Category Archives: – Politics

Specter of corruption hangs over special elections to replace Sheldon Silver

February 19, 2016- The NYT reports, “From the day the men were convicted on corruption charges and (more…)

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Preet Bharara should run the DOJ after Loretta Lynch is appointed to the SCOTUS

February 15, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD With the death of Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Justice Antonin Scalia, The White House and Senate (more…)

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Eliot’s escorts

(Left: Ashley Alexandra Dupré in 2008, Right: Svetlana Zakharova Travis 2016) February 16, 2016- Disgraced former governor, Eliot Spitzer, who was brought down by an escort (more…)

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Lester Chang, Republican candidate to replace Sheldon Silver, featured

February 17, 2016- DNAinfo featured Lester Chang, the GOP’s choice to replace Sheldon Silver (more…)

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BatteryPark.TV supports raising the minimum wage

July 23, 2015- Governor Cuomo has moved to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. (more…)

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“People knew, and did nothing,”

January 7, 2016- by Steven E. Greer New York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was speaking before the Kentucky State Legislature (more…)

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Tourist suffers fractured skull in The Battery as PEP are nowhere to be found

February 16, 2016- It has happened again in The Battery. The park, which is patrolled by city (more…)

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Task force forms to address tourist harassment in The Battery

February 16, 2016- In response to the out-of-control violent crime being perpetrated by career criminals near the Staten Island Ferry in The Battery, a Staten Island Democrat is (more…)

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Will Goldman Sachs cost Hillary Clinton the presidency?

February 14, 2016- by Steven E. Greer First, Bernie Sanders singled out by name Goldman Sachs as being the face of “Wall Street fraud”, (more…)

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Local lawyer wins important case against the city

February 12, 2016- I had dinner with a local lawyer, Peter Gleason (who is also a former New York firefighter and cop), and was amazed to hear about the racism that exists within the FDNY. (more…)

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Letter to the Editor: Give Peace (and Quiet) A Chance

(3,824 people have read this as of February 15, 2016) August 10, 2015- Letter by John Dellaportas Some 100,000 times per year, tourist helicopters buzz Battery Park City. These flights run all day, (more…)

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Pipes burst at Stuyvesant High School

February 14, 2016- We received this email: (more…)

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Exclusive: State agencies investigate possible illegal shuttering of BPC Parks Conservancy

Update February 6, 2016- The AG replied and is working on this. (more…)

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Julie Menin to run city’s film permitting office

February 3, 2016- The Post reports that Julie Menin is being shuffled from the Consumer Affair (more…)

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Goldman Sachs banker investigated by FBI for money laundering

February 14, 2016- The Post reports, “Tim Leissner, the Singapore-based chairman of Goldman’s (more…)

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An assault on the freedom of the press by New York politicians

December 28, 2015- by Steven E. Greer There is something very concerning that is developing which has not been well reported in the press. (more…)

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Broadsheet given unprecedented access inside residential building to host a political petition-signing

February 13, 2016- The Broadsheet, which is the mouthpiece of the establishment Democrats in (more…)

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Another deadly crane in Tribeca (WTF?)

February 12, 2016- Less than a week after a crane collapsed on Worth, killing a man, The Daily News reports, “ (more…)

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Images of a crashed crane in the heart of Tribeca

February 5, 2016- This is as close as we could get to the crane that collapsed on Worth Street. (more…)

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Neighbors warned Catherine McVay Hughes and her CB1 of swaying Tribeca crane hours before fatal collapse

Update February 11, 2016- The CB1 met last night and discussed crane safety and the numerous (more…)

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