Category Archives: State Government

Exclusive: New York State Inspector General investigates dubious construction contracts awarded by the BPCA

Update October 1, 2015- The man who used to be in charge of overseeing the RFP contract process (more…)

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Exclusive: Port Authority delays jeopardize entire retail project under the World Trade Center sites

October 20, 2015- by Steven E. Greer We previously posted our exclusive video tour of the WTC “Oculus”, which will be the most (more…)

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Exclusive: BPCA shuts down North PEP office

October 8, 2015- by Seven E. Greer In the course of investigating a recent mugging of a local teenager, we noticed that the north (more…)

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NYC is no better prepared for a big hurricane now than in 2012

October 2, 2015- by Steven E. Greer The brewing Hurricane Joaquin in the Caribbean is causing the feckless leaders to overreact (more…)

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Is this the worst person in Manhattan real estate?

August 14, 2015- Opinion by Steven E. Greer Thousands of residents of Battery Park City not only witnessed the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, (more…)

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Cool Globes art installation opens at Pier-A plaza

September 28, 2015- A press release from Albany states, “Governor Cuomo announced the installation of (more…)

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BPCA ousts Tessa Huxley and makes no mention of it during board meeting

July 30, 2015- By Steven E. Greer As we reported yesterday, BatteryPark.TV was singled out by the BPCA, not allowed into the (more…)

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First visible sign of the gutted parks conservancy

October 4, 2015- by Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV was the first to report that the BPCA had schemed to effectively shutter the (more…)

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Sheldon Silver’s criminal trial begins soon

October 4, 2015- We did some digging. The federal dockets currently list (more…)

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Feds Won’t Say If Artificial Turf on Your Kid’s Soccer Field Is Safe

September 30, 2015- BatteryPark.TV has previously reported on the unsafe artificial turf fields (more…)

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BPCA abruptly cancels September board meeting

September 29, 2015- The shady scandal-plagued executives of the BPCA abruptly cancelled the board meeting today. (more…)

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Bike Path in front of Brookfield to open in November

September 29, 2015- by Steven E. Greer For eight years, our crucial bike path has been closed down due to Brookfield Place and WTC construction, (more…)

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BatteryPark.TV gets results again: Condo conversion of 70 Battery Place falls apart

Update August 8, 2015- by Steven E. Greer As a direct result of BP.TV informing the rent-stabilized tenants at 70 Battery Place (more…)

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Another soldier for Sheldon Silver gets long prison time

September 17, 2015- This week, former New York Assemblyman and soldier of Sheldon Silver,  (more…)

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State Senator Dan Squadron wants the city to take over the BPCA

August 27, 2015- By New York State Senator Daniel Squadron Over the last 40 years, Battery Park City has gone from a concept to the extraordinary neighborhood we see today. (more…)

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Sheldon Silver blocked FiDi project as favor to developer, in exchange for cash

September 15, 2015- Remember that methadone clinic planned for Maiden Lane? Sheldon (more…)

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Assemblyman gets 13-years in prison, which should make Shelly Silver nervous

September 15, 2015- A fellow NY Assemblyman, William Scarborough , just got sentenced to 13-years in prison (more…)

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Cuomo pandering to Biden in hopes of being his VP

September 14, 2015- BatteryPark.TV has long been writing that Governor Cuomo’s large war-chest of (more…)

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Preet’s noose around Cuomo tightens

September 13, 2015- The NYT reports, “Senior officials of a state anticorruption commission shut down last year by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo have told federal prosecutors that (more…)

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Port Authority corruption brings down United Airlines CEO

September 8, 2015- Few news outlets have been more critical of the cesspool of corruption called The Port Authority of NJ NY than BP.TV. Now this: (more…)

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