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Will pitchfork mobs head to Stamford and Greenwich next?

June 30, 2011 For the average American who can’t even determine that a progressive “sub-prime” mortgage is a trap, anything financial is intimidating and foreign. Only buzzwords like “Goldman Sachs”, “Wall Street”, or “bailout” strike a resonating chord that triggers … Continue reading

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Save the Stairs

Update: June 17, 2011 The Winter Garden marble stairs are reportedly getting a pardon and will now be saved from demolition. Per our interview in March with grass roots leader Justine Cuccia, Brookfield Properties had wanted to demolish the awe-inspiring … Continue reading

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Is P90X a mental health risk to congressmen?

June 7, 2011 A growing number of 40-something congressmen are getting into the best shapes of their lives after joining an informal “P90X caucus“, whereby they religiously workout to the instructions of the infomercial P90X program. However, is this detrimental … Continue reading

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New FDNY fireboat, BRAVEST, Commissioned

May 26, 2011 Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano commissioed the newest FDNY fireboat, Bravest, on Thursday, May 26 at 3 p.m. at the North Cove Marina in Battery Park City, Manhattan. The Bravest is a $2.4 million, jet-powered fireboat, custom … Continue reading

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Where do all the taxis go?

January 11, 2011 The NY Times has an interesting article that explains for the first time why the supply of taxis decreases by 20% at 5:00 PM rush hour when you need them the most. The reason is that each … Continue reading

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Update: U.S. Radiation levels from Japan

May 1, 2011 The radiation fallout levels in the U.S. from the Japan Fukushima reactors remain low. The EPA runs a national RadNet system that collects radiation samples from air, water, milk and other sources. In addition, most states (e.g. … Continue reading

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Selectively enforced parking rules on West Thames

October 11 Matt Fenton has an interesting article in the Broadsheet about how State and City employees are parking their cars in no-parking zones on West Thames. The cars post government affiliations on their dashboard to avoid getting ticketed. Some … Continue reading

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NYPD Memorial

October 13, 2010 The NYPD held its annual Police Memorial event, adding 12 names to the Killed-in-Action-Wall by the North Cove Marina in Battery Park City. Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly were present. The names of the deceased offers this … Continue reading

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PEP still illegally parking on our streets

April 23, 2011 BatteryPark.TV previously reported on the problem of Parks Enforcement Patrol (Pep’s)  parking their personal cars in illegal spots along the streets of Battery Park City. The PEP’s involved were disciplined, but the practice still continues. At 10:20 … Continue reading

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The Trump SoHo dissappoints

August 27, 2010 The real estate speculators who started large condo projects at the height of the bubble continue to struggle. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Trump SOHO is discounting prices by 25% to boost slumping sales. … Continue reading

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“Nazi-like” pattern of behavior by the PEPs

March 1, 2011 The Community Board met tonight to discuss the proposed demolition of the Winter Garden stairs and the alleged assault of BPC resident Adam Pratt, first reported by BatteryPark.TV on January 29th. The Pratt incident was the last … Continue reading

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Is the NCAA corrupt?

March 31, 2011 The best journalists in all of sports, in our opinion, are Bryant Gumble, Bernie Goldberg, and the others on the cast of HBO’s Real Sports. They just aired a special on corruption in big time college football … Continue reading

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Japan now becoming a Chernobyl

March 28, 2011 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfOaaqfyFP0 March 27th, 2011 As we predicted when the Japan nuclear crisis first began, the situation is deteriorating and now on par with Chernobyl. It will likely be many times worse than Chernobyl given the numerous reactors … Continue reading

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Comparing radiation leaks from major nuclear events

March 15, 2011 Now that the multiple nuclear reactors in Japan are in meltdown, possibly on the scale of Chernobyl in 1986, the key safety questions are “How will this radiation accident compare to other previously documented events, such as … Continue reading

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Battery Park City park rangers assault BPC resident

January 29, 2011 At approximately 12:00 PM on January 29th, 20011, according to eyewitness Theresa Shabbos who lives one floor above 2 South End Avenue, local resident Adam Pratt was walking his small dog and arrived at the southeast corner … Continue reading

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Taxi driver violent behavior on the rise in NYC

March 6, 2011 According to ABC Channel 7, a taxi driver who refused to take a group of males from Manhattan to the Bronx drove instead to the Midtown North NYPD precinct. The group explained the situation and the police … Continue reading

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“Doctor” Drew has Narcissistic Personality Disorder

April 6, 2011 “Doctor” Drew Pinskey has given up all pretenses of professionalism and is now diagnosing celebrities based on short TV sound bites. Most notably, he did this with Charlie Sheen recently. The academic psychiatry community frowns upon this. … Continue reading

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Leno revives The Tonight Show after Conan leaves

February 4, 2011 Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien are not on speaking terms, but Conan should be blaming himself for why his Tonight Show failed. A chart of the ratings lat year showed a huge dip once Conan took over. … Continue reading

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Awesome video from a jet of the Shuttle launch

February 26, 2011 The Space Shuttle Discovery took off for the last time on February 24th. Someone on a commercial jet took this video. Enjoy httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE_USPTmYXM (more…)

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It’s about jobs, stupid

February 12, 2011 HBO’s Bill Maher suggested to guest Arianna Huffington that President Obama has the 2012 election “in his pocket” because the list of GOP wannabes is so lame. She correctly replied that the high unemployment rate is untenable … Continue reading

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