Category Archives: State Government

Op-Ed: Most members of Manhattan Community Board 1 need to be replaced

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Editor

January 28, 2015- By Steven E. Greer After the arrest by the DOJ of State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the true extent of his invasive tentacles (more…)

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Mayor de Blasio emails his frustration over subway delays

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Editor

May 5, 2015- The NYT reports, “The email, blunt and to the point, popped into City Hall aides’ inboxes (more…)

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My best guess as to why the North Cove marina will be empty for two years

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Editor

May 2, 2015- Opinion by Steven E. Greer The North Cove Marina was taken away from the community this year by Dennis Mehiel: the (more…)

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Exclusive: A “serious investigation is going down” concerning the BPCA

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Editor

May 2, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Sources close to the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and New York legal community (more…)

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Confirmed: Brookfield will not provide the community with a sailing school this year

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Editor

March 28, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD We did some investigative reporting and snooping, and confirmed that the new North Cove Marina (more…)

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The New York Times is busted for publishing PR-placed puff pieces

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Editor

April 30, 2015- By Steven E. Greer A local advertising flier called The Broadsheet (BS) was given a story from a BPCA insider that (more…)

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Port Authority is holding up retail spaces under WTC

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Editor

April 10, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The Port Authority controls the real estate under ground at the World Trade Center site, including (more…)

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BPCA announces that North Cove Marina will be out of service this year

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Editor

April 21, 2015- At the April 14th BPCA meeting, it was announced that the work to epoxy and (more…)

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HRPT uses BPCA as a venue for their fundraiser

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Editor

April 29, 2015- The Hudson River Park Trust held a Spring Fling fundraiser tonight. (more…)

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Was the BPCA community liaison Robin Forst demoted?

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Editor

April 8, 2015- By Steven E. Greer At the CB1 meeting tonight, The BPCA’s spokesperson and community liaison Robin Forst, (more…)

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Bill to extend welfare to real estate moguls (421a) is stalled

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Editor

April 25, 2015- The Post reports, ““If it was a different time in Albany, frankly, and Albany (more…)

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More info on the unmarked mystery yacht in the North Cove Marina

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Editor

Update April 23, 2015- We called the Coast Guard and they gave the boat a visit. The man (more…)

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Notes from the April BPCA board meeting

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Editor

April 20, 2015- On April 14th, the BPCA board convened. The video was not made available, (more…)

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BPCA now flagrantly violating New York Open Meeting Law and FOIL

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Editor

April 16, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The BPCA, run by CEO Dennis Mehiel and President Shari Hyman, is in crisis mode in the wake (more…)

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Where is Dennis Meheil’s Yacht, S/Y HELIOS?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Editor

April 14, 2015- Letter to Editor from (name withheld) Helios is a 45-meter luxury sailing yacht built by the Italian yacht builder Perini Navi in 2007.  (more…)

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Sheldon Silver’s son-in-law busted by FBI for pulling a Bernie Madoff

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Editor

April 1, 2015- The Post reports, “A son-in-law of disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, (more…)

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No sign of the new marina operator

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Editor

Update March 19, 2015- We have repeatedly contacted the IGY Marina executives to ask whether they wil (more…)

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Correction: NYPD Highway Patrol screaming at drivers in Battery Tunnel traffic stings

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Editor

https://youtu.be/3_QzUpOSdRc April 12, 2015- We have a major correction to make. The agency making this noise is not the (more…)

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Judge allows prosecution of Sheldon Silver to continue

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Editor

April 11, 2015- The WSJ reports that the federal judge on the Sheldon Silver prosecution case (more…)

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Exclusive: The FBI investigates Bob Townley and the finances of Manhattan Youth

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Editor

February 9, 2015- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has learned that the FBI is investigating the finances of Manhattan Youth Community Center, (more…)

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