Category Archives: – Op-Ed

Letter: Enough with the charity runs in BPC

Letter to the Editor May 30, 2013- By Debra Banks BPC is changing for the worse…the traffic congestion from tour buses, diverted traffic and road closures due to events taking place down here (i.e. the Wall Street run this evening … Continue reading

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Letters to the editor 5-17-2013

Responses to Exclusive: PS 89 opens 4th K class, waitlist resolved Mother on waitlist says: April 13, 2013 at 11:46 am (Edit) Thank you Steven! The article reads very well. We will keep you posted. Have a nice weekend. BPCResident … Continue reading

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Letters to the Editor 5-11-2013

Reply to: Verizon to sell Downtown headquarters due to flooding zone Sally Regenhard says: May 7, 2013 at 11:19 pm I am on the mailing list for your website, which I find extremely interesting and informative. I would like to … Continue reading

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Important issues Downtown approved without community input

May 9, 2013- By Steven E. Greer Battery Park City residents will now be forced to endure weeks of the latest “outdoor art” chosen by the Brookfield Properties art guru, Debra Simon. The hideous steal cargo ship containers are smack-dab … Continue reading

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The other casualty from Boston: Old-school TV news

April 27, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD On April 15, 2013, at 2:49 PM, two terrorist bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three, and blowing off the legs of many others. The other casualty … Continue reading

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Letter: Parent outraged over kindergarten waitlist

April 25, 2013- Letter from Reader In our most recent CB1 meeting, Tricia Joyce started her speech saying “We built it and they came…”. (more…)

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Did the Tribeca Film Festival benefit Downtown after 9/11?

April 18, 2013  By Steven Greer, MD Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro were interviewed on the CBS Morning show today, and Ms. Rosenthal listed examples of the recovery of Downtown New York after September 11th, 2001. For example, she … Continue reading

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Does Asphalt Green deserve your trust, again?

April 14, 2013– Essay by Steven E. Greer, MD They’re baaaack. Asphalt Green is claiming to be in business once again, accepting memberships for summer camp and gym memberships. More than 1,700 families and 3,000 individuals of Downtown were burned … Continue reading

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Little League opening day attracts the unworthy taking credit

Opinion April 7, 2013 (updated 6:23 PM) The ballfields were opened this morning and Little League was able to commence the season on schedule. Showing up for the photo-op, like flies to honey, were every imaginable elected official. Even some … Continue reading

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Latest arrests of State Assemblyman seem familiar

April 5, 2013- The latest in several arrests of New York State Assemblymen by federal prosecutors were made over allegations of the elected officials accepting bribes in exchange for helping prevent new competition to a community center. If that sounds … Continue reading

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It’s official: Pick-A-Bagel the worst restaurant in Battery Park

March 31, 2013 Opinion– Since posting our first story on the decline of the Pick-A-Bagel on South End Avenue, it has become one of the most read stories of the year. It seems official now that Pick-A-Bagel is the worst … Continue reading

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Letter to Editor : Issues needed to be addressed in BPC

Dear Editor, I moved to Battery Park at exactly 7 years ago so I wouldn’t have a long commute to American Express from the Upper West Side. I’ve lived in New York my entire adult life in many different neighborhoods. … Continue reading

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Letter: suggestions on sprucing up south BPC

I always enjoy reading the articles about what is going on in BPC. I have lived in BPC for 4 years, renting for 2 years on North End ave and then we purchased a place on South End Ave for … Continue reading

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Outrageous bias by omission in The Broadsheet

Opinion March 27, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV has previously documented (more…)

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Show us your Gateway electric bill

Update March 11, 2013 By Lauren V I live in a STUDIO apartment and work during the day. My meter was replaced in late January and my first electric bill since then is absurd.  I’ve averaged around $130 for the … Continue reading

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The public is allowed to speak anytime during CB1 and BPCA board meetings

March 16, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD On many occasions over the last several months, both the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and the Manhattan Community Board 1 (CB1), have made comments on websites and during board meetings stating … Continue reading

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The State of Battery Park: 2013 annual letter

February 18, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD Battery Park (BPC) is a far better place now than it was 12-months ago. Goldman Sachs brought fine dining to BPC for the first time with tremendous successes. Danny Meyer’s North End … Continue reading

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Todd English, Steven Starr, and Cipriani’s lose out to Poulakakos?

February 27, 2013 The New York Post reported that the Poulakakos family will indeed be running a large food court in the World Financial center. The article claims that much more respected restaurateurs, such as Steven Starr, Cipriani’s group, and … Continue reading

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Essay: Pier A should be a farmer’s market like New Amsterdam

Essay, Opinion February 2, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD After decades of throwing cash into the money pit called Pier A in the southernmost tip of Manhattan, the City of New York managed to unload this headache onto the … Continue reading

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