount [of taxes] equal to that which would be paid if such non-resident were a City resident [...]" http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/downloads/pdf/misc/empl_residence_info_sheet.pdf — James on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

"Age and Residency Requirements Do you have to be a NYC resident to be a FDNY Firefighter? "You must live in one of the five boroughs; Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island or one of these New York counties: Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Nassau or Suffolk County" firefighter-career-faq https://www1.nyc.gov/site/fdny/jobs/career-paths/firefighter-career-faq.page — James on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

"Residency: [A police officer] must also be a United States citizen, have a valid New York driver license and live in one of the city's five boroughs or Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, Westchester, Putnam or Orange counties within 30 days of being hired." Police Officer Hiring - NYPD https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/careers/police-officers/po-hiring.page — James on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

James got it! On the Desbrosses side... — Tribeca Citizen on Where in Tribeca?

443 Greenwich? — James on Where in Tribeca?

John mentions the bottles of human pee all over the streets, this is a way worse, disgusting issue by ubers and cabs. They have no place to go so they fill a Poland spring bottle and toss on the street. — Uber gross on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

Anonymous Do you realize that many stabilized people in Gateway pay much more than the $1695 you are paying. Do some research! Stabilization is not rent control. Most stabilized people in Gateway are paying more than $2400 for a studio; $2700 and upwards for a 1 bedroom. Under Michael Bloomberg, the rate of increases each year skyrocketed. I don’t know where he thought the people at Bloomberg were supposed to live! If stabilization is not continued, NY will go back to the 70s where middle class moved out and only the very rich and poor will live, crime will increase etc... Stabilization stabilizes a community. Police Fireman and government officials who make under 100 thousand are required to live in NYC. That is why Peter Cooper village and Stuveystant were created. Now these have gone market ...... This is why so many companies are relocating to the Carolinas and Florida. They cannot afford to pay their workers enough to live in NY. Also happening in San Fran. — Jack on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

NYT 3/7/2006 article about Craig's shoes going out of business says that they'd been around since 1956, and moved to 132 from up the block (presumably 114) in 1981. Newsday 10/29/1989 discusses ASPCA raiding the abandoned Mark's Aquarium, and finding many of the animals dead. Oddly back in August 1988 they'd had an article about how in NYC you can rent _anything_, including snakes from Mark's Aquarium. — SteveW on Seen & Heard: A piece of Chambers Street uncovered

Not at all. Dog owners should absolutely pick up and I myself as a dog owner absolutely can not stand to see a pile of waste on the street. But the argument that my shoes get dirty based on dogs is silly. And the argument that dogs are solely responsible for our "sullied" sidewalks is equally silly. Dog owners should pick up after their dogs. People should not pee in bottles and leave them on the sidewalk. When you are done with your Ciroc bottle you shouldn't throw it under a tree. When your kids have an ice cream you shouldn't drop the cone or empty dish on the sidewalk. Homeless shouldn't poop by the elevator on Chambers Street and if you vomit do so over the garbage can. That about covers everything -- I'll add restaurants who leave open bags of garbage on sidewalk on Friday when they don't get picked up until Monday morning. — peter on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

Is the rationale really that because streets are dirty and many people litter, it is therefore fine for dog owners not to clean up waste? Shouldn't it be the opposite, littering is unacceptable and dog waste is unacceptable (or dog waste being a subset of littering is unacceptable). Human littering is terrible and, hopefully, all neighbors should act neighborly and take care of public spaces collectively. That goes for a subset of neighbors who have made an entirely voluntary choice to own pets that will make waste (or litter) in public spaces. It should be mandatory for those neighbors to clean up that mess and not impose it on anyone else. — Kacee on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

Walk along the side walk on Hudson between Reade/Chambers and tell me the problem is dog waste. I've stepped over garbage, vomit and human waste. Not to mention the bottles of human urine thrown out of cars parked along Reade. I don't understand why Tribeca is so much more filthy than the West Village, Upper West and most other areas other than Soho/Broadway. Walk along Greenwich and Reade and notice the placard abuse from both the city cars and https://www.facebook.com/NYArmyRecruiters who sit unmoved in non parking areas for weeks so the streets don't get cleaned. Walk along the front of PS 234 on the weekend and check out the dumped food containers, ice cream containers. Tribeca used to have the blue shirts who would sweep up but that program here seems to have disappeared. Yes, I know the argument is move to Montclair. — John on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

Give me a break. NYC is dirty, there is trash everywhere. To lay the blame on dogs is ridiculous. This is just anti-dog propaganda. BTW, most the poop you see is from humans not dogs. — Amy on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

"If aliens are watching us through telescopes, they’re going to think the dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them’s making a poop, the other one’s carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge?" - JERRY SEINFELD — James on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

" 275 Church Street, application for liquor license for T. Mikolasko on behalf of entity to be formed d/b/a TBD – Resolution ISN’T THIS DA MIKELE PIZZA?" I think they meant 279 Church (old Baked space) and made a typo. — James on Community Board 1 agendas for September

105 Duane is seeking to legalize and alter a POPS (privately owned public space), a space for which they got a zoning bonus but with the public would not be caught dead in. They are in violation, maybe for adding their lovely smoke stacks. http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/ECBQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&ecbin=35084549X "Violation Date: 05/06/2014 "MISC.VIOLATION OF ZR "MISC. VIOLATION OF COND ON AS OF RIGHT PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC SPACE "Specific Violation Condition(s) and Remedy: "MISC.VIOLATIONS OF THE ZONING [RESOLUTION]: DESIGN CHANGES W/O APPROVAL &CERT OF CHAIR[PERSON] OF CITY PLANINING COMMISSION. "NOTED: PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC SPACE IS UNDER GOING DESIGN CHANGES.NO CERT WAS OBTAINED FROM [CHAIRPERSON OF CITY PLANINING COMMISSION]" — James on Community Board 1 agendas for September

57 Leonard St - they've been trying to legalize this non-conforming use for years: http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/DocumentOverviewServlet?requestid=3&passjobnumber=123277621&allbin=1001972 — James on Community Board 1 agendas for September