Category Archives: – Op-Ed

Downtown Little League President Zelter is making matters worse by hiding from the press

February 13, 2015: Op-Ed By Steven E. Greer The revelation yesterday that money had been embezzled from the bank accounts of the Downtown Little (more…)

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Letter to the Editor: The Rector Street Bridge should come down, and don’t build another one!

April 13, 2014- By Gerald Hanweck Dear Editor, Right on! And don’t build the new one, either. It’s a waste of money. (more…)

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The best month ever

February 1, 2015- By Steven E. Greer January could have been the best month that I have had in a long time. It began with my college team, (more…)

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Crooks, sadists, and morons

January 25, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I watched a nice PBS show about Hitler’s SS army. The SS was run by Heinrich Himmler, who seems (more…)

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College Sports is not the worst thing about American universities

January 10, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I was chuckling at an irrelevant essay in the NY Post complaining about how college football is a farce to the student athlete model. (more…)

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Ezekiel Emanuel pens essay urging Americans to skip the annual physical exam with their doctor

Update January 12, 2015- CBS conducted a a roundtable discussion about this topic. Dr. Narula came down on the side of Dr. Emanuel, using the same misguided interpretation of meta-analysis statistics. (more…)

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We grew 60% in 2014

December 31, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD I started BatteryPark.TV in 2009, because I had the technical capability to do so, having run another digital media company, (more…)

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Predictions for BPC 2015

December 23, 2015- By Steven E. Greer For the coming year, I predict: (more…)

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What we want is a brand new year

December 31, 2014- By Steven E. Greer A philosopher once wrote, “What we want is a brand new year. What we need is a brand new life. (more…)

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The best art is edible

May 25, 2014- By Steven E. Greer I am starting to realize that the best chefs are actually artists: not metaphorically, but literally. (more…)

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Comptroller Stringer issues audit report validating our warnings on Citi Bike fraud

Update December 12, 2014- Comptroller Stringer issued an audit report validating our warning, below. (more…)

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Lethal force in Ferguson was unnecessary, yet few lessons seem to have been learned

November 26, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD There are huge problems with most police forces in this country. However, despite all of the riots this week, not a damn thing will change. (more…)

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BatteryPark.TV strongly supports the protestors in Ferguson, Missouri

https://youtu.be/CAcIAzrRSbk August 14, 2014- Opinion by Steven E. Greer, MD On Saturday, August 9th, a hand-to-hand battle broke out between a white police officer and an 18-yo African American in Ferguson, Missouri. The young man’s name was Michael Brown. He … Continue reading

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The Tunnel to Towers no longer fits well within BPC

Update November 6, 2014- As a direct result of BatteryPark.TV action, (more…)

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Should Gateway Plaza be condemned and LeFrak evicted?

Update October 24, 2014- By Steven E. Greer File this under our “Told you so” file: Below, last February, BP.TV (more…)

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Does Chinatown deserve its own City Council district?

September 18, 2014- Policy Opinion by Steven Greer The City Council districts were redrawn in 2013 by the Districting Commission. Several laws and factors determined the shape of District 1, which encompasses (more…)

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Why I have such contempt for the mainstream press

October 13, 2014- By Steven E. Greer I wish more people knew what I knew about mainstream news media. (more…)

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It’s official. Danny Meyer has sold out, literally.

Update August 15, 2014- Reuters reports that the private equity firm Leonard and Greene and Partners LP purchased the 40% stake in USHG, not Goldman Sachs as were guessed. July 6, 2014- By Steven E. Greer As if it weren’t … Continue reading

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Restaurants should charge upfront

September 27, 2014- By Steven E. Greer Restaurants should charge upfront. Think about it. How crass is it to ask diners to start to do accounting in their head after wine and food? (more…)

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I was in the delivery room when Obamacare was born

Update September 21, 2014- Obamacare is causing more people to go to the hospital, which is driving revenue fr the big corporations. Therefore, the GOP lobbyists are telling the Republicans to back off of Obamacare-bashing as a campaign strategy. How … Continue reading

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