Linda Belfer

Catherine McVay Hughes replaced Julie Menin as chairwoman of Community Board 1 June 26, 2012.

The DOT is studying whether to add traffic lights to Battery Park City's North End and South End avenues.

 The crowds of 9/11 Memorial tourists are overwhelming the area south of the World Trade Center.

More than a dozen streets will be closed to traffic on Sept. 11, 2011.

Battery Park City is one of the most flood-prone neighborhoods in the city. Residents and business owners are taking precautions in advance of Hurricane Irene.

Five corporations are pushing the DOT to reopen the Vesey Street crosswalk, near the World Trade Center site.

Residents are upset that they will not be able to hold a ceremony at the new 9/11 memorial this Sept. 11.

The West Thames Park lawn will reopen in mid-to-late July after state officials agreed to fix the muddy field.

People now have to use an unreliable pedestrian bridge to cross West Street at Vesey Street.

Bureaucratic squabbling has delayed repairs for the lawn at West Thames Park, which is currently a big mud puddle.

Julie Menin, Community Board 1 chairwoman, will no longer serve on the panel distributing $17 million in grants.

Battery Park City residents are in favor of a plan to erect bronze lion statues in front of the downtown library.

Brookfield Properties plans to demolish the staircase to make way for a new pedestrian tunnel.

Julie Menin, chairwoman of CB1, called the Authority's spending habits "shocking."

Brookfield Properties plans to demolish the staircase at the Winter Garden.