As always, a voice of reason here, Heide! — malcolm on ICE agents raid street vendors on Canal and Lafayette

Good stuff - thank you ICE and thank you POTUS. Instead of curbing this ongoing illegal activity, the city wants to spend tens of millions of dollars to expand the sidewalks at this intersection. Ridiculous. — RB on ICE agents raid street vendors on Canal and Lafayette

Finally. It's ridiculous that this has gone on as long as it has. It's impossible to walk on the sidewalks when they're all set up and god knows what else they could be funding by selling counterfeit or stolen goods in the first place. These are not "fellow members of our community". — MJ on ICE agents raid street vendors on Canal and Lafayette

I mean... finally? why are these activities allowed in the first place... they immigration status is not the point.. if at least ICE does something to deal with it, bravo — Richard on ICE agents raid street vendors on Canal and Lafayette

well said. could not agree more. these people aren't community members, they are detrimental to the community. it's about time something was done about this, as has been written about in other posts on this forum. Thank goodness for ICE, thankful that someone will clean up this mess. If you are a TRIBECA CITIZEN, this is good news. No one wants these "vendors" around, the businesses especially. Bravo, ICE. — g on ICE agents raid street vendors on Canal and Lafayette

its about time someone did something about this. NYPD looks the other way, if the 1st and 5th were allowed to do their job this action would be unnecessary. Chris Marte calls the illegal, unlicensed counterfeiters who also deal drugs community members. Really? no more round tables to discuss, the problem is obvious and so is the solution. Crackdown on this, I don't care who does it. This has metastasized way beyond just Canal street, just walk down Broadway south of Canal, its right in front of storefronts including galleries that are trying to make a real living and actually pay taxes. anyone else tired of the gaslighting on this? — S on ICE agents raid street vendors on Canal and Lafayette

And of course the story does not end there. Where are those people being sent? IF they are indeed illegal or have criminal records, there is a more humane way to handle it. For one thing, ICE agents with no IDs and wearing masks of shame are not the way to go about this. — Heide Fasnacht on ICE agents raid street vendors on Canal and Lafayette

Yes - and now ICE and DHS need to sustain the enforcement. If the Canal Street Redesign plan is going to extend the sidewalks (ie. - create more room for these illegal vendors), residents and stakeholders MUST keep this issue front and center with all levels of legislators and law enforcement. Keep the petition effort going, keep reporting to 311, keep submitting complaints on the ICE.gov tip line and keep posting to social media. Today shows that it works. — SoHo on Seen & Heard: A meeting to discuss illegal street vendors on Canal

ICE did more in 10 minutes than NYPD in 10 years. https://nypost.com/2025/10/21/us-news/ice-agents-make-busts-on-canal-street-in-nycs-chinatown-in-effort-to-crackdown-on-illegal-vendors/ — James Bogardus on Seen & Heard: A meeting to discuss illegal street vendors on Canal

And Mamdani is just proposing to abolish all jails, right? — Tribeca Dad on What Cuomo has said about the White Street jail

There are also apparently cost savings associated with operations (the Times reported estimates of $2B/year). Apparently it's incredibly costly to house inmates at Rikers, nearly $500k per person per year. — malcolm on What Cuomo has said about the White Street jail

The Real Deal article cited is from 2017. The hotel has since been acquired out of bankruptcy by Silver Creek Development: https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2025/09/10/silver-creek-acquires-wagner-hotel-after-messy-bankruptcy/ — Matt on In the News: Wagner Hotel has been sold

I'd have to find the piece I read that detailed this, but from my recollection: an independent commission found that it would cost more because of the logistics of an isolated site with one bridge, coupled with the fact that there would need to be environmental remediation, and it's more expensive to construct while Rikers remains an active jail site (work hours, piecemeal work, etc.). I would also imagine developing new plans (the borough-based ones are all approved and I think mostly permitted?) would add another cost, and significant delay. And we're all seeing how construction prices continue to increase rapidly in a time of tariffs and inflation. — malcolm on What Cuomo has said about the White Street jail

Maybe speak to Marte? — B on Duane Park Patisserie caught in bureaucratic snafu

Interesting; why would the cost of re-building on Rikers be higher? I would expect all construction in the city to be more expensive. — Marcus on What Cuomo has said about the White Street jail

I don't like this at all. We know our government agencies are disorganized, inefficient, and ineffective, and this is a key example of that. Also, what a horrible time to try to pull this on a small business!! The holiday season is probably one of the most important for a place like this (I know I send family and friends ring dings, across the country).. — B.Thompson on Duane Park Patisserie caught in bureaucratic snafu

This is getting silly, and Cuomo is just being his typical, cynical, self-interested self. Construction on the Brooklyn jail is quite far along. Even if it was feasible to pivot to affordable housing, who is to say the communities would support that, when they typically fight against those types of projects. On Atlantic, in Kew Gardens, and in Chinatown. And for all the talk about how expensive these borough-based jails are (I agree! But building jails is an expensive endeavor, not comparable to housing), the cost for rebuilding completely on Rikers would be even higher. So I think the money issue is quite moot, beyond the other benefits of closing down that horrid place. Just like his recently announced plan for the City to take over capital construction from the MTA, he's throwing things against the wall to see what sticks, because he has no core convictions. He was famously a big fan of the state running the MTA when he was governor. — malcolm on What Cuomo has said about the White Street jail

It’s absurd these people have nothing better to do. You shouldn’t even need a license to open a bakery. If you eliminated half the people in city and state government, you either wouldn’t notice, or it would be an improvement. — Reademan on Duane Park Patisserie caught in bureaucratic snafu

I was sitting on the fence w/these two—thanks for helping me make up my mind! — AJ on What Cuomo has said about the White Street jail

Not all of them do, sadly, even though many indicate this on the website. For example, the one on Park Place doesn't do it. — James S on Crowd Sourcing: Where can you find a notary around here?

Toni, which branch? I’m a Chase customer too, and I was recently told that neither the branch on Broadway & Murray nor the one on Greenwich & Murray has a notary. — SW on Crowd Sourcing: Where can you find a notary around here?

I used to go to the TD on Broadway and Reade for notarization and they took care of me even though I was not a TD customer. But the notary is not there every day, so it may not be convenient. — SW on Crowd Sourcing: Where can you find a notary around here?

Not in Tribeca but Chelsea Royal Care Pharmacy on 9th Ave between 19th & 20th has a notary. Call ahead to check his hours. — AJ on Crowd Sourcing: Where can you find a notary around here?

Is Trump's anthem Everybody Wants To Rule the World by Tears for Fears? The mentality insane are loose in D.C. He has no respect for the first responders or the people who went to work that day and didn't make it home. — Sherri Rosen on In the News: Wagner Hotel has been sold

I go to my local bank Chase, make an appointment and they are glad to provide the service with no charge. — Toni on Crowd Sourcing: Where can you find a notary around here?