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CB1 allows unofficial group of homeowners to speak for all of BPC owners with bogus “resolution”
February 5, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Pat Smith, local Battery Park City (BPC) resident since 2003, spoke before the February 4th CB1 board representing an unofficial group of homeowners calling themselves the BPC Homeowners Coalition. The coalition is … Continue reading
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BPCA promises action on unsafe street crossing at PS 276
February 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer At the CB1 meeting tonight, at the end of the meeting as “new business”, the topic of the recent accidents in front of PS 276 on Battery Place were discussed. In the audience … Continue reading
Posted in NYPD First Precinct, Schools, State Government
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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
Told you so, The Super Bowl sucketh on a grand scale
February 3, 2014- The day before the Super Bowl, we wrote the essay “Why Super Bowl 48 will suck“, pointing out the ill-conceived plans to send 90,000 fans from Manhattan to New Jersey via public transportation. We were correct. The … Continue reading
Why Super Bowl 48 will suck
Update February 2, 2014- Told you so, lead story tomorrow will be how New jersey screwed up the transportation to the game. Opinion February 1, 2014- By Steven E. Greer What would happen if, as an experiment of the effectiveness … Continue reading
Gristedes rock hard green bananas
February 1, 2014- Send us your stories and photos relating to Gristedes. 100% of survey responders want Gristedes replaced Peapod is cheaper than FreshDirect (more…)
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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
BP.TV supports the NYPD’s crackdown on bad drivers
January 28, 2014- BP.TV highly supports the new Mayor’s policing efforts to crackdown on drivers who harm pedestrians. The Post reports, “Less than a week after the NYPD’s infamous ticket blitz of jaywalkers, cops switched gears and targeted rogue drivers … Continue reading
Will this be the most iconic image from Super Bowl 48?
January 30, 2014- The NY Post has this classic image of police herding some sad ladies in a “perp walk”, who were allegedly “high priced hookers”. The photo of organized crime seems to sum up a “New Jersey” Super Bowl … Continue reading
Look for veteran pols to be ousted in 2014
January 29, 2014- The Post reports that U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel has numerous candidates lining up to run against him in 2014. Mr. Rangel has been in office since 1993, or 24 years, and has rarely had to run against … 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
Posted in City government, State Government
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An extremely illegal taxi line on Vesey Street
Illegal town cars are out of control on Vesey Street (more…)
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Staten Island US Rep. Grimm threatens to kill NY1 reporter
January 29, 2014- The Post reports, “Rep. Michael Grimm went ballistic on a reporter after the State of the Union address Tuesday and threatened to throw him over a balcony and “break him in half” – and Grimm was not … Continue reading
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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Petition against rehab facility at 2 Washington Street
Dear Editor of BatteryPark.TV: We have been enjoying your coverage on the many topics that deeply concern us as residents in this area. Below is a topic that I thought might be of interest to you. As a resident of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Doctors, Dentists, Health and lifestyle
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Illegal town cars are out of control on Vesey Street
January 27, 2014- I was walking into the WFC when I heard a woman at the bus stop say “Officer, officer, these cars are blocking the bus stop. I have to go into the middle of the street to get … Continue reading
Posted in NYPD First Precinct
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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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