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Photos 12-24-2014

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Editor

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City Hall moves to bullet-proof police car windows

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Editor

December 22, 2014– By Steven E. Greer Right after the two police officers were assassinated, I sent the email below to the state and city elected officials. (more…)

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CB1 feels the heat, backpedals on Swiss Neutrality stance toward marina RFP, passes new resolution

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Editor

December 19, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD In the wake of the huge turnout for the SaveNorthCove rally and subsequent New York Times article, and BatteryPark.TV (more…)

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Exclusive: Three marketing women form “Seaport Friends” to help Howard Hughes plans

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Editor

December 8, 2014 (updated at 3:00 PM)- By Steven E. Greer Last week, a group of three “moms” representing the “Seaport Friends” hosted a town hall to support the Howard Hughes corporation plans to develop the Seaport. (more…)

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Pier-A visitor center still stalled

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Editor

December 2, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The Poulakakos team was supposed to give an (more…)

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Exclusive: BPCA fires another lawyer for “asking the wrong questions”

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Editor

October 2, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has learned that yet (more…)

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More Sheldon Silver scandals uncovered by FBI

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Editor

December 8, 2014- The NY Times reports, “So far, people with knowledge of the matter say, prosecutors have found that Sheldon Silver, (more…)

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Legislation Introduced to Ban Drones From New York City Skies

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Editor

December 18, 2014- The WSJ reports, “Drones could be banned from the New York City skies under legislation introduced (more…)

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Broadsheet botches story on newly hired PEP

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Editor

December 17, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has been the only news source to accurately report on the fact that the city-controlled Park Enforcement Police (PEP) were not showing up to work in the Battery Park City (more…)

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Exclusive: Female BPCA employee who complained of sexual harassment “quits”

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Editor

September 27, 2014- By Steven E. Greer In May of this year, a BPCA employee, Kirk Swanson, who oversaw the contracts and RFP process, was fired for allegedly not agreeing to (more…)

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Those tall ugly apartment buildings sprouting up all over are not really for living in

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Editor

https://youtu.be/NJBFBMqjvXk December 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The New York City skyline is transforming as super tall and skinny needle towers go up faster than weeds. Despite having thin walls and being nothing but glass boxes, the apartments inside … Continue reading →

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Bill Ackman’s Howard Hughes corp dealt major blow on Seaport plans

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Editor

December 12, 2014- Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman, Chairman of Howard Hughes corporation, was dealt a major set back by the CB1 on Wednesday when the Landmarks Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) (more…)

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Comptroller Stringer issues audit report validating our warnings on Citi Bike fraud

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Editor

Update December 12, 2014- Comptroller Stringer issued an audit report validating our warning, below. (more…)

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What do you think of the new Pier-A Harbor House?

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Editor

December 6, 2014- The new Poulakakos-run Pier-A is partially opened. (more…)

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Robin Forst of the BPCA makes miraculous recovery, appears for Christmas Tree lighting

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Editor

Update December 5, 2014 at 2:50 PM- We tried to call Robin Forst and an assistant claimed that she was out of the office. We then tried Kevin (more…)

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BPCA sues Wall Street bank that employs its own board member

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Editor

February 10, 2014- Bloomberg reports that the BPCA is suing numerous Wall Street banks for rigging the bond offering system back in 2003 when the BPCA raised hundreds of millions in revenue. Of note, the BPCA’s CFO, Robert Serpico, was … Continue reading →

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Review: I signed up for Uber, and it works well

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Editor

December 2, 2014- By Steven E. Greer I used Uber for the first time. It was (more…)

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Exclusive: BatteryPark.TV confirms that Robert Serpico’s assistant filed a complaint with the federal government over sexual harassment

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Editor

November 18, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV previously reported that the long-time CFO of the BPCA, (more…)

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Two years later, and no progress on Gateway Plaza freezing conditions

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Editor

Update December 5, 2014- Nothing has changed from the status described below. A few of the promised new heating units (more…)

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Tone-deaf BPCA President Shari Hyman hires liaison to JCOPE despite being married to head of JCOPE

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Editor

October 16, 2014- By Steven E. Greer We can’t make this up, folks. The BPCA President, (more…)

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