Category Archives: – Politics

Sheldon Silver is looking at seven years in the slammer, at least

July 3, 2015- The Post reports, “The seven-year prison sentence imposed on crooked ex-state (more…)

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Did antidepressants cause the Germanwings pilot to commit suicide and mass homicide?

April 2, 2015- Opinion by Steven E. Greer, MD The facts are now becoming known in the Germanwings Flight 9525. The co-pilot, 27-year-old (more…)

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The $30 hot dog scammer invades BPC

Update June 18, 2015- In the video, the vendor is shown displaying no prices, which is illegal. (more…)

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Illegal ticket vendors attack one another

July 2, 2015- DNAinfo reports that illegal ticket vendors who sell tickets to the Statue of (more…)

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NY Waterway ferries breaking the law again

June 29, 2015- I was walking on the esplanade behind Gateway, south of North Cove Marina, (more…)

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CB1 members still supporting Sheldon Silver despite his indictment for multiple felonies

March 24, 2015- This is why the CB1 needs to be cleaned out.  DNAinfo reports, “While he fights a (more…)

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Weeds be gone

Update June 20, 2015- The weeds are gone, in no small part due to BatteryPark.TV. However, (more…)

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Review: The Swedish Midsummer Festival is an overcrowded deathtrap

June 19, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I have now witnessed two or three of these summer solstice celebratory Swedish Midsummer (more…)

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CB1 passes resolution banning tourist helicopters from Seaport

The StoptheChop people (a website we helped create) sent this out: Dear friends and members, (more…)

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Senator Schumer kicks ass on our behalf again

June 27, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Earlier this year, my apartment building was having a critical problem with very delayed deliver (more…)

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Nobody is listening to Catherine McVay Hughes’ CB1 anymore

April 9, 2015- Opinion by By Steven E. Greer Several years ago, the Tribeca subcommittee of CB1 protested over the design of a Pier 26 restaurant being (more…)

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Gone in 60 Seconds: S7:E5

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NYPD reports no gun-related crime Downtown since 2013

June 27, 2015- DNAinfo reports, “While the number of shooting victims have gone up (more…)

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NY Supreme Court rules that yelling obscenities at police is not illegal

June 27, 2015- In 2011, Richard Gonzalez yelled obscenities at NYPD in a subway station. They (more…)

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Exclusive: ConEd gas inspectors allegedly shakedown new restaurants

June 26, 2015- By Steve E. Greer With the delay of the new Parm restaurant on Vesey Street being caused by ConEd not giving (more…)

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The BPCA’s in-house lawyer Alix Pustilnik tries unsuccessfully to have Chairman Mehiel “admonish” us

March 7, 2015- During the January BPCA board meeting that resulted in the eviction of Mike Fortenbaugh (more…)

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Welfare to real estate billionaires, the 421-a law, extended for four years

Update June 24, 2015- As a compromise, the 421-a law was extended for four years. The tax-breaks to the fat (more…)

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Broadsheet omits key fact from story on changes to park rules

June 23, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The local advertising flier called the Broadsheet (BS) misled the community, once again, with (more…)

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Gone in 60 Seconds: S7:E4

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City EDC finally admits that it is secretly planning to destroy historic Seaport buildings

June 20, 2015- We previously reported how “no one is listening to Catherine McVay Hughes’ CB1 anymore”. (more…)

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