Great! Any idea when Battery Park is supposed to be reopening? Area is so congested with the ticket hawkers and tourists over there. — Michael T on Wagner Park opens July 29

Tom, now I remember the beginning of that three year period -- how could I forget? Covid. S&P down around 15% that first year, 6/30/21 to 6/30/22. That 3-year average of 2.8% looks darn good. — Jeff on Seen & Heard: A mayoral candidate among us

I don't know how you come by your extensive knowledge of the comptroller's office and record, but I assume you've got your eye on the current candidates, and I wonder if you've determined that one might excel. — mulciber on Seen & Heard: A mayoral candidate among us

Wow, this guy definitely sounds like a Republican. Why is he running as a Democrat? — JC on City Council Primary 2025: Eric Yu

I'm no Stringer fan (see above) but Lander is demonstrably worse. Both of them were woefully inadequate Comptrollers in their role as the city's auditors. It beggars belief the neither of them could find any waste, corruption or fraud in the hundred-billion-dollar annual budgets overseen by deBlasio. And Lander can't find anything wrong with Adams' spending either. However, Lander has politicized the city pension fund investments which will cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. His three year performance through 2024 was only 2.8% per year. The target is 7%. It was a tough 3-year stretch but most comparable pension funds averaged around 5.8%. The pension funds are $275 billion so 3% underperformance costs about $8.25bn. Multiplied by three years and Lander has dug a $25 billion hole in the pensions. (And that's being generous by comparing him to the 5.8% and not the statutory goal of 7%-7.5%!) There's a "smoothing" function so the $25bn doesn't all have to be contributed next year but, simplistically, it will drag $2.5 billion per year on the city budget for the next 10 years. I didn't make up the 2.8% number. It is in the first table in this report from Lander's office: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/new-york-city-pension-funds-returns/ For perspective, there are 77K teachers in the NYC public schools. The Lander investment incompetence could have given every single one of them a $30K raise every year for the next ten years (with almost $200mm extra spending money left over...annually). Lander has done a really, really bad job as Comptroller and certainly does not deserve a promotion! The best thing about him running for mayor is it gets him out of the Comptroller's seat which will stop the immense damage he's doing to the city's balance sheet. — Thomas Hagen on Seen & Heard: A mayoral candidate among us

Thank you for this explanation. Is there a summary or table online somewhere of all the candidates and their stances on major issues? — Marcus on Some how-tos on Ranked Choice Voting

Thank you for pointing this out. Already had my qualms about him and prefer Lander anyway. — Michael T on Seen & Heard: A mayoral candidate among us

25 Broad was a great place for Stringer to live and have an easy commute to the Comptroller's office in the Dinkins Municipal Building. He still required the taxpayers to pick up the tab for an SUV, chauffeur and security guard to pick him up in the morning, drive him less than a mile to the office and wait all day to bring him less than a mile back home. I'd also point out that the J/Z subway line stops directly underneath Stringer's residence at 25 Broad and two stops later stops directly underneath the Comptroller's office on Chambers. The subway wasn't good enough for him. Care to guess his position on whether YOU should be penalized for driving into Tribeca instead of taking the subway? Not to pick on Stringer, but the sense of entitlement among NY politicians is absurd and needs to be called out. They're supposed to work for the citizens but they make the citizens work for them instead. — Thomas Hagen on Seen & Heard: A mayoral candidate among us

I agree, I was taken aback to read ABC’s biased language against the protesters - presented as a quote used to describe the protest. The Ice agents present as masked thugs, grabbing lawful immigrants after they dutifully attend their assigned appointments. It is horrifying that this is going on in the US. The protesters are doing their duty to protect the constitution and the rule of law. — Lisa on In the News: The GMA folks take Tribeca

So am I. — Karen on In the News: The GMA folks take Tribeca

BTW for those interested in City issues of land use, zoning and especially Mayor Adams' COY.... Beyond Tribeca... An interesting issue - the rezoning of the Garment District Garment industry workers held a rally to save the Garment District and garment industry jobs from the City's rezoning plan. Worth reading and considering.... https://w42st.com/post/garment-district-workers-rally-rezoning/ — lisa on City Council Primary 2025: Christopher Marte

I asked my broker to help me find a 2-bedroom around that price range (even above - not FIDI) earlier in the year and there was practically nothing on the market!! — B.Thompson on Seen & Heard: A mayoral candidate among us

How long did One Hudon Cafe operate? What was its' final year of operation? — A Stone on MedRite has opened on Chambers and Hudson

Per the NY Times coverage of the first mayoral primary debate: "Asked what they pay each month for rent or a mortgage, [...] Mr. Stringer went last and appeared miffed: “I’m getting ripped off: $6,400.” — James Bogardus on Seen & Heard: A mayoral candidate among us

Almond Cookie is the good call at Chinatown Ice Cream Factory!! — Amy G. on Field Trip: A dumpling tour of Chinatown

And I was the agent who got Scott Stringer the Apartment at 25 Broad! ;-) — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on Seen & Heard: A mayoral candidate among us

I'm in your choir. — malcolm on In the News: The GMA folks take Tribeca

The protests against ICE at Foley Square as reported here seems awfully biased against the protesters, one of whom was Brad Lander who was arrested in a most undignified way. ICE officers, usually masked and unidentified by name tags or uniforms, are arresting folk violently and without warrants. If you are reading this I hope I'm preaching to the choir. — Heide Fasnacht on In the News: The GMA folks take Tribeca

Essex Crossing new museum? 40,000 sf? More restaurants where there are so many? Generating more vehicles (construction, delivery, service) and congestion in a small area, and cementing hyper-gentrification… Feeling pretty cynical — mst on In the News: The GMA folks take Tribeca

Rumor is that 21 Park Place is being revived and are going to build a condo tower there. Troy Realty Capital is the developer there has been movement on site already. — Alex on The Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots

Rank choices, indeed! https://nycvotes-frontdoor-e6btczg8gpffcqd9.a02.azurefd.net/media/nyka43av/img-1.png — James Bogardus on Some how-tos on Ranked Choice Voting

It is quite awful and discouraging that this problem persists for decades with no resolution. Apparently prior petitions have had little or no effect, such as this one: https://www.change.org/p/clean-up-canal-from-crime-illegal-drugs-sales-aggressive-panhandling Problem seems worse than ever. I'll be voting for whichever candidates most likely to actually reduce crime in the city, including finally dealing with these illicit vendors. — Marcus on A petition to address the counterfeit vendors on Broadway & Lispenard

Sadly, that Di Fara location deserved to go. It was one of the worst slices we had in the city and tasted absolutely nothing like the Original Di Fara. RIP Dom - that guy was a legend, his pies were truly a work of art, and those who had the privelege of seeing him slowly drizzle olive oil and cut basil by hand were incredibly lucky. I've heard that the original Midwood location has gone downhill too. Nothing stays the same forever. :( — J Tribeca on Seen & Heard: Juniper and the Red Swoosh!

Christopher Marte (City Council District 1) has posted a response to the petition: https://www.change.org/p/public-safety-health-crisis-on-lispenard-street/responses/45262 — Marcus on A petition to address the counterfeit vendors on Broadway & Lispenard

Thanks! — Tribeca Citizen on Seen & Heard: Juniper and the Red Swoosh!