Category Archives: – Politics

Laughing Man coffee in Tribeca gets street seating approved

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Editor

March 24, 2015- At the CB1 meeting tonight, the Duane Park street seating plan proposed by (more…)

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Broadsheet publishes story on affordable housing with major error

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Editor

March 24, 2015- The local advertising flier called the Broadsheet (BS) posted a story today (more…)

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Council Member Robert E. Cornegy proposes bill to protect small businesses from eviction

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Editor

March 4, 2015- Council Member Robert E. Cornegy reached out to us with video and text from (more…)

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City Council wants to make it harder to force tenants out

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Editor

February 26, 2015- Crain’s reports, “Manhattan Councilman Daniel Garodnick plans to introduce a bill (more…)

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Federal class action lawsuit against Poulakakos for violating minimum wage laws

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Editor

May 9, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV was tipped off last year by former employees of Harry’s Steakhouse that the Poulakakos family (more…)

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Should the Downtown Connection bus service we pay for be exclusive to BPC residents?

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Editor

September 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer I rode the Downtown Connection “free” bus service yesterday, and experience some really concerning (more…)

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Exclusive: Have rent increases in BPC been illegal?

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Editor

June 20, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV previously reported, “Exclusive: Your building is likely rent stabilized and you had no idea” in which we uncovered (more…)

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Internet providers are “throttling” high-bandwidth sites

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Editor

March 7, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The Internet service providers (ISP’s), such as Time Warner Cable, Comcast, and Verizon are (more…)

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Don’t buy Staten Island cocaine

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Editor

(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

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Editor

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

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