Category Archives: City government

Busted: Our missing PEP found

Update February 2, 2016- The TribecaTrib is regurgitating our exclusive story today, not (more…)

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Angry pitchfork mob demands the ouster of BPCA Chairman Dennis Mehiel

December 16, 2015- by Steven E. Greer The BPCA hosted a rare Town Hall meeting tonight, and surprisingly, all of the top executives (more…)

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Under Mayor de Blasio, even SoHo is dangerous now

Update February 1, 2016- The police blotters have a new SoHo violent robbery to report. (more…)

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Playing Robin Hood: Cuomo and De Blasio fight over how to spend your tax dollars outside of BPC

January 27, 2016- Playing Robin Hood, Governor Cuomo and Comptroller Stringer have ganged (more…)

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Excellent snow removal

January 24, 2016- The private sector (Brookfield and Goldman) and the BPCA have done an excellent (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Use Gett instead of Uber whenever possible

Update January 24, 2016- These alternatives to Uber are doing so well that Uber is now (more…)

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What’s in store for Downtown in 2016

December 23, 2015- by Steven E. Greer More so than in recent memory, the new year will bring some big changes to the Downtown (more…)

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How Sheldon Silver Became a Convicted Felon Thanks to Shady Real Estate Relationships

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About that “Teen attack” reported in the TribecaTrib

Update January 13, 2016- A second juvenile male was arrested for the robbery described below. (more…)

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Absentee PEP allow another vicious rape inside their parks

January 10, 2015- BatteryPark.TV has previously commented how the presence of the feckless (more…)

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Exclusive: PEP office closing down. PEP likely kaput and finis.

January 6, 2016- by Steven E. Greer We previously reported on the new lease signed by the BPCA to rent space from the residential (more…)

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Has Preet Bharara scared the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board into doing its job?

January 6, 2016- by Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has made numerous of complaints to the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board, (more…)

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Governor Cuomo is outsmarting Mayor de Blasio

January 3, 2016- The Post reports how Governor Cuomo plans to take action to reduce the (more…)

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Mayor de Blasio’s “Vision Zero” pedestrian safety law is a joke

January 4, 2016- A local paper reports on how the new “Vision Zero” pedestrian safety law, which (more…)

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Mayor de Blasio is worried that if Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel gets ousted, he will be next

December 30, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Yesterday, I posted a timely essay calling for the ouster of Mayor de Blasio, and cited the precedent (more…)

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Artificial turf fields increase concussions

December 29, 2015- The NYT is reporting on a study that indicates artificial turf field, like the (more…)

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Belligerent homeless man on Warren Street in BPC

December 28, 2015- Letter to the Editor Hi Steve, (more…)

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De Blasio is making political gaffes when it comes to the homeless

December 28, 2015- by Steven E. Greer The Post is reporting that the reason the city has such a bad homeless problem on our streets (more…)

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Fresh Kills expands to West Thames

December 26, 2015- Staten Island’s Fresh Kills trash dump is expanding to West Thames Street, (more…)

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The new AlliedBarton private security forces are everywhere

December 19, 2015- The new AlliedBarton private security brought in by the BPCA are visible on almost every (more…)

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