Category Archives: City government

Noise tops New Yorkers’ quality-of-life complaints

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Editor

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 →

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Tribeca’s fruit shanty shack is back

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Editor

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 →

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Howard Hughes puts CB1 in its place

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Editor

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 →

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Exclusive: Mehiel’s BPCA administration hires a record 18 staff in one year

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Editor

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New mayor seems to support Bloomberg’s Citi Bikes

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Editor

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Inauguration setup

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Editor

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