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On Tuesday November 17th, NYPD’s 5th and 1st Precinct held a Loss Prevention Seminar for SoHo Broadway retailers in advance of the upcoming holiday shopping season. Police Officer Rodney Rosado (NYPD-5th Precinct) made a presentation on recent crime trends in the 5th Precinct, shared best practices for loss prevention staff who interact customers and reviewed […]
In early October, the Initiative started receiving concerned emails and phone calls about whether the Initiative was going to continue cleaning Broadway. Rest assured that the SoHo Broadway Clean Team continues working 7 days a week from 7am to 10pm to keep Broadway clean and looking its best. As many of you may have heard, […]
By Aude (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons On October 26, City Council held a hearing on the recently proposed legislation collectively referred to as the Street Vendor Modernization Act (Intro 1303 and related legislation). The legislation’s primary sponsor is Council Member Mark Levine (District 7, representing Upper Manhattan and the Bronx) and […]
UPDATE 11-11-16: DSNY has just announced that residential trash collection on Friday, November 11th (Veteran’s Day) has been re-instated and will happen as normal. Thank you for your help in making SoHo’s Broadway a welcoming place to live, work and visit.
Corner power-washing continues this month. The Initiative generally has cleanings on the second Monday/Tuesday and the fourth Monday/Tuesday of the month from April through November. For November there will be power washing on: November 7, 8, 21 and 22. ACE power-washes each corner and all trash/recycling receptacles on the corners from 7pm until no later […]
The SoHo Broadway Initiative announces a Request for Proposals for Procurement of Website Design, Development and Deployment Date of Issuance: October 12, 2016 1. Submission Timeline and Process RFP Release Date: 10/12/2016 Question Submission Deadline: 10/17/2016 Submissions must be in PDF format and may be delivered via e-mail to: SoHo Broadway Initiative Attn: Mark Dicus […]
Traffic Enforcement Agents Paul Rabinowitz and Lee Brown with Traffic Supervisor Mohammad Rahman There are few things more aggravating than grid lock. Drivers become frustrated when they are moving at a crawl, pedestrians become frustrated when they have to take their lives into their own hand crossing a blocked intersection and neighbors become frustrated when […]
Paul Manzi and John Kaminsky keep SoHo Broadway clean Many of you see the Initiative’s Clean Team during the day sweeping the sidewalk, emptying trash receptacles and removing graffiti. But what about at night? Every other week for two nights starting at around 7pm, the Clean Team breaks out the power washing truck to clean […]
This is a friendly reminder that DSNY residential collection is suspended on Monday, October 11th for the observance of the Columbus Day holiday. Please do not place garbage items out for collection on Monday. DSNY collection on Broadway will resume on Wednesday, October 13. Thank you for your help in making SoHo’s Broadway a welcoming […]
Corner power-washing continues this month. The Initiative generally has cleanings on the second Monday/Tuesday and the fourth Monday/Tuesday of the month from April through November. For October there will be power washing on: October 10, 11, 24 and 25. ACE power-washes each corner and all trash/recycling receptacles on the corners from 7pm until no later […]
On Friday 9/2 at 10am, the Uniqlo SoHo store at 546 Broadway will re-open to the public. As part of the re-opening, Uniqlo will be hosting a Ribbon Cutting ceremony on Friday, 9/2 and holding special re-opening promotions starting on Friday 9/2 through Monday, 9/5. In addition, the Uniqlo cube will be on display curbside […]
Ronnie Wolf, long time resident, interior designer and SBI Board member In 2015, the City completed a road reconstruction and water main replacement project along Grand Street. As part of the project, several items of street furniture were removed and re-installed once the project was completed…except for two blue USPS mailboxes. These two mailboxes once […]
Corner power-washing continues this month. The Initiative generally has cleanings on the second Monday/Tuesday and the fourth Monday/Tuesday of the month from April through November. For September there will be power washing on: September 12, 13, 26 and 27. ACE power-washes each corner and all trash/recycling receptacles on the corners from 7pm until no later […]
Did you know that New Yorker’s are throwing out nearly six million tons of waste every year? That is equivalent to 141 billion Twinkies in our landfill. Much of that waste includes items such as clothes, books, and electronics that can be reused. By donating these goods, New Yorkers can help keep waste out of […]
This is a friendly reminder that DSNY residential garbage collection is suspended on Monday, September 5 for the observance of the Labor Day holiday. Please do not place garbage items out for collection on Monday, September 5. DSNY collection on Broadway will resume on Wednesday, September 7. Visit NY Department of Sanitaion website for more […]
