Category Archives: State Government

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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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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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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Sheldon Silver steps down

January 25, 2015- The NY Times reports that Sheldon Silver has (more…)

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Shari Hyman of the BPCA wants to destroy the West Thames grass field

January 22, 2014- By Steven E. Greer As a result of the inadequate agronomy skills possessed by BPC Parks Conservancy leader Tessa Huxley and her (more…)

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Local electeds have “no comment” of support for Sheldon Silver

January 23, 2015- DNAinfo reports that key elected officials declined to comment on the Sheldon Silver arrest as the (more…)

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Did the BPCA conduct an illegal board meeting, making vote on marina invalid?

January 22, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD New York Open Meeting law allows the public to not only attend government meetings, but also ask questions. (more…)

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Is Cuomo going to target Sheldon Silver with a new anti-corruption commission?

January 20, 2015- The NYT reports that Governor Cuomo will form a new anti-corruption commission to (more…)

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Write-in candidate Greer to oppose Sheldon Silver

Update November 25, 2014- My career as an elected official is over. I received only 14 votes. Hey, that is better (more…)

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New York Times covers the North Cove Marina saga

December 15, 2014- The NYT covered the North Cove Marina saga. Most importantly, they got some quotes from Governor Cuomo’s office, (more…)

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The FBI closes in on Sheldon Silver

December 30, 2014- The NYT reports, “Federal authorities are investigating substantial payments made to the State Assembly (more…)

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