Category Archives: State Government

BatteryPark.TV efforts directly cause BPCA to allow public comments at meetings

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Editor

October 19, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD As viewers know, BP.TV has been the only local news source to have the freedom to provide proper (more…)

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Federal court refuses to dismiss lawsuit by Kirk Swanson against the BPCA

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Editor

June 8, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD The federal lawsuit against the BPCA, brought by former BPCA executive Kirk Swanson, passed (more…)

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BPCA scraps plans to renovate South End Ave

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Editor

Update October 28, 2016- The BPCA has backed down and abandoned the plans to fill in the recessed (more…)

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November CB1 agenda

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Editor

Battery Park City Committee – November 1st, 6:00 PM Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North (more…)

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BPCA lawyer Seema Singh ousted

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Editor

Update September 21, 2016- Seema Singh has indeed been removed from her position. (more…)

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From now on, June 8th is “First Amendment Day”

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Editor

June 9, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD Folks, something historic took place yesterday. BatteryPark.TV and a federal judge defended (more…)

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Told you so: Pier-A is a just big bar now

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Editor

August 12, 2016- As we predicted many times, Pier-A is nothing but a big bar now. The upstairs, (more…)

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Shelly Silver to get 14-years in prison, say prosecutors

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Editor

April 20, 2016- The NYT reports, “Federal prosecutors in Manhattan asked a judge on Wednesday (more…)

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Exclusive: Fernando Mateo resigns from BPCA board

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Editor

July 2, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The BPCA has confirmed that Fernando Mateo resigned from the BPCA board “effective May, 2014”. There was no explanation given. (more…)

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Told you so: NYPD Commissioner Bratton ousted, or “resigns”

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Editor

August 2, 2016- BatteryPark.TV was one of the first to predict a long time ago that NYPD Commissioner (more…)

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Robin Forst is replaced

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Editor

Update May 13, 2016- The BPCA issued a press release detailing the biography of the new Director (more…)

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Summary of the September 20th BPCA board meeting

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Editor

September 21, 2016- by Steven E. Greer (more…)

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Letter: The Gateway Plaza Tenants’ Association is run by Le Frak cronies

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Editor

September 7, 2016- Letter to the Editor by Sharon of Gateway Plaza Hi. I have read your blog since its inception. I must admit, I was disappointed you moved since (more…)

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What is the difference between organized crime and the Cuomo/de-Blasio administrations?

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Editor

Update September 21, 2016- Joe Percoco and other top aids to Cuomo were officially indicted today by Preet Bharara. (more…)

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Boston-like pressure cooker terrorist bombs blast West Village

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Editor

September 18, 2016- The mainstream media, which takes its talking points from The White House, (more…)

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BPCA board meeting tomorrow

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Editor

September 19, 2016- There is a BPCA board meeting tomorrow. You are encouraged to attend. Questions you might ask are: (more…)

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Letter: I was almost killed by a Downtown Connect red bus

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Editor

September 17, 2016- Letter by Eileen Baker I was almost killed yesterday by a Connect bus. (more…)

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BPCA allows, once again, Diner en Blanc to shut down BPC parks without public notice

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Editor

September 16, 2016 (more…)

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Why you should boycott the BPC block party

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Editor

Update September 16, 2016- Tomorrow’s block party should be boycotted, for the same reasons (more…)

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Look what we’ve started

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Editor

September 9, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD More than four years ago, when I started to attack the BPCA administrations as crooks and cronies, rigging RFP contracts, (more…)

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