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Is this what is coming to Pier A?

Is this what is coming to Pier A? The same developers are doing this nearby, see article below Battery Maritime lease deal By LOIS WEISS New York Post Posted: 12:08 AM, July 25, 2012 After years of negotiations and waiting … Continue reading

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Are we heading for another financial collapse worse than 2008?

https://youtu.be/c0iovn4VXIA In Q2 of 2012, the Wall Street banks reported dramatically lower revenue and poor earnings. Bloomberg TV’s Stephanie Ruhle posed some important questions about the viability of the current structure of the banks. Will there be even great job … Continue reading

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State Senator Squadron wants to give Gayle Horwitz, Bill Thompson, the boot

February 19, 2012 State Senator Squadron wrote a letter to the NY Daily News recommending that Governor Cuomo transform the leadership of BPCA from its current state-appointed, nonrepresentative, leaders, such as Gayle Horwitz and Bill Thompson, neither of whom even … Continue reading

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Spring sailboat races

(Viewable in full screen 1080iHD) Liz Conner interviews Manhattan Sailing Club Director Emily Whipple about the Tuesday evening Spring series J24 class races.   (more…)

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The best chocolate cookie perhaps in Manhattan

François Payard Bakery has a flourless chocolate cookie loaded with walnuts that you have to try. The moist nature of macarons are caused by the flourless ingredients. This cookie has the moistness of a macaron and the rich chocolate and … Continue reading

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Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss solo sailboat trek around the world

In full screen 108i HD July 12, 2012 Hugo Boss has sponsored solo sailor Alex Thomson on his global trek. He took a break in New York Harbor and the North Cove Marina.   (more…)

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Safer street crossings in North BPC to be installed this month

Click map for full screen Update: July 5, 2012 By Steven Greer The Community Board meeting on July 3rd provided an update on the traffic signal work on Murray Street and North End Avenue. The city DOT will install a … Continue reading

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Bloom flowers wastes massive amount of electricity

July 12, 2012 By Steven Greer Since opening, Bloom Flowers in the Goldman Sachs alley has had few customers physically inside the shop. BatteryPark.TV walks the alley daily and has made note of the patterns. To spur more walk-ins, the … Continue reading

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Why does Battery Park City subsidize the surrounding neighborhoods?

Letter to the Editor July 13, 2012 Hi, Thanks for covering these topics that are not covered by the Broadsheet. I have lived in BPC for many years and always wondered why BPC residents subsidize the use of amenities that … Continue reading

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MTA bus drivers sleeps in idling bus parked on North End Avenue

July 11, 2012 By Steven Greer The fruit vendors continue to be a magnet for various vehicles looking for an illegal place to park using the pretense of stopping to buy fruit. On this occasion, an MTA bus driver was … Continue reading

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Mayor Bloomberg, Mort Zuckerman agree the stimulus package was wasted

August 1, 2010 Mayor Bloomberg was on NBC’s Meet the Press in 2010. He made some insightful comments about the ineffective ARRA stimulus package that not many in the press have made. As unemployment remains high, the debate has been … Continue reading

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Goldman Sachs’ Conrad Hotel disappoints the community

July 6, 2012 By Steven Greer The new Conrad Hotel was written up by The New York Times in an article titled “It’s a Goldman World”. In it, a long-time resident of Battery Park, Rosalie Joseph, complained, “(The Conrad and … Continue reading

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North End Grill’s Chef Floyd Cardoz on CBS This Morning

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Photo tour of Pier 25 and the Waterfront Museum

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Reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act would create millions of jobs

June 1, 2012 By Steven Greer The May jobs report revealed that the economy created only 69,000 non-farm jobs, the worst number within the last year. Part of the reason that the economy is frozen in a depression is that … Continue reading

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Battery Place Market coffee

June 27, 2012 By Steven Greer Battery Place Market. Offering $75-a-pound True Blue beans, at $10 a cup, down to run-of-the-mill gourmet Stumptown for $5 a cup, what makes BPM so good is the preparation methods of American coffee. They … Continue reading

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Crime Report Manipulation Is Common Among New York Police, Study Finds

By WENDY RUDERMAN NY Times Published: June 28, 2012 An anonymous survey of nearly 2,000 retired officers found that the manipulation of crime reports — downgrading crimes to lesser offenses and discouraging victims from filing complaints to make crime statistics … Continue reading

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The people have voted: “Bring quality music to the Conrad Hotel”

The results of our survey are in. Ideally, if the business model made sense, our viewers liked the idea of a high-quality jazz and performing arts venue to go into one of the remaining retail spots of the Conrad Hotel, … Continue reading

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