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New York Film Academy founder buys $7.5 Million pad in Ritz-Carlton

February 11, 2014- The Real Deal reports, “Jerry Sherlock, the founder of the New York Film Academy (located nearby on 17 Battery Park South), picked up a condominium at the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton in Battery Park City for $7.55 … Continue reading

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NYPD Commissioner Bratton begins shakeup of top brass

February 11, 2014- DNAinfo reports, “The NYPD shakeup has started. The Chief of Detectives and the head of Internal Affairs are being replaced…..The commissioner told Philip Pulaski, the hard-charging three star chief in charge of the city’s detective bureau, and … Continue reading

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Daily Show features Moscow Shake Shack

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The reason deadly cab drivers keep their TLC licenses

February 10, 2014- The WSJ reports that New York State and City have very narrow definitions of vehicular homicide, including only people driving while drink or on drugs. Therefore, many dangerous drivers with past histories of deadly crashes continue to … Continue reading

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City builds architectural wonder of road salt shed on Canal and West Side Highway

February 9 2014- Curbed reports, “Years in the making, the Canal Street Garbage Garage—Tribeca’s much maligned new building/garbage truck garage—is almost completed. Now, the similarly controversial Spring Street Salt Shed is now set to rise just south of the garage.” … Continue reading

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Ralph Lauren botches another Olympic with bad taste

January 26, 2014- Recall, for the 2012 summer Olympics, designer Ralph Lauren was criticized for having his Olympic team uniforms manufactured in China. Somehow, he got the contract again for the 2014 Olympics. This time, he learned his lesson, and … Continue reading

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Will nationwide inventory boom hit NYC market?

February 8, 2014– Real Deal reports, “Prices are easing downward as the chokehold on inventory across the U.S. loosens. The distressed properties that investors snapped up in bulk during the economic downturn are finally coming to market along with new … Continue reading

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Restaurateur Danny Meyer gives some travel tips

February 6, 2014- The WSJ reports, “If one person were to be crowned king of New York’s dining scene, there’s a good chance it would be Danny Meyer. Back in 1985, he opened Union Square Cafe, a relaxed yet refined … Continue reading

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Designers leave Lincoln Center for Tribeca’s Spring Studios

January 6, 2014- According to the Racked, which is reporting on rumor (so this is highly unreliable, in other words), Michale Kors and other designers are choosing the new Spring Studios in Tribeca for fashion Week, defecting from Lincoln Center. … Continue reading

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Mayor de Blasio’s social equality platform: A fascinating experiment

January 22, 2013- By Steven E. Greer We are witnessing a fascinating political science experiment unfold in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio won the office by tapping into the protest vote. Millions of New Yorkers had become disaffected … Continue reading

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This is why sidewalk food vendors are a scourge to communities

February 7, 2014- The Post reports on a sidewalk hotdog vendor who flaunted the city health code and accrued $330,000 in unpaid fines. He used fake ID’s to get new licenses, etc. This is not a rare outlier. Many of … Continue reading

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Residents’ suit against WTC-area ‘over-policing’ gets tossed

February 7, 2014- The Post reports, “A Manhattan judge has tossed a lawsuit by lower Manhattan residents who claimed the tight security plan for the World Trade Center made it seem their neighborhood resembled the “Berlin Wall” — saying the … Continue reading

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$23 Million pad in Ritz-Carlton Battery Park City

January 16, 2014- RealDeal posts, “A penthouse at the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton in Battery Park City has hit the market asking $23 million — quadruple the price it last traded for, in 2005. The 4,293-square-foot duplex at 10 West … Continue reading

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City’s workers paid nearly twice salary of private sector: report

February 6, 2014- BP.TV previously reported that the salaries of BPCA staff rivaled those of Harvard grads. The Post reports today, “Municipal workers made nearly twice as much as their counterparts in the private sector in former Mayor Michael Bloom­berg’s … Continue reading

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Noise tops New Yorkers’ quality-of-life complaints

January 20, 2014- The Post reports, “Screeching subway trains, honking cars, roaring planes, barking dogs and boisterous people make noise the Big Apple’s No. 1 quality-of-life complaint. A city hotline got more than 260,000 noise complaints last year. Silence, it … Continue reading

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Tribeca’s China Blue gets horrible review in NY Daily News

February 5, 2014- The new Tribeca Chinese joint, China Blue, was destroyed by the Daily News restaurant reviewer today. Sadly, we have to agree with most of what they wrote. BP.TV was giving the place a few more months before … Continue reading

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Told you so, The Super Bowl sucketh on a grand scale

February 3, 2014- The day before the Super Bowl, we wrote the essay “Why Super Bowl 48 will suck“, pointing out the ill-conceived plans to send 90,000 fans from Manhattan to New Jersey via public transportation. We were correct. The … Continue reading

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Truffle store draws complaints for putrid smell

February 2, 2014- Viewers know that BatteryPark.TV is no fan of truffle oil or truffles. The Post reports, ““Pungent and putrid” smells from a truffle store in an Upper West Side condominium building are permeating apartments, causing home values to … Continue reading

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Sallie Krawcheck tries her third attempt at reinventing herself

Opinion February 1, 2014– Sallie Krawcheck was the CFO of Citigroup from 2004 to 2007, and was partly responsible for the bank loading up on risky CDO’s and other mortgage backed derivatives which should have destroyed the bank (White House … Continue reading

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Jenn Sterger in the tabloids again

Update January 31, 2014- Remember way back in 2010 when BatteryPark.TV exclusively reported on the local waitress who became famous for being the recipient of sexual advances from Brett Favre (see below)? Well, she is in the news again. The … Continue reading

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