Category Archives: City government

Exclusive: CB1’s Anthony Notaro investigated by city’s Conflicts of Interest Board

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Editor

Update June 2, 2015- The New York City Conflicts of Interest Board is now investigating (more…)

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Cheating at elite Stuyvesant High School never went away

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Editor

January 28, 2018- The Post reports, “Five years after a nationally publicized cheating scandal led to the principal’s ouster and the suspension of a dozen kids, academic dishonesty is (more…)

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The cheating continues at Stuyvesant High School

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Editor

December 16, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Muhammad Islam, the 17-year-old Stuyvesant student who concocted a hoax that he was worth $72 Million from day-trading, (more…)

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Why are your PILOT fees not going down?

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Editor

October 27, 2017- by Steven E. Greer Battery Park City apartment owners pay some of the highest overall taxes in the city, yet the resale (more…)

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Allied Barton seems to be copying the PEP no-show policies

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Editor

August 6, 2017- by Steven E. Greer As you recall, I got the PEP removed from BPC by exposing that they were redistributing almost all of (more…)

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Margaret Chin accused of betraying community in favor of Howard Hughes real estate

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Editor

July 14, 2014- The Amsterdam Market at the Seaport is over, and the founder blames City Councilwoman Margaret Chin. In a blast email, Robert LaValva wrote, (more…)

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Was the Poulakakos Group ousted from the Maritime Building Hotel project?

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Editor

March 29, 2016- by Steven E. Greer A local advertising flier is reporting on the Maritime Hotel project and EDC documents that (more…)

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Ferry company that recently won contract from Mayor de Blasio part of organized crime network in The Battery

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Editor

Update November 29, 2017- Remember that scandalous contract to give an out-of-state ferry boat company, Hornblower, Inc., the lucrative contract to expand service to Brooklyn (more…)

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Glenn Plaskin gets the hint and bows out as Gateway Plaza Tenants Association President

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Editor

October 11, 2017- Likely as a result of BPTV, Mr. Plaskin has decided to not accept another term as (more…)

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Glenn Plaskin claims credit for BPTV accomplishments at Gateway Plaza

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Editor

October 2, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD Year after year, the Glenn-Plaskin-led Gateway Plaza Tenants Association (GPTA) would hold its (more…)

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Proposals to reduce the number of empty storefronts

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Editor

November 20, 2017- by Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has previously reported on the large number of empty storefronts that make the (more…)

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New York is worse than one year ago

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Editor

August 6, 2017- by Steven E. Greer I am going to fire my secretary. For some reason, he thought it would be a good idea to needlessly stay in (more…)

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Glenn Plaskin’s palatial warm apartment costs what?

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Editor

(2,200 people have read this as of December 10, 2016) January 6, 2013- By Steven E. Greer We have previously reported on the ineffective leadership (more…)

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How does a millionaire like Jeff Galloway enjoy rent-subsidized apartments in Gateway?

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Editor

(4000 people have read this as of December 10, 2016) Update March 11, 2016- New York State Comptroller DiNapoli is going after wealthy people who (more…)

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Former BPCA board member Fernando Mateo implicated in stunningly brazen city corruption bribing Mayor de Blasio

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Editor

October 27, 2016- Well, now we know why former BPCA board member Fernando Mateo (more…)

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HRPT sued for bad design of bike path where cyclist was killed

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Editor

July 4, 2017- Last June, 30-year-old Olga Cook was killed while cycling on the bike path at Chambers Street (more…)

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Super unethical actions by Manhattan DA let the Trumps escape prosecution over Trump SoHo fraud

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Editor

October 5, 2017- The Post reports that back in 2010, the Manhattan DA’s office, led by Cy Vance, (more…)

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Another reason Chinatown needs to be part of City Council District 2

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Editor

September 12, 2017- Margaret Chin skipped the debates, ran for an illegal third-term, and still won (more…)

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NYU “legal scholar” gets drunk on L train and tossed off

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Editor

October 10, 2017- This is hilarious. A drunk on the L train was tossed off after saying the N word. (more…)

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How Glenn Plaskin schemes to keep his rent stabilized apartment whilst others lose protections

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Editor

September 29, 2017- by Steven E. Greer BPTV has previously reported on the cronyism that has corrupted the Gateway Plaza Tenants Association resulting in owner (more…)