Category Archives: City government

BPCA refuses to explain why it told DOT to cancel street safety measures

May 6, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD For most of the year 2013, numerous members of the community, including Community Board 1, held several meetings and walking tours with the city DOT, and came up with specific plans to … Continue reading

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BPTV’s holiday gifts to you all

December 22, 2016- Once Mayor de Blasio is indicted, and he will be, the only remaining state or city official whom BPTV has (more…)

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Told you so: Cuomo and de Blasio conspired to block hundreds of thousands of Bernie voters in the April primary.

December 6, 2016- The WSJ reports: (more…)

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Robert Douglass, creator of BPC and the WTC, dies

December 8, 2016- Robert Douglass, instrumental in the creation of Battery Park City and the World Trade Centers, (more…)

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Bloomberg’s 9/11 Memorial is a failure

Update November 20, 2016- The Post reports that the 9/11 Memorial lost $25 Million in its first year. (more…)

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CB1’s Ninfa Segarra has the guts to take on Glenn Plaskin, LeFrak, and Gateway

September 28, 2016- A class action was filed against LeFrak’s Gateway plaza back in April of 2014. (more…)

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FEMA covers up an inconvenient truth: Your Lower Manhattan condo is in a flood zone

November 10, 2016- Downtown Express reports, “The federal government has finally agreed to take another pass at the revised flood-risk maps it drew up after Hurricane Sandy which (more…)

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BatteryPark.TV efforts directly cause BPCA to allow public comments at meetings

October 19, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD As viewers know, BP.TV has been the only local news source to have the freedom to provide proper (more…)

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BPCA scraps plans to renovate South End Ave

Update October 28, 2016- The BPCA has backed down and abandoned the plans to fill in the recessed (more…)

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November CB1 agenda

Battery Park City Committee – November 1st, 6:00 PM Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North (more…)

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BPCA lawyer Seema Singh ousted

Update September 21, 2016- Seema Singh has indeed been removed from her position. (more…)

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MTA bus driver arrested for gruesome murder-by-bus near The Battery

October 24, 2016- DNAinfo reports that an MTA bus driver was arrested after killing a pedestrian (more…)

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From now on, June 8th is “First Amendment Day”

June 9, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD Folks, something historic took place yesterday. BatteryPark.TV and a federal judge defended (more…)

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Fulton Station gets its first subway jumper

October18, 2016- DNAinfo reports, “A person was struck by an A train Tuesday morning after jumping (more…)

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Fascism strikes nearby

October 18, 2016- At the nearby Bowling Green subway stop, a far-left intolerant fascist vandalized an (more…)

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De Blasio’s far left City Council to double the number of food carts

October 12, 2016- The NYT reports, “With that in mind, the City Council intends to consider (more…)

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Told you so: NYPD Commissioner Bratton ousted, or “resigns”

August 2, 2016- BatteryPark.TV was one of the first to predict a long time ago that NYPD Commissioner (more…)

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City Council bill to limit tour buses Downtown

September 26, 2016- From a press release, “Today at 1 p.m., a bill introduced by Council (more…)

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In the wake of the ISIS-inspired bombings of New York and New Jersey, Mayor de Blasio is concerned about this

September 26, 2016- Amidst a rash of ISIS-inspired radical terrorist attacks across the country, (more…)

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Letter: The Gateway Plaza Tenants’ Association is run by Le Frak cronies

September 7, 2016- Letter to the Editor by Sharon of Gateway Plaza Hi. I have read your blog since its inception. I must admit, I was disappointed you moved since (more…)

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