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Who will save the parks in Battery Park City?

April 25, 2016- by Steven E. Greer After seeing the hideous artificial turf field in the West Thames area, I became sad. It’s official: (more…)

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More senior parks employees fired

April 13, 2016- At the BPCA Town Hall Meeting, another one of those fake resignations unfolded. This time it was 27-year veteran of the BPC parks Conservancy, T. Fleischer, who (more…)

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Letter: The new management of Asphalt Green BPC is horrible

May 12, 2016- Letter to the Editor by Jim Hi Steven, (more…)

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Douglas Elliman takes over for Milford Management

April 30, 2016- As we previously reported, Howard Milstein lost control of his three largest (more…)

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Margaret Chin accused of betraying community in favor of Howard Hughes real estate

July 14, 2014- The Amsterdam Market at the Seaport is over, and the founder blames City Councilwoman Margaret Chin. In a blast email, Robert LaValva wrote, (more…)

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Was the Poulakakos Group ousted from the Maritime Building Hotel project?

March 29, 2016- by Steven E. Greer A local advertising flier is reporting on the Maritime Hotel project and EDC documents that (more…)

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La Sirena almost kills New York Times food reviewer’s son

June 7, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD Told you so. In my review, I was very harsh on Mario Batali’s La Sirena in the Maritime Hotel. Well, now the New York Times agrees. (more…)

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A tour of the newly opened Oculus PATH station

Update May 26, 2016- The connection from the Oculus PATH station to the Fulton Street (more…)

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Christmas Songs: I Wonder As I Wander

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Christmas lights of New Albany

December 23, 2016 (more…)

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BPC Christmas Tree lighting 2015

December 3, 2015 (more…)

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Westfield, operator of the Oculus WTC mall, acquired by European conglomerate

December 12, 2017- Westfield, the Australian conglomerate that operates 1,200 malls in the U.S., (more…)

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The aftermath of the Halloween terrorist attack on Lower Manhattan

December 21, 2017- by Steven E. Greer I finally got to NYC after the Halloween terrorist attack on the West Side Bike Path. The concrete (more…)

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NY Post covers the Cuomo appointment of three outsiders to the BPCA board

July 8, 2017- The Post writes, “No one on Battery Park City’s governing board actually lives in the pricey (more…)

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Nike golf just signed me

January 7, 2017- by Steven E. Greer Nike golf just signed the #1 player in the world, (more…)

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NY Waterway is the root of the ferry boat horn noise

Update December 16, 2017- As BPTV reported years ago, below, the NY Waterway ferry (more…)

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BPCA in disarray: No one left to run the town halls

November 16, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD The BPCA hosted another town hall meeting on the 14th. However, the big story was how the BPCA (more…)

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Update review: Khe-Yo still great

August 7, 2017- Steven Greer I have not been to Khe-Yo in a while and had a craving for savory pork curry noodles and sticky rice. (more…)

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Ferry company that recently won contract from Mayor de Blasio part of organized crime network in The Battery

Update November 29, 2017- Remember that scandalous contract to give an out-of-state ferry boat company, Hornblower, Inc., the lucrative contract to expand service to Brooklyn (more…)

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Review: Chinese Tuxedo

March 18, 2017- by Steven E. Greer I lived in New York for almost 20-years and always struck out when I tried to find good food and (more…)

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