Category Archives: – Politics

Exclusive: NY State gives update on NY Waterway ferry boat engines

Update February 7, 2013 NYSERDA provided us with this update, “Two of the remaining 7 vessels are at the shipyard now having the engines and emission controls installed. When they are completed they should be replaced with other vessels. Progress … Continue reading

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Doctors rarely tell patients of CT scan risks

March 4, 2013  Reuters reported on a study that found that few doctors warn patients on the radiation risk of CT-scans. In the article, “Only about a third of patients surveyed at one U.S. (more…)

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Have you been nearly run over by dangerous delivery mopeds on sidewalks?

Liberty View Chinese on 21 South End Avenue is the sole source for the unsafe electrified mopeds that a chronic problem in Battery Park. Have you been nearly run over by the electric mopeds on the sidewalks? Tell us your … Continue reading

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Colin Farrell discusses the problem of anonymous cyberbullying

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Essay: Pier A should be a farmer’s market like New Amsterdam

Essay, Opinion February 2, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD After decades of throwing cash into the money pit called Pier A in the southernmost tip of Manhattan, the City of New York managed to unload this headache onto the … Continue reading

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Goldman alley infiltrated with livery cab drivers soliciting pedestrians

  Update February 24, 2013 We have learned that Goldman Sachs is no longer allowing liver cab solicitations on their property, which is the north side of Vesey. This is a result of our reporting, below. (Note the street completely … Continue reading

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Inept PEP allow park crime to triple in 2012

February 20, 2012 The inept Park Enforcement Patrol (PEP) officers are in the news again. The WSJ is reporting that crime in the city’s parks tripled in 2012. The article points out that there are only 100 PEP for all … Continue reading

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Reliable gun violence statistics

February 12, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut massacre of 20 first graders and six brave adults, the debate over gun control (more…)

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Breaking News: BatteryPark.TV helps save the Little League season

January 18, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD As a direct result of BatteryPark.TV’s reporting that lengthy RFPs are not required before beginning the repair work on the ballfields (other sources such as the Broadsheet were incorrectly reporting on the … Continue reading

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Have you ever been held hostage in a taxi?

January 20, 2013 We have heard numerous stories over the last 12-months of New Yorkers being locked in yellow cabs and driven as hostages as the driver extorts more money from the passenger. Have you experienced anything like this, or … Continue reading

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NY Waterway stalling on promised ferry boat engine replacements

January 13, 2013 By Steven E Greer, MD At the January 15th, 2013, CB1 BPC meeting, the NY Waterway ferry company attended to give updates on their promised solutions to address noise and pollution complaints. For decades, the ferries have … Continue reading

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Fiery ferry boat crash at South Street Seaport

January 9, 2013 A “Seastreak” ferry boat operating out of the newly added East River slips has made a hard landing and crashed at Pier 11 in the South Street Seaport. A fire started. More then 20 injuries are reported … Continue reading

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State Senator Squadron demands BPCA open ballfields

January 11, 2013 State Senator Daniel Squadron issued an email statement demanding that (more…)

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Key BPCA board member unaware of New York law regarding fraud audit

January 8, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) convened a board session today to conduct a “pre-audit” meeting before the outside audit company files their official audit at the end of the month. The … Continue reading

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CB1 opposition to Pier A becoming restaurants and bars

CB1 Chairperson Julie Menin explains the opposition to Pier A in Battery Park becoming a strip of restaurants and bars managed by The Downtown Alliance and the Poulakakos family of restaurants.   (more…)

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More landfill to be added to Battery Park and the Harbor?

The first of several commissions has returned a report to Governor Cuomo about ways to prevent future flooding from storms like Sandy. One plan in the WSJ today is to make miles of marsh and swamp south of the current … Continue reading

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Winners and losers if the BPCA were to be dissolved

December 4, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD Over the last three years, Governors of New York have appointed three different administrations to run the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) in Lower Manhattan, along the Hudson River. Two of the … Continue reading

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More rogue behavior from our parks officers

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Is the security in your doorman building or local school adequate?

https://youtu.be/3BS5vE4ISkk December 18, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD Across the city today, schools have held town hall meetings to discuss their security plans with parents in the wake of the Newtown massacre. In many cases, schools have open doors … Continue reading

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CBS’s Nora O’Donnell busts Rahm Emanuel on gun hypocrisy

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