Category Archives: – Politics

Who will save the parks in Battery Park City?

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Editor

April 25, 2016- by Steven E. Greer After seeing the hideous artificial turf field in the West Thames area, I became sad. It’s official: (more…)

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More senior parks employees fired

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Editor

April 13, 2016- At the BPCA Town Hall Meeting, another one of those fake resignations unfolded. This time it was 27-year veteran of the BPC parks Conservancy, T. Fleischer, who (more…)

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Letter: The new management of Asphalt Green BPC is horrible

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Editor

May 12, 2016- Letter to the Editor by Jim Hi Steven, (more…)

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Margaret Chin accused of betraying community in favor of Howard Hughes real estate

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Editor

July 14, 2014- The Amsterdam Market at the Seaport is over, and the founder blames City Councilwoman Margaret Chin. In a blast email, Robert LaValva wrote, (more…)

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Was the Poulakakos Group ousted from the Maritime Building Hotel project?

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Editor

March 29, 2016- by Steven E. Greer A local advertising flier is reporting on the Maritime Hotel project and EDC documents that (more…)

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The aftermath of the Halloween terrorist attack on Lower Manhattan

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Editor

December 21, 2017- by Steven E. Greer I finally got to NYC after the Halloween terrorist attack on the West Side Bike Path. The concrete (more…)

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NY Post covers the Cuomo appointment of three outsiders to the BPCA board

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Editor

July 8, 2017- The Post writes, “No one on Battery Park City’s governing board actually lives in the pricey (more…)

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Ferry company that recently won contract from Mayor de Blasio part of organized crime network in The Battery

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Editor

Update November 29, 2017- Remember that scandalous contract to give an out-of-state ferry boat company, Hornblower, Inc., the lucrative contract to expand service to Brooklyn (more…)

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Glenn Plaskin gets the hint and bows out as Gateway Plaza Tenants Association President

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Editor

October 11, 2017- Likely as a result of BPTV, Mr. Plaskin has decided to not accept another term as (more…)

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Brookfield still trying to sell Brookfield Place years later

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Editor

Update December 17, 2016- DowntownExpress thinks they have an exclusive by reporting that Brookfield is (more…)

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Glenn Plaskin claims credit for BPTV accomplishments at Gateway Plaza

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Editor

October 2, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD Year after year, the Glenn-Plaskin-led Gateway Plaza Tenants Association (GPTA) would hold its (more…)

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Did Dennis Mehiel and Shari Hyman’s BPCA sanction a sexual predator worse than Harvey Weinstein?

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Editor

October 21, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD The Harvey Weinstein scandal is not only bringing down Hollywood, but also the entire liberal (more…)

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Two StopTrump media elites wallow in misery

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Editor

Update June 7, 2017- Correction: This story gets more pathetic. Alan Murray is no longer with the WSJ, but (more…)

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Proposals to reduce the number of empty storefronts

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Editor

November 20, 2017- by Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has previously reported on the large number of empty storefronts that make the (more…)

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Benjamin Jones becomes acting president of the BPCA

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Editor

November 11, 2017- After the abrupt departure of president Shari Hyman and head of HR (more…)

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New York is worse than one year ago

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Editor

August 6, 2017- by Steven E. Greer I am going to fire my secretary. For some reason, he thought it would be a good idea to needlessly stay in (more…)

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Glenn Plaskin’s palatial warm apartment costs what?

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Editor

(2,200 people have read this as of December 10, 2016) January 6, 2013- By Steven E. Greer We have previously reported on the ineffective leadership (more…)

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How does a millionaire like Jeff Galloway enjoy rent-subsidized apartments in Gateway?

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Editor

(4000 people have read this as of December 10, 2016) Update March 11, 2016- New York State Comptroller DiNapoli is going after wealthy people who (more…)

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Former BPCA board member Fernando Mateo implicated in stunningly brazen city corruption bribing Mayor de Blasio

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Editor

October 27, 2016- Well, now we know why former BPCA board member Fernando Mateo (more…)

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HRPT sued for bad design of bike path where cyclist was killed

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Editor

July 4, 2017- Last June, 30-year-old Olga Cook was killed while cycling on the bike path at Chambers Street (more…)

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