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The Russian economy of cybercrime

November 5, 2012 The source of many of the cybercrime incidents is increasingly coming from Russia. This article describes how a cottage industry has evolved whereby cyber-criminals sell their programs and services to attack other sites. (more…)

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“Electronic refugees”

November 1, 2012 Our term “Electronic refugees” has taken on a life of its own. People around town are mentioning that they like the phrase. (more…)

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Special thanks to Danny Meyer, Gristedes, and Hudson Produce

November 2, 2012 By Steven E. Greer The community is expressing thanks to restaurateur Danny Meyer for opening his shops in Battery Park at the earliest possible times. Their TV screens were the only form of information for many since … Continue reading →

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Help Staten Island

November 3, 2012 By Steven E Greer, MD If there is any service or product that you can donate to help Staten Island, please post a comment to this story and we will convey the message. We will think of … Continue reading →

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Important for insurance: Sandy was NOT a hurricane when it hit NYC

November 3, 2012  By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV was the first to point out that “Hurricane” Sandy was not a typical hurricane when it hit New York City. We have lived through many Category 3, 4, and 5 hurricanes in … Continue reading →

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Count our blessings: Nearby South Street Seaport mostly destroyed

November 3, 2012 BatteryPark.TV previously made the point that Battery Park was virtually unscathed by storm Sandy, and that this was ironic since BPC is thought to be the most at risk to flooding. We were quite fortunate indeed. The … Continue reading →

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Tip of the Week: Why you should use Twitter

October 24, 2012 By Steven E. Greer The demographics of Battery Park City are such that very few people use Twitter and Facebook. We will have 14,000 views of BatteryPark.TV this month, but only have 68 Twitter followers on @BatteryParkTV. … Continue reading →

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Gateway Plaza updates

November 2, 2012 Gateway now has power but no water in the 400 building. The rest of Gateway is still fully functional. (more…)

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A tale of two cities: The “Haves” up north wait in line for iPad mini while the “Have Nots” south remain without electricity

November 2, 2012 (more…)

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Battery Conservancy offices destroyed

November 1, 2012 The Battery Conservancy offices (unrelated to the Battery Park City parks) in the basement of One New York Plaza were destroyed by flooding. The website posted this comment: “As widely reported, the historic Battery took the full … Continue reading →

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Ratings for October

For the month of October, 2012, BatteryPark.TV received: 11,906 unique views and 17,666 total views for a 35% increase over September According to a website Compete.com that can somehow estimate traffic, the eBroadsheet website received fewer hits. The entire population … Continue reading →

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A humanitarian crisis is brewing as electronic refugees come to BPC for power

October 31, 2012 5:25 PM By Steven E Greer The worst of Hurricane Sandy might be yet to hit us. As major blocks of Manhattan continue to be without electricity, Internet, or cell phone, the electric refugees are flocking by … Continue reading →

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Same company that killed firefighters downtown operated dangling crane on 57th Street

October 31, 2012 BatteryPark.TV has been reporting throughout Hurricane Sandy that much of the destruction and hassles in the aftermath of the storm have been due to human incompetence. We cited the dangling crane on 57th Street as a prime … Continue reading →

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It’s alive! BP.TV rises from dead on Halloween

October 31st, 2012 2:15 AM Verizon Fios is back up and we are back online. (more…)

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Sandy update

It is OK to move back. All power is on. However, Verizon Fios is down. (more…)

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Verizon internet down. BP.TV silenced.

For unkown reasons the internet is down even though it survived the flooding last night and all is dry now. Please email us at info@batterypark.tv to give us updates. To reply to questions, all is dry and fine in BPC. … Continue reading →

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ABC News admits they blew it

August 29, 2011 ABC Evening news admits in this clip that they blew it when they predicted a strong Hurricane Irene to hit New York. Interestingly, Sam Champion states that the hurricane models do not factor in the storms dissipating … Continue reading →

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Tip of the Week: The best way to monitor storm Sandy

October 28, 2012 The TV weather and local politicians are very unreliable with weather predictions relating to hurricanes. TV hypes the worst case scenario for a ratings boost, and politicians cannot risk the mistakes of President Bush with Katrina. The … Continue reading →

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Record storm surge floods low lying streets. Most buildings safe for now.

Damage report 11:47 PM The West Side Highway is now back to a passable street and no longer an extension of New York Harbor. Damage report 10:45 PM The water level on West Street is receding, and the connecting streets, … Continue reading →

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The Hudson River Pageant 2012

In full screen 1080i HD (more…)

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