Category Archives: – Politics

Don’t buy Staten Island cocaine

March 19, 2015- Don’t do drugs, folks. The Post reports, “The data showed that overdoses among (more…)

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The Pier A beer garden is part of a bigger city plan to turn waterfront properties into concert venues

July 15, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The controversial Pier A beer garden, that succeeded in winning the broadest and most powerful of liquor licenses and will become (more…)

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P90X congressmen keep losing their jobs in shame

March 19, 2015- By Steven E Greer First, it was Chris Lee, a U.S. congressman from New York who was tossed out after sending (more…)

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As Uber and Lyft poach drivers, yellow cab drivers get worse

Update March 19, 2015- Uber drivers now outnumber yellow cab TLC drivers. (more…)

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Wanted: Applicants to fill Sheldon Silver’s seat in Albany

February 24, 2015- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV is looking for good applicants to fill Sheldon Silver’s seat when he comes up for re-election next year. (more…)

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BPCA’s Shari Hyman’s husband under scrutiny for running a bogus ethics commission

January 31, 2015- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has been the only source to report on the conflicts of interest and ineptness within JCOPE: (more…)

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This convicted felon was almost my roommate many years ago

March 17, 2015- Many years ago, when I was a surgery resident, I almost allowed Lawrence (more…)

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Redundant in-house counsel for BPCA catfighting

December 11, 2014- We are hearing that the former chief lawyer for the BPCA, Seema Singh, who somehow kept her job after (more…)

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Exclusive: Pier-A “visitor center” is supposed to be three times larger than it is now, and on the second floor

Updated December 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has been the only source to report on the misuse of state funds that were supposed to be used to build (more…)

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Letter: Secondhand pot smoke plagues Gateway Plaza

February 14, 2014 Dear Editor, Gateway not only has a problem with electricity,  but it is becoming a POT den. This is not a Friday night thing. It is every night…very Heavy pot from 6pm -12, so strong that if … Continue reading

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Exclusive: Your building is likely rent stabilized and you had no idea

(3,000 people have read this as of February 17, 2015. We inform.) June 18, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Tom Goodkind, Community Board 1 member and resident of Gateway plaza, has been a long-time activist for affordable housing. (more…)

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Woman found dead at Liberty House on Rector Place

March 17, 2015- The coroner is conducting more tests, and has not yet ruled out murder, (more…)

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Wall Street banker found dead with throat cut just south of WTC

November 19, 2014- Near BPC, on the south side of the WTC complex, a 41-year-old Managing Director at Citigroup, (more…)

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NYPD cars now parking right in front of the Conrad Hotel loading zone

March 14, 2015- Some people at the Conrad Hotel were asking our help with this police car problem. (more…)

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Is Mayor de Blasio chronically late because he is a pothead?

March 9, 2015- Mayor de Blasio is chronically late to public events where he is the keynote (more…)

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Billionaires pay almost no property tax on $100 Million condos

March 9, 2015- The Post reports on a topic that BatteryPark.TV has been covering for years. (more…)

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Sheldon Silver is in the first stage of grief: denial

March 5, 2015- Op-Ed by Steven E. Greer Kübler-Ross described the five stages of grief, which begin with denial. Sheldon Silver and the (more…)

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Democrats: “Anybody but Cuomo” for president

March 9, 2015- The Post reports, “Top New York Democrats are whispering for the first time (more…)

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Review: Modern marijuana is too strong

March 6, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I am not morally opposed to marijuana, but I despise the drug for many scientific reasons. First (more…)

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The BPCA needs to force LeFrak to upgrade Gateway’s windows and facade

February 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Here we are again. After three years of reporting on the freezing conditions inside Gateway Plaza (more…)

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