Category Archives: City government

Tribeca’s Sunday traffic crisis

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Another Robin Hood pol wants to steal your BPC money

September 20, 2014- City Comptroller Stringer is the latest pol to want to get his hands into the golden cookie jar of the BPCA. (more…)

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Is Sheldon Silver really fighting for more schools?

December 3, 2013- By Steven E. Greer MD Some of State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s proudest accomplishments are the new schools that he takes credit for building. He even has (more…)

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Citizen places entire community board under arrest for violating state open meeting law

June 25, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has extensively written about the rampant violation of New York Open Meeting Law by the BPCA board and Community Board 1. Whenever (more…)

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Video of bicyclist getting “doored” by taxi passenger

https://youtu.be/yFFZnnasd_Q September 13, 2014- Watch the entire clip. You will see a (more…)

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Good Samaritan told to stop clearing the weeds

August 30, 2014- By Steven E. Greer We previously reported on a good Samaritan volunteer, Michael Carthins, working with the Doe Foundation, who took it upon himself (more…)

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Despite “New law”, Speaker Silver still fails to bring in new schools to Downtown

August 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Governor Cuomo, both up for re-election in one month, have rushed through a new bill (more…)

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News reports confirm Citi Bike scam we first reported

September 12, 2014- The Post confirms what BatteryPark.TV previously reported, (more…)

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One distracted driver could kill 50 kids at PS 276

September 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV has been the only source to report on (more…)

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Brookfield Place will keep bike path closed for another year

August 27, 2014- Did we cause this story? (more…)

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NYC’s Scarlet Letter for restaurants

August 28, 2014- Commercial Observer reports on the Health Department’s letter grading system, calling it a Scarlett Letter. (more…)

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PEP snooze, people robbed on Pier 25

August 27, 2014- A few people playing sports on Pier 25 were robbed of the usual (iPhones, etc). The lack of proper patrolling by park officers is a chronic problem. (more…)

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WSJ explains why Governor’s Island is getting elevated

August 20, 2014- The WSJ reported on Governor’s Island and explained its history and why portions of it are being elevated now. (more…)

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Nadler sends letter to Mayor de Blasio to stop tourist helicopters

August 8, 2014- By Steven E. Greer Two years ago, when residents affected by the nonstop noise from the tourist helicopters appealed to BatteryPark.TV for help, we began to (more…)

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NYPD to start ticketing bicyclists

August 14, 2013– The NYPD will be cracking down on bicyclists breaking the laws of the street. This sounds good, but there (more…)

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Tip of the Week: How to dodge jury duty (legally)

August 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer There are ways to postpone jury duty in New York that are not well appreciated. (more…)

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Letter: Ferry boats and helicopters plague us too on the Upper West Side

https://youtu.be/Ltf0TxseAvE August 10, 2014- Letter to the Editor Dr. Greer, Thank you for your tireless advocacy of noise abatement which I believe benefits not just Battery Park, but the entire city. Simply put, tens (more…)

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Durst wants more ferry boats

August 5, 2014- A real estate news aggregating blog reports that developer Durst, the same man who failed to gain control of (more…)

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BPC could use ten more Citi Bike racks

August 7, 2014- Steven Greer The Citi Bikes in BPC are so popular as (more…)

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Collect Pond dry

August 9, 2014- The newly opened Collect Pond by the strip of courts on Centre Street is now closed again for repairs. (more…)

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