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Four Eggs! Falcon’s Momentary Absence Reveals What’s In Her Downtown Nest.

Four Eggs! Falcon’s Momentary Absence Reveals What’s In Her Downtown Nest.

The Water Street falcon gave her devoted fans a bit of a scare recently. Day and night, this wild peregrine falcon has been front and center in...

Need To Run An Errand? Here Are Some Tips For Staying Safe.

Need To Run An Errand? Here Are Some Tips For Staying Safe.

It’s the new internal struggle most everyone is experiencing these days: Is it really essential to go out for this? If you’re well, it is OK to...

How Small Businesses Can Apply For Financial Assistance: All You Need To Know

How Small Businesses Can Apply For Financial Assistance: All You Need To Know

Lower Manhattan isn’t just streets and skyscrapers, and the people who open businesses in this special corner of New York City aren’t just...

These Downtown Restaurants Are Keeping Front-Line Workers Well-Fed

These Downtown Restaurants Are Keeping Front-Line Workers Well-Fed

If there's one thing that has impressed us as New York City activity halts to minimize COVID-19's spread, it is the outpouring of kindness — from...

Free Citi Bike Memberships Available For Health-Care, First-Responder And Transit Workers

Free Citi Bike Memberships Available For Health-Care, First-Responder And Transit Workers

Recognizing the importance of safe, effective commuting during this public health crisis, Mayor de Blasio and Lyft have announced a new Citi Bike...

It’s Time To Get A Library Card And Read Everything You Always Meant To Read

It’s Time To Get A Library Card And Read Everything You Always Meant To Read

Are your eyeballs fried from staring at your TV? Or are you faced with the bookworm's dilemma: you've already got shelves and shelves full, but...

Support for New York City Property Owners Struggling with Taxes

Support for New York City Property Owners Struggling with Taxes

New York City’s Department of Finance offers several programs to assist property owners who have a difficult time paying their property tax bills...

Our Downtown Connection Bus Is Still Running And It’s Still Free

Our Downtown Connection Bus Is Still Running And It’s Still Free

Everyone knows that the best thing to do right now (for yourself, your family, your neighbors and even New Yorkers you don't know) is to stay home....

Delivery Or Takeout: Which Is Safer?

Delivery Or Takeout: Which Is Safer?

As New Yorkers get more acclimated to the city’s new normal, we are faced with questions we never imagined we’d have to ask ourselves. For...

This Is The Perfect Time To Take Up Birdwatching (Yes, Even In New York City)

This Is The Perfect Time To Take Up Birdwatching (Yes, Even In New York City)

While we’re all cloistered inside (as we should be), it may seem like New York City is a ghost town. But there's a lot of movement happening —...

Repeat After Me: Do Not Flush Disinfectant Wipes Down The Toilet

Repeat After Me: Do Not Flush Disinfectant Wipes Down The Toilet

If you’ve managed to get a hold of Clorox wipes and other pre-moistened disinfectant towelettes (lucky!), it's important to dispose of them...

New Program Helps New Yorkers Who Cannot Afford Food Delivery

New Program Helps New Yorkers Who Cannot Afford Food Delivery

New York City’s most vulnerable citizens are feeling the sudden impacts of the COVID-19-related changes, so the city is pulling together to try to...