Category Archives: – Politics

Exclusive: Resignation(s) coming from CB1 member(s)

February 23, 2015- By Steven E. Greer With the disgraced Sheldon Silver having been so instrumental in almost all levels of local politics, including (more…)

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CB1’s Catherine McVay Hughes moves monthly meeting location

February 4, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Last night at the CB1 BPC meeting, (more…)

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BPCA backs off plans to allow other baseball teams to use the fields

February 22, 2015- Letter to the Editor by Craig Carton It’s business as usual with (more…)

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Larry Schwartz is ousted as Cuomo’s “Chief of Staff”

Update February 24, 2015- The Post reports that Larry can’t find a job now and is radioactive due to his handling of the Moreland Commission and other sleazy Albany things. However, (more…)

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A 21st Century Titanic waiting to happen on the Hudson

February 25, 2015- The East River ferry boats have been stopped due to the ice. However, (more…)

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Lower East Side group that fights CB3 is featured in the news

February 25, 2015- These guys remind us of BatteryPark.TV in many way. The Post reports on (more…)

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FBI investigates JCOPE

February 10, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The WSJ reports that the U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is, “Pursuing a broader strategy (more…)

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Population Downtown almost doubles in ten years

November 6, 2014- The CB1 issued a demographics report showing that the Cb1 district increased in population by 77%. (more…)

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The Broadsheet finally reports on the Sheldon Silver scandal, making no mention of arrest, only praising him

February 3, 2015- Op-Ed by Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has long criticized the extreme bias of the local advertising flier called the Broadsheet (BS), (more…)

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Dangerous MTA bus drivers finally being arrested

February 20, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Last year, an MTA bus driver was violating the law and parking his full-size bus on North End (more…)

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BPCA violates anti-nepotism laws to make internal investigation go away, whistleblower claims

September 25, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BPCA Chairman and CEO Dennis Mehiel came into office on June 20, 2012. The President serving him at the time was Gayle Horwitz. (more…)

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CB1’s Jeff Galloway a no-show for the marina rally

Update December 19, 2014- Bob Townley is now all of a sudden the biggest supporter of the marina. (more…)

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Bloomberg is vindicated: The Feds agree with him that sugary sodas should be taxed

February 20, 2015- The Post reports, “An influential nutritional panel sounded the alarm Thursday against (more…)

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Exclusive: BPCA is a hostile work environment for black females

December 18, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has exclusively learned that yet another black female has found the working environment of the BPCA to be so hostile that she has resigned. Angela Howard, the “Senior Project Manager” (more…)

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Exclusive: Embezzlement uncovered within Downtown Little League

(2,500 people have read this post as of February 15, 2015) Update February 13, 2015- A member of the Downtown Little League board is telling people that (more…)

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The Anthem hack reminds us how electronic medical record security is not ready for prime time

February 5, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD The large health insurance company now called Anthem, formerly known as WellPoint (more…)

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Governor Cuomo’s office is once again notified of BPCA wrongdoing

February 19, 2015- As of February 19, 2015, the BPCA had not posted on its website the date for the (more…)

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More reform for New York courts

February 17, 2015- The Post reports, “New York’s chief judge has proposed major grand jury reforms (more…)

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The demise of Sheldon Silver hurts Bill Ackman’s chances for building a tower at the Seaport

February 17, 2015- The NYT reports, “For years, the owner of the South Street Seaport in Manhattan (more…)

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New York was too corrupt for the Democrats to host the 2016 convention

February 12, 2015- The Post reports, “Continuing corruption scandals in New York sank Mayor Bill de Blasio’s (more…)

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