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Will Asphalt Green survive in Sheldon Silver’s district?
December 12, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
Asphalt Green has been open for seven months. Is the community finding it to be indispensable, or is it a source of angst and a big disappointment? Listening to the Community Board 1, one would conclude that Asphalt Green is nothing but a luxurious country club for the wealthy, taking public funds, promising to be a “community center”, yet failing to provide “affordable” recreation.
Supporters of Asphalt Green say….well, they say nothing. There are seemingly no supporters whatsoever of Asphalt Green at public meetings.
At the recent November 4th CB1 meeting held on Asphalt Green’s own turf, Continue reading
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Manhattan Youth “serves” BPC just like Gristedes
Opinion November 6, 2013- By Steven E. Greer At the November 4th meeting of the CB1’s BPC subcommittee, CB1 member Bob Townley made the audacious claim, “I can tell you that Manhattan Youth serves more people in Battery Park City … Continue reading
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Community Centers are magnets for corruption
April 3, 2013 Op-Ed By Steven E. Greer, MD The trials and tribulations of the Battery Park City community center, to be run by Asphalt Green, and also the associated controversies with the nearby Downtown Community Center, managed by Bob … Continue reading
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Asphalt Green should run the Stuyvesant Community Center
https://youtu.be/_rqP0EgP0V0 Opinion October 31, 2013- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV previously reported how Bob Townley’s Tribeca community center is making a grab for the soon-to-close Stuyvesant Community Center, which is a gymnasium and swimming pool. The Battery Park City Authority … Continue reading
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Art review: CB1 Kabuki Theater Company
November 5, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, Theater critic for BP.TV The new CB1 performing arts theater company debuted in the Asphalt Green auditorium last night to only a handful of true spectators. As part of the gorilla art show, … Continue reading
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Should kayakers blow whistles when they leave port?
August 29, 2013- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV previously reported how kayak activists complained to the Coast Guard about theoretical safety issues with larger passenger ferries causing the Coast Guard to enforce old rules about sounding horns when docking. The … Continue reading
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September breaks more viewership records
For the month of September, 2013, BatteryPark.TV received 30,150 total views for a 23% increase over August, and 130% increase over September of last year. Viewership continues to break new ground. If you support what we are doing, please spread … Continue reading
CB1 helps Bob Townley angle for BPCA bucks
September 30, 2013- Opinion by Steven E. Greer The Community Board 1 (CB1) sent out a blast email of a free advertisement for Bob Townley’s Tribeca community center, Manhattan Youth. It featured a large graphic of a senior citizen swimming, … Continue reading
Exclusive: Misleading Downtown Express story about draconian cuts to BPC cultural events
September 25, 2013- In the Downtown Express, an amateur journalist reported that a mystery agency of “New York State” had forced the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) to make draconian cuts to various cultural programs within Battery Park City. The … Continue reading
Why is Tribeca’s Bob Townley organizing the BPC block party?
September 3, 2013- (Originally posted 9/2/2013, updated 9/3/2013) By Steven E. Greer In the current online edition of the local advertising flier, The Broadsheet, a section discusses the upcoming BPC block party. The last sentence states, “Manhattan Youth is coordinating … Continue reading
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Letter: Parks Department snubs qualified candidate for PEP
September 21, 2013– Letter from Julian Fernandez Dear BatteryPark.TV I applied for a New York City Park Enforcement Patrol (PEP) job recently and was not selected. They were looking for (more…)
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Broadsheet publishes endorsement of Bill Thompson concealed as “news”
September 9, 2013- Opinion Our local advertising flier, (more…)
Bloomberg may be a dweeb, but he’s a genius for Citi Bike
June 28, 2013- Opinion by Steven E. Greer, MD This morning, I did something that I have never done before in my decades of living in Manhattan. I ventured beyond my immediate “hood” to get gourmet pastries and coffee in … Continue reading
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Chief Misinformation Officer of BPCA gets 45% raise during recession
https://youtu.be/HBX3fwxZ7XE Opinion January 20, 20131 BatteryPark.TV has previously reported on the long delays in the opening of the Asphalt Green facility caused by contract disputes between then CEO of the BPCA, Gayle Horwitz, and Asphalt Green. Hired by Ms. Horwitz, … Continue reading
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PEP officers need to walk, not ride in golf carts
Opinion August 3, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD With the spike in violent crime and grand larcenies Downtown and within Battery Park City borders, I have been keeping an eye out the Park Enforcement Patrol officers (PEP) that the … Continue reading
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Are kayaks a danger to the waterways?
July 27, 2013– By Steven E. Greer, MD Sailing schools operate classes in small boats on the Hudson River and New York Harbor under the supervision of trained professional sailors. They know how to navigate around the larger commercial barges, … Continue reading
Bombshell: The BPCA gives $500K to Manhattan Youth
(Center, Bob Townley who runs Manhattan Youth, From Clockwise: Former Chairman of the BPCA, Bill Thompson, Former President/CEO of the BPCA, Gayle Horwitz, BPCA senior executive Anne Fenton, Community Board 1 Chair, Katherine McVay Hughes, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Community … Continue reading
Brookfield should buy the Gateway Plaza parking garage and replace it
Opinion June 20, 2013- By Steven E. Greer When the LeFrak-owned Gateway Plaza went off the Mitchell-Lama rent stabilization program several years ago, it made it possible for LeFrak to sell the property. It has been rumored that neighboring Brookfield … Continue reading
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Letter: Lower Manhattan Democrats club often violent while campaigning
Letter: June 15, 2013– By Westider (In response to our story The Robin Forst gorilla campaign) The woman volunteer trying to attack the camera is Eli Hausknecht, live-in girlfriend of the male volunteer you referenced but who is not shown … Continue reading
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Hudson River Park Trust should be converted into an “authority” like the BPCA
Update March 20, 2013 In response to our essay, below, politicians got off the fence and have decidedly spoken out against allowing residential building within the Hudson River Park. According to local news, “Assemblymember Richard Gottfried, who the only local … Continue reading
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