Category Archives: – Op-Ed

How Asphalt Green eventually opened

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Editor

June 13, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD Finally, seven years after the Battery Park City Authority approved the creation of the Asphalt Green community center, it will open this weekend and be nearly 18-months behind schedule. Undoubtedly, on June … Continue reading →

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A modern medical wonder finishes second in the U.S. Open golf tournament

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Editor

June 15, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD 34-year-old Erik Compton finished tied for second in the United States Open golf tournament. That was a good accomplishment by any standard, but it was also a genuine feat of modern medicine … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: P.J. Clarke’s wants your help fighting Brookfield

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Editor

July 11, 2014- By Steven E. Greer If you walk by P.J. Clarke’s during the lunch hour, the popular outdoor dining area will be empty. Only after the work shift do they become packed for dinner service. (more…)

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Exclusive: Controversial Danny Meyer restaurant at 9/11 Memorial to be more of a pop-up counter

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Editor

July 8, 2014- By Steven E. Greer Our intrepid reporter, Mary Engels, took a press tour of the 9/11 Memorial today (photos and story soon). We asked her to spy on the (more…)

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Danny Meyer needs to sell his BPC restaurants and leave town

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Editor

July 9, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD No one is a bigger supporter of the three Union Square Hospitality restaurants in Battery Park City than I am. In late 2011, when Shake Shack opened, then Blue Smoke and North … Continue reading →

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Letters: Pitbull owners terrorize Gateway Plaza

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Editor

July 7, 2014- BatteryPark.TV has received several letters regarding pitbulls and their owners who live in Gateway Plaza. They are unsolicited, not based on any recent story, which indicates something is going on. (more…)

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Why is Pier 25 “Cash Only”?

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Editor

June 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer I had to go to Pier 25 to meet some people on a boat, and I noticed something. Bob Townley’s Manhattan Youth was getting (more…)

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Danny Meyer places Op-Ed in NYT to explain the closing of Union Square Cafe

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Editor

July 3, 2014- Danny Mayer addresses the controversy over the closure of Union Square Cafe due to high rents in a NYT Op-Ed. He writes, “Because the market suggests they can, landlords are using this moment to demand the significantly … Continue reading →

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The Greer TV News Talent Agency (GTA)

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Editor

April, 2014- By Steven E. Greer Well, statistically, the p-value that this is a fluke is getting pretty small. The number of TV news anchors who have been hired after I suggested them to the heads of news is astonishing. … Continue reading →

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Millennials, a fading nation, and who’s to blame

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Editor

March 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Pew research people have a book out, “The Next America: Boomers, Millennials”, and it has me thinking. I never really thought about it, but labeling the demise of a society as … Continue reading →

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Wary Price’s lame Aquatic Carousel will never be completed

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Editor

June 27, 2014- By Steven E. Greer To no one’s surprise, the stalled construction project inside the Battery Park Conservancy, the aquatic-themed carousel, is delayed yet again. DNAinfo reports that it will now open in 2015. (more…)

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TriBeCan obstructionists boot out noisy gays this summer

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Editor

June 11, 2014– By Steven E. Greer The nationally recognized music groups that played Pier 26 last year for Gay Pride Week were the first taste of culture that Downtown had seen since 2001. Groups such as “Fun”, “The Nationals”, … Continue reading →

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Broadsheet in bed with Poulakakos now

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Editor

June 11, 2014- By Steven E. Greer As expected, the local advertising flier, The Broadsheet (BS), which is consistently in bed with special interests that fund it, has published a puff piece on the approval of the liquor license for … Continue reading →

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The fix was in: SLA grants unconditional approval for Pier-A beer garden and nightclub

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Editor

June 16, 2014- Opinion by Steven E. Greer The final SLA letter for the Pier-A beer garden and nightclub was obtained by BatteryPark.TV. (more…)

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Viewership for May blows away old records

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Editor

For the month of May, 2014, total viewership was 43,600 total views, which was a whopping 120% growth over 2013, and 4% growth over April of 2014! (more…)

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9/11 Memorial to no longer host VIP parties after backlash

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Editor

May 24, 2014- Crain’s reports that the backlash over the Union Square Hospitality catered black-tie VIP party at the 9/11 memorial, which caused family members of the deceased to be kicked out in preparation, has caused the memorial to pledge … Continue reading →

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Howard Hughes Corp will ruin the Seaport

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Editor

May 29, 2014- Opinion by Steven E. Greer, MD Long before Hurricane Sandy destroyed the Seaport area in the lowermost tip of Manhattan, the region was a no-man’s land. The Pier 17 strip mall was failing, as were the other … Continue reading →

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Peter Poulakakos pays PR firm to place puff piece in NYT

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Editor

May 23, 2014- By Steven E. Greer Coming out in the Sunday print edition of the New York Times, in the real estate section, is an infomercial placed by Peter Poulakakos, the beleaguered restaurateur trying to open the city’s largest … Continue reading →

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I was there: The 1984 Memorial Tournament

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Editor

May 30, 2014- By Steven E. Greer I was a kid in the gallery when this happened (see video). I was so close to Jack and his son the caddy (the one telling the story) that they bumped into me … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Brookfield Place delayed by at least a year