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Wary Price’s lame Aquatic Carousel will never be completed

June 27, 2014- By Steven E. Greer To no one’s surprise, the stalled construction project inside the Battery Park Conservancy, the aquatic-themed carousel, is delayed yet again. DNAinfo reports that it will now open in 2015. (more…)

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Brookfield Place to seal off major pedestrian thoroughfare

June 17, 2014- By Steven E. Greer AT the BPCA board meeting today, it was announced that Brookfield wants permission to expand the size of the retail shops. (more…)

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BNY Mellon gets sweetheart lease, moves to Brookfield Place

June 26, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV previously reported that BNY Mellon, (more…)

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Send your concerns about crime to the Parks Commissioner

June 26, 2014– By Steven E Greer With the ongoing problem with the Park Enforcement Patrol that your tax dollars pay for, and with the BPCA seeming to be causing the problems rather than offering solutions, people have asked us … Continue reading

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TriBeCan obstructionists boot out noisy gays this summer

June 11, 2014– By Steven E. Greer The nationally recognized music groups that played Pier 26 last year for Gay Pride Week were the first taste of culture that Downtown had seen since 2001. Groups such as “Fun”, “The Nationals”, … Continue reading

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Teens dealing narcotics on Rector pedestrian bridge

April 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer This afternoon, a local couple (man, woman) who live on Rector Place approached NYPD officers dealing with a traffic matter to inform them of crime they had observed. According to the woman, she … Continue reading

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No more drugs in Rector and West Thames parks

Update June 25, 2014- As we warned at the end of this story, the police and PEP will need to constantly patrol these parks, or else the problem will return. (more…)

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Ritz-Carlton apartment breaks record for sales price

June 21, 2014- A real estate blog reports that a joined trio of apartments at the Ritz are selling for a record $118 Million. (do they know the city’s largest nightclub is going in 200-feet away at Pier-A?). (more…)

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Mayor de Blasio wants to end the practice of City Council dolling out pork

June 24, 2014- WSJ reports, “The New York City Council plans Wednesday to approve $50 million in discretionary funds to hundreds of (more…)

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I can’t explain

https://youtu.be/R9NraSWEAhQ This was filmed over the weekend. They are commemorating 50 years since they first played small pubs in London, in 1964. (more…)

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Know your cuts of pork, BPCA-style

June 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV obtained the Fiscal 2014 budget for the BPCA. As usual, it is loaded with pork and contracts to cronies. Some notably egregious and inexplicable spending that caught our attention was: (more…)

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The River to River festival: What is it and who is getting rich?

June 10, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The River to River Festival kicks off June 19th and lasts through the 29th. Some promotional fliers mailed out were nondescript. It was not clear what the event will be about, who the … Continue reading

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Tribeca blogger slams Hudson Eats

June 20, 2014- A Tribeca blogger is slamming Hudson Eats daily now, and he used to be their biggest supporter. Today, he posts an odd rambling of Dos Toros.  Before that, it was Tartinery, then (more…)

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Albany sends bill to governor addressing school overcrowding

June 19, 2014- The New York Assembly and Senate issued this press release, “both houses have passed legislation to (more…)

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Tribecca blogger slams Tartinery in Hudson eats

June 19, 2014- The mad blogger is at it again, this time he denigrates Tartinery in Hudson Eats. He writes, (more…)

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Time Magazine gets 3 years of free rent to move to Brookfield construction zone

June 18, 2014- Crain’s reports that Brookfield is having to give huge incentives to keep recently signed tenants from leaving. Time Magazine is getting a whopping three years of free rent. (more…)

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Exclusive: BNY Mellon might back out of Brookfield Place

June 18, 2014- BatteryPark.TV has learned that the real estate team of BNY Mellon, deciding now where to relocate after selling their Wall Street headquarters, is reconsidering (more…)

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