I can't get over how few people vote. It is in these down ticket elections that young politicians get their start. How many people reside in Chin's district? Only 5,420 voted. That's appalling. — Heide Fasnacht on In the News: Chin Wins by 200 Votes

Chinese and did not vote for Chin. — Chinaman on In the News: The Argument Against Margaret Chin

And unless enough people downtown get out and vote today for someone else, say Chris Marte, she will likely get a huge turnout from her base in Chinatown which will give her a third term. — Robert Ripps on In the News: The Argument Against Margaret Chin

There was also a huge explosive noise at around 945 (so loud that all of our neighbors ran onto their balconies) — BF on Seen & Heard: Opening Forecasts for Tetsu and Il Mulino

The enormous space at 75 Leonard lay fallow for about a dozen years after the last renters left in the mid-nineties. The owner was reportedly asking an unearthly rent (it's really a beautiful space), but really had nothing to lose by leaving that money "on the table" until someone was willing to pony up. That is the case with many of the buildings on this block, which were owned by fabric concerns until the late 80s. The owners of those concerns had bought the buildings for near nothing when no one wanted to live here, and so whatever money they could make on them was just "gravy", as they say. But real estate developers are the new pharaohs, financially speaking, and the expense is negligible for them. So, for example, the developers of 56 Leonard held onto that space from 2007, when the building first broke ground, through the Great Recession, until 2010, when development was taken over by another company, which held the space long before and after 56L was occupied. The rent on 75 Leonard was an impossible sum for ordinary retail enterprises, but the developer was willing to pay it every month, year after year, whether using the space or not, just to maintain their name on the lease. That says a lot. — David G. Imber on Seen & Heard: Tribeca’s Other Long-Gestating Restaurant

Maybe this gallery will aid the push to clean up Lispenard and rid it off the counterfeiters. — Marcus on Major New Addition to Tribeca’s Gallery District

For $4 billion, we could have re-built Penn Station in its original glory. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: The Oculus Skylight Is Open

There were people/person putting off fireworks from a roof top on chambers st next door to 77 reade around 11pm. — Nicole on Seen & Heard: Opening Forecasts for Tetsu and Il Mulino

People from the Lower East Side had called her out on her racism at the waterfront, her refusal to pass the Chinatown Working Group plan. — Pancho Sanchez on In the News: The Argument Against Margaret Chin

I beg you to not make me watch La La Land again. It was painful. — TG on Seen & Heard: A School on Beach Street

Agree with the Broadsheet. They neglected to mention how Margaret Chin approved of NYU's plans to expand. Also of note: her lack of support for the preservation of the Elizabeth Street Gardens. She talks a good progressive game but is, in fact, regressive. — Heide Fasnacht on In the News: The Argument Against Margaret Chin

loved the Meat, the Menu and the Micro-bar in the back and the caramels ... and the artwork inspired by the pavement in front of city hall .... Rome city hall. arrivederci Marco... — Lisa on Landmarc Has Closed

Well, that was certainly worth $4 billion. — James on Seen & Heard: The Oculus Skylight Is Open

About the counterfeit crooks: I would say keep calling 311. I do every time I see them blocking the sidewalk. If it makes them shut down for an hour each time, even that is something. Let's make their "business" so frustrating to operate that they give up. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Tribeca’s Other Long-Gestating Restaurant

I love La Colombe coffee…but coffee in cans?? I thought the company was concerned about the environment, as well as the full aesthetic experience of drinking coffee. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Trader Joe’s Is Now “Coming 2018”

Multiple 311 calls over several years have never yielded any response. Their distribution center is around the corner on Lispenard St. which is perpetually strewn with their debris and empty food containers. — lowrider on Seen & Heard: Tribeca’s Other Long-Gestating Restaurant

Re BMCC pool. Three months that took four years! I'm not holding my breath for the opening. — Dixie on Seen & Heard: A School on Beach Street

Cobblestones that are now on our streets in Tribeca are laid by amateurs unfamiliar with how it should be done. Just compare the older laid stones on Franklin St. between Hudson and Varick near the curbs. New new ones have 2" gaps between the stones in most places, and the stones themselves should be smooth on top so one could walk on them without tripping. No wonder bicycle riders are on our sidewalks! If you've ever walked the streets of Vienna, Prague, Buenos Aires etc. you would see the difference. — Dixie on Seen & Heard: A School on Beach Street

"good quality name brand products" are also fashionable crap. I like the corner Broadway/Canal. Its an Afticanized street theater. Much more lively than the quality fashionista brand stores, which are as mindeadly as recent Tribeca architecture. — robert janz on Seen & Heard: Counterfeit-Bag Vendors Remain Unchecked

The traffic and honking is a huge problem. The City ignores all complaints related it. Unfortunately it will take a tragic event for them to understand the magnitude of the problem. Hudson Street is a crossroad of careless, rushed commuters disobeying traffic laws and families living in the area. It is only a matter of time before something tragic happens which was avoidable, had the City enforced the traffic regulations. — Concerned on In the News: Margaret Chin on Tribeca’s Most Urgent Issue

Thank you to the unnamed therapist who saved a patient's life with a call to police to avoid a possible suicide. We've already had a murder on the block this yearand several beloved long-time tenants have been lost to accident and cancer. It's been very tough on Duane Street. Peace, health and Love to all. 116 Duane Street District Leader (2005-2015) — Jean Grillo on In the News: Cops Descend on Duane Street

I've lived by the Holland Tunnel for MANY years, and I don't think the signs really did anything. There needs to be some kind of actual enforcement, and I don't think that will happen until the pols decide to do something. — KP on In the News: Margaret Chin on Tribeca’s Most Urgent Issue

Regarding this vendor issue, don't vendors need a permit or license to sell on the street? Also, aren't there laws/rules about the use of public sidewalks? Why isn't there local Enforcement of these rules? — A.B. on Seen & Heard: Counterfeit-Bag Vendors Remain Unchecked

Any ideas what we can do about the vendors on Broadway on Canal? It just seems like it's getting worse and the NYPD does nothing. It's so frustrating and so wrong that they get away with loitering and selling fake products. — Mark on Seen & Heard: Tribeca’s Other Long-Gestating Restaurant

The thing is this is now going to be the 3 rd sales office for luxury buildings on leonard street. The preparations take forever are extremely tacky ( take a look at the fake brick and fake plants at 75 leonard and across the street ). Also and this is nitpicking but for me a huge hassle: they put up flags and banners with the address of the new building which confuses people delivering to the real addresses and visitors alike. I've had deliveries call me because of the confusion of the addresses. It shows that there is absolutely no regard for the existing "old" buildings and residents who actually live there instead of the potential rich people they are trying to lure in. These spaces are temporary and will eventually be vacant storefronts again. Just another instance of the changes that disregard actual humans who live and I may say work here. — Tino on Seen & Heard: Tribeca’s Other Long-Gestating Restaurant