Category Archives: – Politics

The FBI closes in on Sheldon Silver

December 30, 2014- The NYT reports, “Federal authorities are investigating substantial payments made to the State Assembly (more…)

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NY Assemblymen call Speaker Silver an “embarrassment” as he is sworn in

January 7, 2015- The Post reports, “The New York Assembly elected Democrat Sheldon Silver to his 11th term as its (more…)

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Where did all the STEM students go in Stuyvesant?

January 18, 2015- The Post reports that, “The top-rated Manhattan high school saw a staggering 82 percent drop this (more…)

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Confirmed: Friends of Governor Cuomo want to run North Cove Marina

Update November 4, 2014- In Cuomo’s acceptance speech tonight, he thanked Andrew Farkas personally. Mr. Farkas is the man vying for (more…)

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Exclusive: Why did Brookfield and a Cuomo friend win the marina RFP? Follow the money.

December 15, 2014- By Steven E. Greer Since Mike Fortenbaugh is being told to evacuate the marina in two weeks, and the BPCA dodged the controversial (more…)

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Bike path might open in 2015, a year sooner than last announced

Update January 2, 2015- We spoke with a Brookfield lady who has presented before the CB1 before regarding the bike path. (more…)

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BPCA leadership likely to change soon

January 14, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Now that the governor has made the long awaited changes to his staff, such as appointing a new Chief of Staff, the uncertain (more…)

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BPCA hires incompetent security firm with long history of bad behavior

(Please use Facebook and Twitter to promote this story) January 6, 2014- By Steven E. Greer Just how shady and rigged is the BPCA’s RFP process, that seems to reward cronies no (more…)

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Finally, Downtown gets a club for proper dignified orgies

October 2, 2014- A Citi Bike friendly orgy club has opened. The Post reports, “A wild swingers club has been operating out of a Financial District office building — with wall-shaking sex parties (more…)

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Marina Rally 2 draws hundreds of supporters again

https://youtu.be/gA2tGJdzpJU?list=UUHSe21UiqKm8PjuuVb11uIQ January 8, 2015- The second rally to support Mike Fortenbaugh’s continued operation of The North Cove Marina, held in the public library, (more…)

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College Sports is not the worst thing about American universities

January 10, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I was chuckling at an irrelevant essay in the NY Post complaining about how college football is a farce to the student athlete model. (more…)

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Exclusive: BPCA security backs off, ends illegal lockout of marina

January 5, 2015- By Steven E. Greer As a direct result of BatteryPark.TV informing the FJC Security company of the ongoing marina contract dispute, and (more…)

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Citi Bike memberships plummet after dismal service in 2014

January 12, 2015- The Post reports, “The city’s bike-share membership is hitting the skids. (more…)

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Ezekiel Emanuel pens essay urging Americans to skip the annual physical exam with their doctor

Update January 12, 2015- CBS conducted a a roundtable discussion about this topic. Dr. Narula came down on the side of Dr. Emanuel, using the same misguided interpretation of meta-analysis statistics. (more…)

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Cuomo’s office has been notified of the vacuum of leadership amongst the BPCA

January 8, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD As of today, there is still no posting on the BPCA website about any January board meeting. Moreover, (more…)

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FBI questions Gov. Christie over BridgeGate. Another Christie appointee is fired from Port Authority.

January 10, 2015- The WSJ reports that the Feds have questioned Governor Christie over his role in the closure of the George Washington Bridge (more…)

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BPCA issues statement on North Cove Marina

January 7, 2015- The BPCA’s highly-paid community liaison Robin Forst (who earns at least $120,000 (more…)

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CB1 discusses the marina lockout and what to do about the BPCA

January 7, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD On December 31st, 2014, the 10-year lease held by Mike Fortenbaugh to run the North Cove Marina expired. (more…)

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BPCA hires security to lockout Commodore Fortenbaugh from marina

Update January 3, 2014- We spoke with a supervisor of FJC Security. They are the company contracted with the BPCA to handle security around Pier-A, not the marina. (more…)

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All local electeds now send letter to BPCA supporting the cancellation of marina RFP

December 29, 2014 Chair Dennis Mehiel Battery Park City Authority 200 Liberty St New York, NY 10281 Dear Chair Mehiel, We write regarding the recent resolution of Manhattan Community Board #1 (CB1) regarding the Battery Park (more…)

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