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  • 10/06
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HURRICANE RELIEF & RECOVERY: DONATION DROP-OFF LOCATIONS

As Puerto Rico recovers from the devastating effects of Hurricane Maria, the Battery Park City Authority has established the following locations at which neighbors may drop off goods for donation to the State’s larger relief and recovery efforts. Each location …

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  • 10/04
  • BPC People
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Thank You, Battery Park City!

Departing BPCA President and Chief Operating Officer Shari C. Hyman’s farewell letter to the Battery Park City community follows. Ms. Hyman has moved on to become Vice President & General Manager, Westfield World Trade Center. Thank you, Battery Park City! …

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  • 10/04
  • Community
  • Environment

COMPLETION OF NYC POLICE MEMORIAL ELECTRICAL VAULTS

Underground electrical infrastructure powering the Memorial and south side of the North Cove Marina was damaged during Superstorm Sandy. As part of BPCA’s comprehensive storm resiliency efforts, construction of new, above-ground electrical vaults is now complete. Said BPCA President & …

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  • 09/18
  • Art & Culture
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IRISH HUNGER MEMORIAL – PERMANENT PLANTINGS

Beginning Monday, September 18, Battery Park City’s Irish Hunger Memorial will be closed for the installation of its final, permanent plantings. The Memorial reopened to the public with temporary plantings in July, after a comprehensive waterproofing and leak remediation project …

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  • 09/15
  • Community
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STATEMENTS OF DENNIS MEHIEL AND SHARI HYMAN ON MS. HYMAN’S DEPARTURE FROM THE BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY

BPCA President & Chief Operating Officer Shari C. Hyman will be departing at month’s end. She joined the agency in January 2014. Statement of BPCA Chairman Dennis Mehiel “Answers to the simplest of questions are sometimes the most telling. Is …

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  • 09/12
  • Community

BPC: NEW LOOK | 2nd PLACE CURB CUT

BPCA recently installed a curb cut at the westernmost end of 2nd Place near South Cove, enabling direct travel by BPC Parks vehicles between Parks Headquarters and the Esplanade. This modification minimizes the street and sidewalk travel previously required, north …

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  • 09/12
  • Community
  • Environment

UPDATE: BPCA-CB1 BICYCLES WORKING GROUP

In June 2016 the Battery Park City Authority, in consultation with Manhattan Community Board 1’s Battery Park City Committee, announced establishment of a Bicycles Working Group to discuss bicycle use on the BPC Esplanade and develop concepts about how best …

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  • 09/12
  • BPC People

BPC PEOPLE – Trish Burger

FAVORITE BPC SPOT: Roof of Tribeca Pointe/Liberty Community Garden Trish Burger was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn and later grew up in Huntington, Long Island. As a child she always dreamed of moving back into the big city, and began fulfilling that dream …

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