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Category Archives: City government
A new Olympic sport: Slush puddle jumping
February 14, 2-14- With hundreds of millions of dollars in surplus budget, the BPCA cannot plow the streets or eliminate street slush puddles the size of Lake Erie. (more…)
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The reason deadly cab drivers keep their TLC licenses
February 10, 2014- The WSJ reports that New York State and City have very narrow definitions of vehicular homicide, including only people driving while drink or on drugs. Therefore, many dangerous drivers with past histories of deadly crashes continue to … Continue reading
City builds architectural wonder of road salt shed on Canal and West Side Highway
February 9 2014- Curbed reports, “Years in the making, the Canal Street Garbage Garage—Tribeca’s much maligned new building/garbage truck garage—is almost completed. Now, the similarly controversial Spring Street Salt Shed is now set to rise just south of the garage.” … Continue reading
Mayor de Blasio’s social equality platform: A fascinating experiment
January 22, 2013- By Steven E. Greer We are witnessing a fascinating political science experiment unfold in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio won the office by tapping into the protest vote. Millions of New Yorkers had become disaffected … Continue reading
This is why sidewalk food vendors are a scourge to communities
February 7, 2014- The Post reports on a sidewalk hotdog vendor who flaunted the city health code and accrued $330,000 in unpaid fines. He used fake ID’s to get new licenses, etc. This is not a rare outlier. Many of … Continue reading
It just became more difficult to use a non-profit for personal gain in New York
January 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer There are certain templates for corruption commonly used by schmucks in New York. As previously reported, one of them is to form a “community center”. The awarding of construction and other operational contracts … Continue reading
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City’s workers paid nearly twice salary of private sector: report
February 6, 2014- BP.TV previously reported that the salaries of BPCA staff rivaled those of Harvard grads. The Post reports today, “Municipal workers made nearly twice as much as their counterparts in the private sector in former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s … Continue reading
PEP Captain Falcon denies reassigning his PEP to other parks
February 5, 2014- At the CB1 meeting held in the public library on February 4th, BP.TV asked the Park Enforcement Patrol Captain, Ed Falcon, to address our reporting that uncovered his officers were being reassigned to other parks, despite the … Continue reading
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Noise tops New Yorkers’ quality-of-life complaints
January 20, 2014- The Post reports, “Screeching subway trains, honking cars, roaring planes, barking dogs and boisterous people make noise the Big Apple’s No. 1 quality-of-life complaint. A city hotline got more than 260,000 noise complaints last year. Silence, it … Continue reading
Tribeca’s fruit shanty shack is back
February 1, 2014- Our previous story about the Tribeca fruit shanty shack being evicted was premature. They are back, along with their 24/7 parked hideous graffiti-riden truck. (more…)
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PS 276 to cut Pre-K classes to make way for new kindergarten
January 31, 2014- DNAinfo reports, that the school overgrowing problem Downtown is getting worse, “Despite a tremendous demand for more pre-K seats, two Downtown public schools will be forced to shut down their pre-K programs next fall, to make room … Continue reading
Howard Hughes puts CB1 in its place
January 30, 2014- Only two days after our Op-Ed stated that the entire CB1 system should be dissolved, a local blog reports that the CB1 leader, Catherine McVay Hughes, was dead wrong in proudly pronouncing victory against the Howard Hughes … Continue reading
Exclusive: Mehiel’s BPCA administration hires a record 18 staff in one year
November 16, 2013– By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has previous and exclusively reported on the mass firing of 19 veteran staff by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) under then-Chairman Bill Thompson and CEO Gayle Horwitz. After the current BPCA … Continue reading
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Few snow plows for BPC under new mayor
January 21, 2014- For the second time this month, under the new mayor, a major snow accumulation as been met with no snow plows to the streets of Battery Park City. This is due to Mayor de Blasio’s promise to … Continue reading
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Questions you should ask of the appointed BPCA
January 27, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The BPCA, led by Chairman and CEO Dennis Mehiel, recently cancelled the December board meeting, thereby dodging questions about numerous controversies. They can’t run forever, and will hold the next board meeting on … Continue reading
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New mayor seems to support Bloomberg’s Citi Bikes
January 19, 2014- The Post reports, “The city Department of Transportation doesn’t want to give up bike-share racks at The Plaza hotel — months after the landmark building filed a lawsuit to get rid of them. The attorney for the … Continue reading
Port Authority-run 9/11 Memorial wants cash from new mayor
January 15, 2015- The WSJ reports, “After years of delays, the National September 11 Memorial Museum is set to open this spring, but officials still don’t know where they will find the money to keep it running. The memorial foundation, … Continue reading
New City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is a multi-millionaire
January 13, 2014- That new City Council Speaker who markets herself as a champion of the 99% poor working class is secretly a multimillionaire. Her father in Puerto Rico was a successful eye doctor and sold a hospital for $165 … Continue reading
On pace to surpass the 173 pedestrians killed by cars in 2013
January 19, 2014- The Post reports, “Three pedestrians were struck by cars — two fatally — in a spate of Saturday crashes, topping off an already brutal start to the new year on city streets….The accidents put the city on … Continue reading