Category Archives: City government

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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Unplowed streets in South BPC after snowstorm

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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

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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

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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

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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

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NYPD refuses to charge taxi drivers

January 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has been the recipient of several assaults by TLC-licensed livery cab drivers over the last several years, as we successfully cleaned up the residential streets that had been serving as parking zones … Continue reading

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PS 276 parents want buses allowed to take kids to school

November 22, 2013- Kate Godici, A local mother of kids at at PS 276 sent us this video to help promote her cause of allowing buses to send the kids to school. She wrote, “Hello! I am a mother of … Continue reading

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Exclusive: BPCA pays for park staff reassigned to non-BPC parks

December 2, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV previously reported that the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) contract with the New York City Parks Department pays for a large number of Park Enforcement Patrol (PEP) officers that are not … Continue reading

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Young boy killed by taxi in front of father

January 11, 2014- The Post is reporting that a 9-year-old boy was struck and killed by a yellow taxi as the father watched in horror. The two were crossing a residential street on the Upper West Side. This same type … Continue reading

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Melissa Mark-Viverito becomes Speaker of City Council

January 8, 2014- DNAinfo reports, “City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito was elected the new Speaker of the New York City Council on Wednesday in a unanimous vote, making her the first Latina to achieve the post and putting to rest a … Continue reading

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Judge denies FiDi lawsuit to block a criminal court on John Street

January 8, 2014- The judge has declined to sign the OTC Temporary Restraining Order, citing that the case is unlikely to win on merits. Therefore, the community will have to spend considerable time and money to fight this in a … Continue reading

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The Clintons jump on the income inequality bandwagon headed for 2016

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Mayor Bill de Blasio meets BatteryPark.TV

October 6, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV had a nice meeting with Bill de Blasio today.  We endorse him for Mayor (full story to follow). (more…)

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What will they remember from the Bloomberg administration 30-years from now?

December 29, 2013- By Steven E. Greer In the year 2043, when Michael Bloomberg will be 101 years old (he is too healthy to die), what will people remember then as accomplishments of the Bloomberg administration? Thirty years ago, 1983, … Continue reading

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Another City Parks employee arrested

December 30, 2013- If the NYPD use the motto “City’s Finest”, then the Parks Department should be branded “City’s Worst”. Yet another park officer was arrested for a crime. The Post reports, (more…)

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Boy walking to school struck, killed by truck

December 20, 2013- Related to local efforts to allow kids to take buses to school, a New York City boy was struck by a struck and killed. The Post has more. PS 276 parents want buses allowed to take kids … Continue reading

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Exclusive: Who is behind CB1’s move to dissolve the BPCA?

December 19, 2013- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV first exclusively reported that the political winds were shifting in favor of dissolving the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) as it exists now, and possibly having the city assume control of the … Continue reading

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