Category Archives: City government

Fortune Magazine writes about local helicopter noise

May 25, 2015- Fortune Magazine writes about local helicopter noise, “Some New Yorkers have (more…)

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Tribeca’s Ghostbusters firehouse closing

May 10, 2015- The FDNY “Hook & Ladder 8” firehouse in Tribeca will be closing for at least (more…)

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Battery Park is officially renamed just “The Battery”

May 27, 2015- The NYT’s resident author of PR-placed infomercials, David Dunlap, has another (more…)

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Exclusive: Real cops now patrol the esplanade by Pier-A

April 17, 2015- By Steven E. Greer A special Critical Response unit of the NYPD has been assigned to patrol the esplanade near (more…)

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West Thames Bridge is already over budget and construction has not yet begun

Update April 20, 2015- This is already over budget and it construction has not started. (more…)

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Pier-A needs a Citi Bike rack

May 25, 2015- I was walking by Pier-A today. It is a nice facility. A Citi Bike rack on the BPCA- (more…)

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EDC backs away from secret plans to demolish entire seaport buildings

May 24, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Perhaps due to the loss of Mayor Bloomberg’s appointed head to run the EDC, real-estate-friendly (more…)

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CB1’s Catherine McVay Hughes refuses to explain why she moved the meetings to far away Chambers Street

April 7, 2015- By Steven E. Greer For nearly a decade, the BPC subcommittee of the CB1 has held the monthly meetings inside (more…)

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CB1’s Catherine McVay Hughes gets her name in the press again

May 19, 2015- Opinion by Steven E. Greer The NYT today is “reporting” on the new Liberty Park going up south of Ground Zero, which (more…)

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District Attorneys Want More Power to Fight Corruption

May 18, 2015- The WSJ reports, “Under current laws, New York’s district attorneys, who focus (more…)

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CB1 passes a resolution demanding the BPCA finally recognize Pataki Highway as property it owns

April 7, 2015- By Steven E. Greer As we have previously reported, the passage into law of State Bill A8031 in June of 2013 took (more…)

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A campaign to reform the 421-a law

May 13, 2015- There is an organized campaign to reform the 421-a law requiring developers (more…)

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Violent crime in city parks worsens

May 11, 2015- The violent rapes, assaults, and robberies in our city parks is getting worse. The Post reports, (more…)

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It’s a miracle: No street work at North Moore and Hudson

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Man sues the City Parks and gets only $25,000 after four years in court

May 8, 2015- By Steven E. Greer In January of 2011, BatteryPark.TV exclusively reported on the assault of a local BPC man, (more…)

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Op-Ed: Most members of Manhattan Community Board 1 need to be replaced

January 28, 2015- By Steven E. Greer After the arrest by the DOJ of State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the true extent of his invasive tentacles (more…)

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The two crappiest restaurants in BPC also have the worst bike deliverymen

May 5, 2015- As BP.TV has reported previously, DNAinfo now confirms that the old Liberty (more…)

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Mayor de Blasio emails his frustration over subway delays

May 5, 2015- The NYT reports, “The email, blunt and to the point, popped into City Hall aides’ inboxes (more…)

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Letter: “The helicopter noise Downtown is worse than heard during the Iraq war” says veteran

May 3, 2015- Letter to the Editor by Paul Rieckhoff Dear neighbors at the BPCA, First off, thank you for your leadership and commitment to our community. As a proud resident of Battery Park City, I am writing today to … Continue reading

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Crucial stage of the bike path nears completion

Update April 23, 2015- The crucial Liberty Street crossing is making progress now. (more…)

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