Posts Tagged ‘Downtown Alliance’

Neighborhood Chatter: Back to Business; Gun Control

Written by NY Press on . Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown, Uncategorized

Renowned Chef Daniel Boulud drops off a gourmet meal and jokes with a resident of Stuyvesant Town. The visit highlighted the Citymeals-on-Wheels program which helps to get food to homebound and elderly. Downtown Getting Back to Business The Downtown Alliance has made it their mission to mold and maintain Lower Manhattan as a world-leading central business district of today. The devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy pushed this organization to launch the Back to Business Small Business Grant Program that is now able to provide grant distribution for
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Longtime Resident Helps Downtown Businesses Stay Afloat

Written by NY Press on . Posted in Downtown OTTY Awards, Special Sections

Liz Berger fights for her community as the president of the Downtown Alliance By Susan Armitage On the morning of 9/11, Liz Berger had just dropped off her oldest child for kindergarten at P.S. 234 and was on her way to work. Though she had already been active in civic life, she said, that devastating
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Lights On In Lower Manhattan

Written by Our Town Downtown on . Posted in On Topic OTDT, Our Town Downtown

downtownalliancelogo Downtown Alliance’s Kelly Rush lets us know what’s opening and closing Opening Key Food 55 Fulton St. (between Gold and Cliff streets), 646-581-9260. We have just one opening for you in this edition, but this store has already become one of the most popular businesses on Fulton Street. Any neighborhood with a growing population of
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Tapped In

Written by NY Press on . Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

NeighborhoodChatter —Compiled by Adel Manoukian, Alissa Fleck and Paul Bisceglio Is Canal Street ‘Manhattan’s Next Great Retail Frontier’? When most New Yorkers think of Canal Street, they probably don’t think of quality retail. Melinda Miller of Winick Realty Group, however, wants to usher in a new era for the downtown commercial street. “For Canal Street, it’s
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Lights On…in Lower Manhattan: What’s Opening and Closing

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Downtown Alliance’s Kelly Rush lets us know what’s opening and closing  Summer is the season of escape. In this edition, we have a new car rental service for your upcoming vacation; a sandwich shop to equip you with food for the road; a shoe store so you’re fashionably shod when you arrive; and a nail
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Neighborhood Chatter

Written by Our Town Downtown on . Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

Quinn Asks Con Edison to Get Back on Track City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn released a letter last Wednesday to Con Edison asking the electric company to immediately resume negotiations with Local 1-2’s union workers and end their dispute, which caused a lockout during the week’s extreme heat. In the letter, Quinn criticizes the
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What’s Opening and Closing In Lower Manhattan

Written by Our Town Downtown on . Posted in Business, Eat & Drink

downtownalliancelogo Downtown Alliance’s Kelly Rush lets us know what’s opening and closing  Summer has officially begun and, just in time, we have a renovated playground open for children who aren’t stuck in a hot classroom, an Asian kitchen featuring healthy food so we don’t balloon out during swimsuit season and a lovely French café with plenty
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Neighborhood Chatter

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poopscoop Citywide Despite Mayor, City Council Passes Living Wage Bill   On Monday, April 30, the City Council—despite criticism by Mayor Michael Bloomberg—successfully passed the Living Wage Bill. While several cities across the country have passed similar legislation, the mayor has previously said he would veto the bill should it pass, saying it stymies job growth.
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