Category Archives: City government

Why is Shelly Silver’s crew of elected officials so protective of Downtown Little League?

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Editor

March 4, 2015- By Steven E. Greer As a direct result of BatteryPark.TV reporting, all of the local elected officials wrote a letter of concern (more…)

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Federal bills aiding charter schools move forward

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Editor

March 28, 2015- This will not please the pro-teacher’s-union members of CB1, such as Jeff (more…)

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BPC Public library develops horrible body odor smell

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Editor

December 21, 2013- By Steven E Greer At the last CB1 meeting held at the BPC Library, (more…)

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Laughing Man coffee in Tribeca gets street seating approved

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Editor

March 24, 2015- At the CB1 meeting tonight, the Duane Park street seating plan proposed by (more…)

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Broadsheet publishes story on affordable housing with major error

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Editor

March 24, 2015- The local advertising flier called the Broadsheet (BS) posted a story today (more…)

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Council Member Robert E. Cornegy proposes bill to protect small businesses from eviction

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Editor

March 4, 2015- Council Member Robert E. Cornegy reached out to us with video and text from (more…)

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City Council wants to make it harder to force tenants out

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Editor

February 26, 2015- Crain’s reports, “Manhattan Councilman Daniel Garodnick plans to introduce a bill (more…)

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Federal class action lawsuit against Poulakakos for violating minimum wage laws

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Editor

May 9, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV was tipped off last year by former employees of Harry’s Steakhouse that the Poulakakos family (more…)

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Exclusive: Have rent increases in BPC been illegal?

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Editor

June 20, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV previously reported, “Exclusive: Your building is likely rent stabilized and you had no idea” in which we uncovered (more…)

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The Pier A beer garden is part of a bigger city plan to turn waterfront properties into concert venues

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Editor

July 15, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The controversial Pier A beer garden, that succeeded in winning the broadest and most powerful of liquor licenses and will become (more…)

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As Uber and Lyft poach drivers, yellow cab drivers get worse

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Editor

Update March 19, 2015- Uber drivers now outnumber yellow cab TLC drivers. (more…)

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Exclusive: Your building is likely rent stabilized and you had no idea

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Editor

(3,000 people have read this as of February 17, 2015. We inform.) June 18, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Tom Goodkind, Community Board 1 member and resident of Gateway plaza, has been a long-time activist for affordable housing. (more…)

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NYPD cars now parking right in front of the Conrad Hotel loading zone

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Editor

March 14, 2015- Some people at the Conrad Hotel were asking our help with this police car problem. (more…)

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Is Mayor de Blasio chronically late because he is a pothead?

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Editor

March 9, 2015- Mayor de Blasio is chronically late to public events where he is the keynote (more…)

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Billionaires pay almost no property tax on $100 Million condos

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Editor

March 9, 2015- The Post reports on a topic that BatteryPark.TV has been covering for years. (more…)

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Review: Modern marijuana is too strong

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Editor

March 6, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I am not morally opposed to marijuana, but I despise the drug for many scientific reasons. First (more…)

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The BPCA needs to force LeFrak to upgrade Gateway’s windows and facade

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Editor

February 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Here we are again. After three years of reporting on the freezing conditions inside Gateway Plaza (more…)

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The Dominoes fall: One of Shelly Silver’s judges replaced

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Editor

(2,500 people have read this as of March 2, 2015) Update March 2, 2015- The Post reports that Judge Heitler has been fired, (more…)

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Topic of illegal police car parking on North End and River terrace discussed

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Editor

March 4, 2015- The NYPD’s decision to long-term park unmarked cars all over northern BPC (more…)

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NYPD conducting “Live shooter” drills with blanks in 250 Vesey

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Editor

March 4, 2015- The NYPD is turning 250 Vesey into a shooting range tonight. From 8:00 PM to (more…)

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