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Category Archives: City government
Welfare to real estate billionaires, the 421-a law, extended for four years
Update June 24, 2015- As a compromise, the 421-a law was extended for four years. The tax-breaks to the fat (more…)
City EDC finally admits that it is secretly planning to destroy historic Seaport buildings
June 20, 2015- We previously reported how “no one is listening to Catherine McVay Hughes’ CB1 anymore”. (more…)
Posted in City government, Real estate
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After 18-months of stalled progress, Howard Hughes agrees to change Seaport tower design
June 20, 2015- Downtown express reports, “Howard Hughes is reducing the proposed size (more…)
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NY AG charges slumlord for pushing out rent-regulated tenants
June 17, 2015- Observer reports, “Daniel Melamed, a Long Island resident who owns several buildings in Brooklyn, (more…)
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…)
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…)
Posted in - Politics, City government, Real estate
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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…)
Posted in - Politics, City government
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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…)
More vandalism in West Thames Park
June 8, 2015- Because the BPCA has instructed the PEP to not patrol the West Thames field (more…)
Posted in City government, Crime, NYPD First Precinct
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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…)
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…)
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…)
Posted in City government, Crime, NYPD First Precinct
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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…)
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…)