Left: Wanted for Hate Crime and Criminal Mischeif; Right: Ticket sellers stalk the Whitehall Street subway station, near scene of recent attack on Togo-native ticket seller. ( Photos: NYPD, Brian Berger) Hate Crime at Hebrew Union College; Migrant Ticket Seller Stabbed near Battery Park The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in discovering the identity and whereabouts of... News 09 Jun 2025 | 08:40
Left: BP Mark Levine, CB1 Chair Tammy Meltzer, Council Members Keith Powers and Christopher Marte; Right: ticket vendors “guarding” the entrance to Battery Park and Castle Clinton at the Bowling Green subway stop. ( Photo: Brian Berger) City Council Members Marte & Powers Propose to Stop Tourist Ferry Ticket Scams Call it “the crackdown in Battery Park.” That’s the hope anyway, in the wake of legislation announced by Council Members... News 25 May 2025 | 08:45
Adult Spotted Lanternfly. Photo courtesy of Battery Park City Authority The Spotted Lanternflies of Manhattan For months now, New Yorkers have been on notice to swat, smash and stomp the Spotted Lanternfly – an insect easily detected... News 04 Oct 2021 | 10:17
Memorial Lights, Sept. 11, 2020. Photo: Florin C, via Flickr Downtown: 20 Years After 9/11 Two decades ago, our world changed on Tuesday, September 11th with the largest terrorist attack on American soil at the heart... News 30 Aug 2021 | 08:44
Asphalt Green. Photo: Charles Smith Seawright to City: Reopen Indoor Pools As New York State and City continue in the slow-going process of reopening its economies, Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright... News 24 Aug 2020 | 09:06
Tens of thousands packed Foley Square before a march to Battery Park Friday as park of the Climate Strike NYC, a movement led by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) 'We Will Make Them Hear Us' Thousands of young people flooded the streets of Lower Manhattan Friday afternoon, chanting and waving protest signs, all... News 23 Sep 2019 | 12:28
Cyclists Protest NYPD Criminalization Push Against Bikers for Traffic Infractions