regarding Doxie comment. you are so right! these people are idiots. The place is falling apart. Young " wall street" or the " entitled" come to live there for a short time. Its a hotel in and out. For long term tenants that have no where else to go its scary. No political people to help, no tenant association ( last meeting 5 ago) very very sad. — Native on Apartments in 50 Murray, 90 West were illegally deregulated

The Whole Foods cashiers are always so slow. The lines would move much quicker if they simply scanned the items faster. They are not obligated to upsell you anything or capture your email. Mgmt should just encourage faster cashiering. — Reality on Whole Foods removes registers to make room for Prime Now

Native & Old Tribeca - How right you are. The judge among others were paid off. It’s a disgrace. IPN is not qualified for Rent Control but for Rent Stabilization since first tenants moved in about 1976. There should be Rent Stabilized tenants living here instead of Fair Market tenants. The rents are outrageous with $5,000/mo + rents for sub divided warren-like rooms, broken leaking pipes, 3 working elevators if they work out of 4, constant construction, vermin etc. And they advertise it as luxury. — Doxie on Apartments in 50 Murray, 90 West were illegally deregulated

What if you moved out of 90 West Street a few years ago? Can you be reimbursed if your rent was over what it should have been ???? — John on Apartments in 50 Murray, 90 West were illegally deregulated

From yesterday's NY Post: "De Blasio has now finished six of his eight budgets as mayor — and the bigger picture is even more alarming. In 2014, the mayor inherited the final Bloomberg spending plan, $56.3 billion in local taxpayer spending. Over six years, then, local spending has soared 30%. Even in rich New York, an abrupt $20 billion in new annual spending is a lot of money. "How do de Blasio’s first six years stack up against Bloomberg’s final six years? Between 2008 and 2014, local spending increased 25 percent, hardly austerity. But back then, pension costs for retirees — something that is hard to fix in the short term, because it’s partly dependent on Albany — were soaring, going from $5.7 billion to $8.3 billion a year. "De Blasio has no such external excuse. Pension spending has all but leveled off. It’s striking that de Blasio’s higher spending comes with no real theme: Even pre-K, his signature first-term initiative, isn’t all that expensive ($1 billion) in the context of the city budget. "The theme, really, is more city employees and higher city salaries and wages. In 2014, the city had fewer than 302,000 workers. Today, it has 332,000. De Blasio has hired cops, taking the total for uniformed workers up by about 4,000 people. And he’s hired teachers, about 10,000. "But mostly, he’s hired administrators and civilian workers. Did we really need 2,000 new non-teacher workers at the Department of Education? Overall, the city has 15,000 new civilian — non-teacher, non-uniformed — workers compared to 2014, bringing the total to 139,115 people. The city’s civilian workforce is up nearly 12%, outpacing the teacher and uniformed workforce. "As the workforce has grown, salaries and wages have grown, too, from $24.5 billion in 2014 to $30 billion for the upcoming year — up by 22% over six years." — James on In the News: Man slashed in Franklin Street station

The mail box at Jay and Greenwich is still there. It has the new type of slot. — jsm on Nosy Neighbor: Where have all the post office boxes gone?

You're right, sorry -- I thought the store was new, based on a Downtown Alliance newsletter... — Pam Frederick on Seen & Heard: Everyone is Swedish for one day

not everyone wins TG. go online and look up IPN Independence Plaza. Tenants there from the very beginning. Who also lived through 911 and are sick now. They lost a 7 year fight with the landlord. Same fight that was won in Sty Town. Not fair, not right. No comers with the same win? how is this possible. — Native on Apartments in 50 Murray, 90 West were illegally deregulated

Here’s an idea: What about putting the new jail right beside Trump Tower? Think of all the money and commuting time it would save the taxpayers in the future! — RJ on In the News: Man slashed in Franklin Street station

The beauty of these rulings is they help all tenants. People new to the city have protections as well. It is a very good thing. Tenancy cannot be held at the whim of a select few otherwise our cities cannot function as well because people don't want to stay and build a life in a place so inhospitable. — TG on Apartments in 50 Murray, 90 West were illegally deregulated

"Di B inherited a ballooning set of issues that were not dealt with... when years and years go by where mayors ignore growing issues they are bound to get worse." And he is still not dealing with them here in his fifth year as mayor. — PeterD on In the News: Man slashed in Franklin Street station

I could not disagree with you more. Bet away all you like - the mailboxes are used and used often and I want them to stay exactly where they are. — TG on Nosy Neighbor: Where have all the post office boxes gone?

Kuddos to PS 150 for the love letter to the Mayor. I bet he doesn't get many of those in this city of many complaints but bravo to the parents. — TG on In the News: The view from the Woolworth penthouse

And why is that? I find your comment offensive. — TG on Nosy Neighbor: Where have all the post office boxes gone?

Listen I am not a huge fan of the mayor but almost twenty years between Crazy Rudy and Mike of busing the homeless upstate Di B. has units being built. Hopefully this is help a bit. Another big issue is to truly help the mentally ill who so desperately need it. The subways have never recovered from Mad Rudy's draining $450m his first year. Mike, though generous personally, was woefully out of tune with the cultural fabric of the city. He never negotiated with the teachers, didn't create any substantial housing for regular folk and he tweaked the testing requirements to get into specialized high schools that discriminates against those families who are more financially vulnerable. Di B inherited a ballooning set of issues that were not dealt with. I, for one, do not miss Guiliani's undercover cops who bullied, threatened and treated its citizens with contempt. It is easy to express yourself in sound bites but when years and years go by where mayors ignore growing issues they are bound to get worse. Dinkins for all his faults hired 6000 more police officers and funded the greening of our parks - and who gets credit for it? Nut job Rudy who is a morally corrupt human being. He was then and he is even more now. As for DiB Dark Tower: let me guess, we should put the tower in the Bronx right? — TG on In the News: Man slashed in Franklin Street station

Don't worry our dear mayor wants to build the world largest vertical prison between Chinatown and Tribeca... Readers please contact your local representative's, especially Margaret Chin and tell them NO to Deblasio's Dark Tower. Margaret Chin District Office 101 Lafayette St, 9th Floor New York, NY 10013 212-587-3159 phone Legislative Office 250 Broadway, Suite 1762 New York, NY 10007 212-788-7259 phone — Adam on In the News: Man slashed in Franklin Street station

Neighbors: don't wait for Chin to do nothing about our do nothing post office. Contact Nadler's office directly: https://nadler.house.gov/contact/ Manhattan Office 201 Varick Street, Suite 669 New York, NY 10014 Phone: 212-367-7350 — James on Nosy Neighbor: Where have all the post office boxes gone?

A new business is taking the space of the blow bar by 88 Leonard. I was in a car on my way out of town this morning and didn't take a closer look... — Jackie Mom on Seen & Heard: New tenant at Brushstroke space

10 Corso Como has been open for nearly a year!? — A Tribeca Citizen on Seen & Heard: Everyone is Swedish for one day

If you had a lease at 50 Murray on or prior to June 30, 2017, or 53 Park Place on or prior to June 30, 2015, you can contact info@50MTA.com (50 Murray Tenants Association) for more information. — 50MTA on Apartments in 50 Murray, 90 West were illegally deregulated

Another reason there might be fewer boxes on the streets of Tribeca is because so many condo buildings, for example Fischer-Mills at Beach and Greenwich, have their own mail collection systems. — Jane on Nosy Neighbor: Where have all the post office boxes gone?

I have also noticed the removal of these mailboxes and have contacted Councillor Margaret Chin's Office and CB1 about it. Both have responded that they will look into it, In Cllr Chin's office's case, they say it is a Federal matter and they will contact Rep Nadler for help. I am not holding my breath but it is good to see that others have noticed this stealth removal of mailboxes and are concerned about it. — Bob on Nosy Neighbor: Where have all the post office boxes gone?

Seeing that I read the court ruling and still have a tenuous grasp on the issue, I would consult a tenant lawyer such as the Met Council on Housing folks. — Pam Frederick on Apartments in 50 Murray, 90 West were illegally deregulated

No one helped the people of Independence Plaza. No advocate came to fight the decision, including Cuomo. Meanwhile during voting all the politicians are outside the complex looking for their votes. They do nothing for the tenants at all. Disgraceful hush hush money paid under the table. Tax abatement given to greedy landlord. He was then able to pay it back? How is that legit? Lap tenants content and voucher tenants downsized paying more in certain circumstances then the Lap. A sad story of living in a city that greedy landlord always wins. After living through 911 and all. They turned their backs on the tenants. — Native on Apartments in 50 Murray, 90 West were illegally deregulated

Right on point Native! Larry Gluck and Bloomberg are pals! That's why we lost! Blatant political corruption, and payoffs, no doubt! Independence Plaza should be rent controlled. — Old Tribeca on Apartments in 50 Murray, 90 West were illegally deregulated