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Brookfield Place Saks Fifth Avenue Men’s Store opens

February 16, 2017- The NYT reports quite accurately that retailers are out of touch trying to sell $800 sneakers, (more…)

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Gruesome murder of Church Street Iranian jeweler

Update February 28, 2017- This has now been ruled a homicide. “Omid Gholian, 43, was found (more…)

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Criminal charges soon to be filed against Mayor de Blasio?

Update February 25, 2017- Preet’s prosecutors grilled de Blasio for four hours in their office yesterday. (more…)

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The Netflix Late Reviewer: Manchester by the Sea

February 26, 2017- by Steven E. Greer Manchester by the Sea, written and directed by Ken Lonergan, starring Casey Affleck, is nominated (more…)

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The Netflix Late Reviewer: Hacksaw Ridge

February 24, 2017- by Steven E. Greer Hacksaw Ridge is the first big hit for director Mel Gibson since he was blacklisted by Hollywood (more…)

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Will Goldman Sachs win Oscars?

Update February 27, 2012 By Steven Greer The Academy Award “best Picture”, once again, went to Goldman Sachs via their subsidiary (more…)

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Preet Bharara fines owner of Solaire, Verdesian $500,000

February 15, 2017- U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara fined the owner of the North BPC buildings The Solaire (20 River terrace), and The Verdesian (211 North End Ave), “…a civil  (more…)

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Game of Kitchens: Todd English is the latest to back out of the Downtown W Hotel restaurant

Update February 23, 2017- Todd English has also backed out for the reasons we described below. (more…)

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We need eyes and ears

If you plan to attend any CB1 meeting, please send us (more…)

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Doctor who runs 200 Chambers Urgent Care being investigated by NY Health Department

April 5, 2013- We previously reported on the lack of board certification of Dr. Steve Okhravi: the man (more…)

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Woman dies falling from Oculus escalator

February 11, 2017- The Post reports, “A woman died at the World Trade Center’s soaring Oculus transit (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Don’t mess with a federal judge

February 5, 2017- by Steven E. Greer As viewers of BPTV know, I am in a federal legal battle with the BPCA and Howard Milstein (more…)

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Silverstein’s 4 WTC lands Spotify as client

February 16, 2017- The Post reports, “The world’s leading music-streaming company signed (more…)

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Tribeca home values are double that of BPC

December 14, 2016- A local news site reported on a proprietary database of home listings and pointed (more…)

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SouthWestNY bites the dust. Big bar coming next.

Update January 11, 2017- SouthWestNY is going out of business. They will turn it into a big bar (more…)

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349 unsold Milstein condos to hit market in BPC for $430M

November 4, 2016- The Real Deal blog is reporting what we have previously reported in detail, months ago. (more…)

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Thieves steal $10,000 in handbags from BPC Saks

February 6, 2017- DNAinfo reports, “Two men stole more than $10,000 worth of handbags from Saks Fifth Avenue (more…)

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Cuomo cronies keep control of North Cove Marina

Update January 9, 2017- The recent CB1 meeting revealed the new caretaker of the North Cove Marina sailing club. (more…)

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BPCA meeting today indicates they might have violated RFP contract law

January 26, 2017- On the agenda for the BPCA board meeting today, it lists as a topic “Authorization to (more…)

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Our new neighbor is El Chapo

January 24, 2017- Lower Manhattan is really in decline. Infamous crime lords have moved in. The NYT reports on the (more…)

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