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Exclusive: Tourist helicopter that crashed and killed five was performing unsafe stunts

March 12, 2018- by Steven E. Greer Immediately after the helicopter crash in the East River on Sunday that killed all five Texas tourists (more…)

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City might impose vacancy tax on greedy landlords keeping empty storefronts

March 31, 2015- This is one reason people are leaving the city. In addition to congestion on the (more…)

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City Comptroller wants to take your BPCA tax dollars

March 3, 2018- The Post reports, “Comptroller Scott Stringer wants to tap into millions of dollars (more…)

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Statement from StopTheChop on East River helicopter crash

New York, March 12, 2018 — Press release (more…)

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The BPCA plays defense after Halloween terror attack

Update January 10, 2018- by Steven E. Greer At the CB1 meeting (which are always orchestrated to meet the needs (more…)

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François Payard out of business

Update January 22, 2018- All of the Payard locations have closed down. I was in the Goldman Sachs (more…)

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Cheating at elite Stuyvesant High School never went away

January 28, 2018- The Post reports, “Five years after a nationally publicized cheating scandal led to the principal’s ouster and the suspension of a dozen kids, academic dishonesty is (more…)

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Stuyvesant High School in the news for student drug use

January 19, 2014- The Post reports, “Students at elite Stuyvesant HS disrupted a school trip to top upstate colleges — because they were hopped up on drugs. Three seniors among the 102 embarking on the two-day Nov. 15 bus trip … Continue reading

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That Stuyvesant High School kid worth $72 Million admits he lied

Update December 16, 2014- Shocker. The Post ran with another unverified sensational but bogus story. This kid totally lied, (more…)

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The cheating continues at Stuyvesant High School

December 16, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Muhammad Islam, the 17-year-old Stuyvesant student who concocted a hoax that he was worth $72 Million from day-trading, (more…)

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Why are your PILOT fees not going down?

October 27, 2017- by Steven E. Greer Battery Park City apartment owners pay some of the highest overall taxes in the city, yet the resale (more…)

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Cobie Smulders and husband Taran Killam try to sell 2 River terrace apartment

December 29, 2017- The Post reports that fired SNL cast member Taran Killam and his wife actress (more…)

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Was the Poulakakos Group ousted from the Maritime Building Hotel project?

March 29, 2016- by Steven E. Greer A local advertising flier is reporting on the Maritime Hotel project and EDC documents that (more…)

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La Sirena almost kills New York Times food reviewer’s son

June 7, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD Told you so. In my review, I was very harsh on Mario Batali’s La Sirena in the Maritime Hotel. Well, now the New York Times agrees. (more…)

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Westfield, operator of the Oculus WTC mall, acquired by European conglomerate

December 12, 2017- Westfield, the Australian conglomerate that operates 1,200 malls in the U.S., (more…)

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NY Post covers the Cuomo appointment of three outsiders to the BPCA board

July 8, 2017- The Post writes, “No one on Battery Park City’s governing board actually lives in the pricey (more…)

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Standard Hotel in Meatpacking District sold at reduced price to Hong Kong

December 14, 2017- The Post reports that The Standard Hotel, always plagued by financial woes, (more…)

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Broadsheet reporter can’t even spell his own name

December 8, 2017- “Pulitzer Matt” Fenton and (more…)

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Former BPCA board member Fernando Mateo implicated in stunningly brazen city corruption bribing Mayor de Blasio

October 27, 2016- Well, now we know why former BPCA board member Fernando Mateo (more…)

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No-Tipping policy hurts North End Grill

Update October 19, 2017- As we reported years ago, Grub is now reporting that the new no-tipping (more…)

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