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After Hurricane Sandy, Insurance disputes and lawsuits

December 27, 2012 The Wall Street Journal By LESLIE SCISM And ERIK HOLM When a 5-foot surge from superstorm Sandy washed over 200 acres of low-lying parking lots at New Jersey’s Port Newark, a fleet of vehicles belonging to International … Continue reading

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An urgent crisis: Shake Shack seating shortages

December 28, 2012 By Steven E. Greer This is the first time that the Battery Park Shake Shack has experienced cold weather. Recall, we had no winter in 2011-12. As a result of the cold, the outdoor seating is no … Continue reading

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I own North End Avenue, literally

65 mph winds blew this down on December 26th, 2012. It’s a sign from god as a gift at the end of the year for all the work we have done for the street. (Photo taken in the PEP office … Continue reading

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Asphalt Green update

December 26, 2012 Most of the repairs for the Asphalt Green indoor facility (not the ballfields) will (more…)

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BPCA buries bad news about ballfields on a holiday Friday

Update December 22, 2012 The BPCA news section, which was the source for the story, below, has been removed since our reporting. December 21, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD The Dynamic Duo of the BPCA’s misinformation team, Anne Fenton … Continue reading

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Homeland’s Damian Lewis in The Baker: assassin turned baker

Holy Cow Bakery’s Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie (more…)

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Photo of the Week

This door used to lead to the biggest employer in Battery Park.   (more…)

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More rogue behavior from our parks officers

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The Krys Ocean Race 2012

In full screen 1080iHD The MOD70 class of tri-hull catamarans raced from Newport to New York Harbor on July 2nd. Winning the race was “Race for Water” skippered by Stève Ravussin. After the race, the crew stayed for the Fourth … Continue reading

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BPCA staff delete evidence of wrongdoing

After we posted the video, above, on Saturday, someone at the BPCA logged in and replaced the deleted stories. But they were put back in different order (see video below). This was the original story, below. (more…)

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Leo’s new girlfriend

December 17, 2012 We only mention this because the film “Wolf of Wall Street” was filmed all over Downtown. The NY Post has a story about Leonardo DiCaprio, who lives in Battery Park, now dating his costar Margot Robbie. (more…)

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Exclusive: Milstein and BPCA resolve Asphalt Green insurance dispute

December 20, 2012 By Steven E. Greer We have learned that Milstein management met with the BPCA yesterday, and that Hurricane Sandy flood damage insurance dispute was resolved. We do not yet know whether the BPCA will be the one … Continue reading

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Update on the politics of Asphalt Green

December 20, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD The full Community Board 1 met last night at the Manhattan Youth community center to discuss, of all things, the anti-Asphalt Green Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) initiated by allies of Bob Townley’s … Continue reading

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Delays and changes to the West Thames pedestrian bridge

December 19, 2012 By Steven E. Greer Local BPC resident Matt Fenton, employed by the local advertising flier The Broadsheet reported, reported that the West Thames pedestrian bridge was moving forward, but the story was full of inaccuracies. The Broadsheet … Continue reading

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CB1 rushes by the Asphalt Green MOU without public comment

Opinion December 19, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD In an astonishing display of small-town amateur crony politics, the Chairwoman of the CB1, Katherine Hughes, decided to hold the December CB1 joint meeting at the Manhattan Youth community center, while … Continue reading

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Is the security in your doorman building or local school adequate?

https://youtu.be/3BS5vE4ISkk December 18, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD Across the city today, schools have held town hall meetings to discuss their security plans with parents in the wake of the Newtown massacre. In many cases, schools have open doors … Continue reading

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Clever bookkeeping by BPCA understates cost overruns of Pier A

Update December 18, 2012 At the last BPCA update on Pier A, the construction was supposed to be completed by the end of the year, then turned over to the Poulakakos family for the construction of the restaurant. That timeline … Continue reading

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CBS’s Nora O’Donnell busts Rahm Emanuel on gun hypocrisy

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P.S. 276 to have safety Town Hall meeting

On Tuesday, December 18th, at 8:30 AM, Battery Park’s new P.S. 276 will have a Town Hall meeting to discuss school safety in the wake of the Connecticut slaughter. (more…)

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Mayor Bloomberg expresses his outrage over gun deaths

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