Category Archives: – Op-Ed

When did Monday become “date night” in New York?

May 12, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Monday nights in New York are a funny spectacle of human mating ritual. I keep forgetting that (more…)

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Governors Island loud rave music is back

May 16, 2015- The Governors Island concert venue kicked off its season tonight to non-stop (more…)

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A new form of Downtown gentrification: One percenters evicting the mere wealthy

March 25, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV has reported on several cases recently of wealthy families with incomes over six-figures, renting apartments that cost well more than $3,000 per month, who have been evicted as their buildings were … Continue reading

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9/11 Memorial people sue Port Authority for deficient construction

May 10, 2015- The Port Authority was urged by both the governor of New Jersey and New York (more…)

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Op-Ed: Most members of Manhattan Community Board 1 need to be replaced

January 28, 2015- By Steven E. Greer After the arrest by the DOJ of State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the true extent of his invasive tentacles (more…)

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My best guess as to why the North Cove marina will be empty for two years

May 2, 2015- Opinion by Steven E. Greer The North Cove Marina was taken away from the community this year by Dennis Mehiel: the (more…)

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The New York Times is busted for publishing PR-placed puff pieces

April 30, 2015- By Steven E. Greer A local advertising flier called The Broadsheet (BS) was given a story from a BPCA insider that (more…)

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Letter: We are informed

April 17, 2015- Letter to the Editor by Kathleen Dorgan Hi Steve, (more…)

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Man-whores of the 50’s

April 12, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I was watching the HBO documentary about Frank Sinatra and learned quite a bit. (more…)

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The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much

April 5, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD The NYT has a nice essay explaining why college tuition is out of control. They first detail the (more…)

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50 years later, they still dominate their industry and art

February 9, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I have always listened to Pink Floyd sparingly, to avoid ruining it. I do not like to hear it on the radio for just one song, (more…)

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Correction: NYPD Highway Patrol screaming at drivers in Battery Tunnel traffic stings

https://youtu.be/3_QzUpOSdRc April 12, 2015- We have a major correction to make. The agency making this noise is not the (more…)

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BatteryPark.TV supports NYPD Detective Patrick Cherry now in hot water for dressing down a bad TLC driver

April 4, 2015- By Steven E. Greer No one can accuse BP.TV of pandering to the cops. We strongly supported the non-violent civil rights protests (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Never use Craigslist for anything. Period.

April 2, 2015- By Steven E. Greer As loyal viewers know, BatteryPark.TV was taken out of service for 24-hours after a computer (more…)

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If you build it, will they really come?

September 17, 2014- Opinion by Steven E. Greer With the imminent foreclosure of the fancy Trump SoHo in the news, (more…)

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Review: Equinox gym in Brookfield Place

February 24, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Equinox Gym in Brookfield Place has finally opened and is attracting the expected crowd (more…)

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The Pier A beer garden is part of a bigger city plan to turn waterfront properties into concert venues

July 15, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The controversial Pier A beer garden, that succeeded in winning the broadest and most powerful of liquor licenses and will become (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Do you really need a PR firm?

Update March 18, 2015- The El Vez burrito bar opened to almost no press other than small (more…)

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The slow death of TV news is painful to watch

March 12, 2015- By Steven E. Greer NBC’s senior news reporter Brian Williams recently got into trouble because he was so bored (more…)

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Sheldon Silver is in the first stage of grief: denial

March 5, 2015- Op-Ed by Steven E. Greer Kübler-Ross described the five stages of grief, which begin with denial. Sheldon Silver and the (more…)

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