Category Archives: – Politics

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

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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

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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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BPCA board member Fernando Mateo gets in trouble at pro-A-Rod rally

Update January 12, 2014- A-Rod was banned for the entire 2014 seasons for using steroids. 60 Minutes interviewed the man who supplied the drugs, allegedly, and claims that A-Rod’s entourage made death threats against him. October 21, 2013- The Post … Continue reading

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BPCA’s Fernando Mateo in the news again for another scandal

Mateo, far right December 23, 2013- The Post reports, “The battle over La Marina has gotten so bizarre that one owner — former taxi bigwig Fernando Mateo — even challenged two of his business partners to a boxing bout to … Continue reading

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More “service animal” scams

January 26, 2014- BP.TV recently reported on the concept of nutjob dog owners pretending to be mentally disabled in order to take own dogs in buildings that forbid dogs. Government bureaucrats are actually enabling this, apparently because it seems like … Continue reading

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Local man convinces the State of New York to sue on his behalf in dog dispute

January 13, 2014- A Battery Park City grandfather, Roman Erikhman, age 76, who lives in the “Cove Club” at 2 South End, was sued in 2012 by his building’s condo board and building manager, Milford Management ( a division of Milstein … Continue reading

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Unplowed streets in South BPC after snowstorm

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Google wants your DNA now

Opinion December 17, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Wall Street Journal published an article explaining how the pharmaceutical industry data mines credit card records, Internet traffic patterns, and other personal data on individuals, then forms educated guesses about … Continue reading

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Christie might join a long list of New Jersey officials in prison

Update: January 19, 2014: Now, the Democrat mayor of Hoboken claims that Christie held the federal relief money for Hurricane Sandy victims as hostage, unless she agreed t support a pork project he wanted. Update: January 10, 2014: The Feds … Continue reading

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24-yo man arrested for slugging 74-yo man

January 23, 2014- A local police blotter reports that men impersonating garbage men lured a bar employee of Cricket and Arms outside to remove trash, under threat of writing a citation, then robbed the store while the employee was outside. … 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

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He’s Baaaack, Randy Mastro hired by Christie

January 16, 2014- Does the name Randy Mastro sound familiar to you? He’s the Big Shot lawyer that the BPCA hired to fight Asphalt Green. When BatteryPark.TV exposed this, the BPCA CEO promptly “resigned”, and Asphalt Green opened. Now, it … Continue reading

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Twitter interview with banned-for-life Wall Street tech analyst Henry Blodget

January 11, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Disgraced Wall Street sell-side technology sector analyst, Henry Blodget, who was banned for life by the SEC from working in Wall Street, is making a comeback in tech by running a news … 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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NY and NJ waste $65 Million of Hurricane Sandy relief on tourism ads

Update January 13, 2014- In the wake of the bridge scandal and federal investigations, the Feeds have opening up the case of whether relief funds were misused. CNN reports, “Just days after dismissing two top advisers for their roles in … Continue reading

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