Category Archives: City government

Broadsheet spins the Jeff Galloway conviction

June 8, 2015- Opinion by Steven E. Greer The local advertising flier called Broadsheet (BS) has been criticized by BatteryPark.TV over (more…)

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Brookfield Property senior executive to run Downtown Alliance

June 14, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The secretive Alliance for Downtown announced that the new Chairman is Dennis Friedrich, (more…)

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Should CB1 members be fined by the city’s Conflict of Interest Board?

Update April 23, 2015- Pete Braus replied and told us that he has left the CB1. (more…)

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Helicopter noise gets even closer as choppers take off from North Cove Marina

Far left: The Boardwalk with helicopter on deck, parked closely to other boats and congested restaurants. June 12, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I was informed yesterday by someone at the WFC that the helicopter aboard the yacht Boardwalk (more…)

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More vandalism in West Thames Park

June 8, 2015- Because the BPCA has instructed the PEP to not patrol the West Thames field (more…)

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Gone in 60-seconds: S7:E3

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BatteryPark.TV articles used as evidence in court to help woman win housing case against Gateway Plaza

May 22, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The woman who was sued by LeFrak’s Gateway Plaza in retaliation for her complaints made (more…)

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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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