Category Archives: – Op-Ed

The Broadsheet finally reports on the Sheldon Silver scandal, making no mention of arrest, only praising him

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Editor

February 3, 2015- Op-Ed by Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has long criticized the extreme bias of the local advertising flier called the Broadsheet (BS), (more…)

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Is Danny Meyer on his third strike in BPC?

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Editor

January 17, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD We recently learned that the influential food critic for The New York Times, Pete Wells, visited Danny Meyer’s North End Grill at (more…)

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The Anthem hack reminds us how electronic medical record security is not ready for prime time

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Editor

February 5, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD The large health insurance company now called Anthem, formerly known as WellPoint (more…)

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

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Editor

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!

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Editor

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?

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Editor

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?

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Editor

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

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