Category Archives: – Politics

Preet Bharara fines owner of Solaire, Verdesian $500,000

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Editor

February 15, 2017- U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara fined the owner of the North BPC buildings The Solaire (20 River terrace), and The Verdesian (211 North End Ave), “…a civil  (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Don’t mess with a federal judge

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Editor

February 5, 2017- by Steven E. Greer As viewers of BPTV know, I am in a federal legal battle with the BPCA and Howard Milstein (more…)

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Tribeca home values are double that of BPC

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Editor

December 14, 2016- A local news site reported on a proprietary database of home listings and pointed (more…)

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Thieves steal $10,000 in handbags from BPC Saks

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Editor

February 6, 2017- DNAinfo reports, “Two men stole more than $10,000 worth of handbags from Saks Fifth Avenue (more…)

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BPCA meeting today indicates they might have violated RFP contract law

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Editor

January 26, 2017- On the agenda for the BPCA board meeting today, it lists as a topic “Authorization to (more…)

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Our new neighbor is El Chapo

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Editor

January 24, 2017- Lower Manhattan is really in decline. Infamous crime lords have moved in. The NYT reports on the (more…)

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BatteryPark.TV wins major victory in federal lawsuit against the BPCA and Howard Milstein

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Editor

Update January 17, 2017- The BPCA has fired its entire legal team and replaced it with a firm (more…)

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Woman on bike hit and killed by SUV at West Side Highway and Chambers Street

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Editor

Update February 3, 2017- The defendant, 26-year old Samuel Silva, pleaded guilty in a deal offered by the (more…)

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Anti-Trump protests today in Battery Park

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Editor

January 29th, 2017- Some anti-Trump protestors are meeting now in the Battery, which they incorrectly (more…)

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Protestors swarm Goldman Sachs headquarters

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Editor

January 20, 2017- Protesting Trump’s appointment of several Goldman Sachs alumni to his cabinet, people (more…)

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TV Chef Tom Colicchio accuses President Trump of being a drug addict

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Editor

January 26, 2017- Tom Colicchio, the TV chef more interested in fame than bothering to show up and run his numerous restaurant, (more…)

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Mayor de Blasio jeopardizes the security of JFK airport to be PC to Muslims

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Editor

January 25, 2017- Mayor de Blasio sent out this outrageous press release. He is suing a contractor because they supposedly did not allow Muslim employees working on JFK terminal (more…)

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FiDi purse snatcher strikes again

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Editor

Update January 11, 2017- It has happened again. Another woman in FiDi was violently mugged and (more…)

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BPCA hires new CFO

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Editor

January 11, 2017- The subject of two federal lawsuits and other federal complaints over sexual harassment, (more…)

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Images from the inauguration of President Trump

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Editor

January 20, 2017- (more…)

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Court denies motion for restraining order against Glen Plaskin

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Editor

Update January 15, 2017- On January 10th, more testimony was heard, and the judge ultimately denied the plaintiffs’ (more…)

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Ed Koch: Indian Point nuclear plant should be closed

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Editor

Update January 9, 2017- Governor Cuomo confirmed that an agreement has been struck to close Indian Point by 2021.  (more…)

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Did the BPCA rig the contract to redesign South End Avenue?

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Editor

Update July 25, 2016- There is a town hall meeting tonight at 6 River Terrace to discuss the plans to renovate South End (more…)

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The vultures get a whiff of the de Blasio carcass

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Editor

December 23, 2016- In this past week, since the leak of the news that two different grand juries had convened (more…)

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Public comment at BPCA board meetings? Not so fast.

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Editor

Update December 7, 2016- Today was the first BPCA board meeting since the decision to allow heavily (more…)

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