Category Archives: – Politics

The Parm floor plan

February 3, 2015- Oops. We were looking at the wrong space for Parm all along. The corner lot at (more…)

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The city’s best outdoor cafe has just been turned into an NYPD parking lot

February 3, 2015- The CB1 met tonight. In a rare move, the Commanding officer of the First Precinct, Brendan Timoney, (more…)

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Lawsuit against Sheldon Silver ends in $500,000 settlement

Update February 6, 2015- The NYT reports that the settlement of this case will result in the state spending more than (more…)

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Did BatteryPark.TV help the NYPD get better bullet proof vests?

February 8, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD Last December, I sent an email to the top brass in the city and local politics telling them that (more…)

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Letter to the Editor: The Rector Street Bridge should come down, and don’t build another one!

April 13, 2014- By Gerald Hanweck Dear Editor, Right on! And don’t build the new one, either. It’s a waste of money. (more…)

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The best month ever

February 1, 2015- By Steven E. Greer January could have been the best month that I have had in a long time. It began with my college team, (more…)

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NY Water Taxi asks CB1 permission to dock huge tour boat at Pier-A

February 3, 2015– At the December, 2014 CB1 meeting, Tom Berton, the man who operates a couple (more…)

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BPCA Chairman Mehiel has paid all of the relevant elected officials

January 24, 2015- Did you ever wonder why the local elected officials did not do more to save Mike Fortenbaugh’s (more…)

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Told you so. Rand Paul’s secret Looney Tune side revealed.

https://youtu.be/AlWcDDZ1w38 February 2, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD (more…)

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Crooks, sadists, and morons

January 25, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I watched a nice PBS show about Hitler’s SS army. The SS was run by Heinrich Himmler, who seems (more…)

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Cuomo’s $4 Billion mistake

January 28, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Governor Cuomo “shrugged off” the cost to the city in lost tax revenue, and to workers in lost wages, (more…)

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Will Canadians control all of the waterways in Downtown New York?

Update January 23, 2015- Brookfield did indeed win the RFP to run North Cove Marina, as suspected. Also, Howard Hughes announced (more…)

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CB1’s Tammy Meltzer praises Sheldon Silver after his arrest

January 25, 2014- Downtown Express reports, “Tammy Meltzer, a Community Board 1 member, said (more…)

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It gets worse for Sheldon Silver: Cushy no-show law firm job axed.

January 28, 2015- The woes have just begun for the once most powerful politician in the State of New York. (more…)

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Exclusive: BPCA did not get permission to design Pier-A in current form

January 15, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV previously reported on the botched “Visitor Center” that is now a stalled project inside of Pier-A. Funded (more…)

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You have probably been to one of the Farkas IGY marinas

January 24, 2015- I was not interested in the actual marina aspect of MarinaGate. My main interest (more…)

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Sheldon Silver pushed out by his own Democrats

January 27, 2015- The NYT reports, “Moving to exile one of New York’s most powerful and long-serving leaders, Democrats in the State (more…)

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Did the Nor’easter and Storm of the Century miss us?

Update January 27, 2015- Told you so. There was no blizzard. We inform. (more…)

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Exclusive: Did BPCA’s CFO Robert Serpico misappropriate $4.2 Million NY State grant money?

December 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV has previously reported on the mishandling of the construction and design of the Pier-A visitor center that was funded by a $4.2 Million New York State parks grant funds. (more…)

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Cuomo on the Non-Blizzard of 2015

January 27, 2015- Your Moment of Zen: Governor Cuomo after the state and city were literally shut down by him, wiping the egg off of his face. (more…)

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