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Category Archives: Schools
New report: Artificial turf fields have unsafe levels of lead
March 16, 2015- USA Today is reporting about a new government study that reviewed the (more…)
New American Youth Ballet
Liz Conner interviews some members of Battery Park City’s New American Youth Ballet preparing for a (more…)
Posted in Featured Residents, Performing arts, Schools, Videos
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The Urban Farm
Warrie Price, President and Founder of the Battery Conservancy, gives Liz Conner a tour of the new Urban Farm growing vegetables (more…)
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Essay: The Slippery slope to mediocrity through corruption
March 13, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD The college admissions cheating scandal in the news is timely for me. Yesterday, I was getting a special golf (more…)
Stuyvesant’s pool and two basketball courts cost $12.50 a month
Update April 19, 2016- The BPCA slashed the cost of memberships in half. A year-long pass is now approximately $15, (more…)
PS 150 in Tribeca to be evicted because landlord will not renew lease
Update December 7, 2018- The school will be allowed to stay for a couple of more years until the (more…)
Posted in - City government, - Real estate, Schools, TriBeCa
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Essay: Democracy cannot function with an idiot electorate
July 17, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I recently wrote an essay about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (the lady who went from being an unheard-of bartender (more…)
Essay: Addictive social media apps are our modern day tobacco problem
June 21, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD Doomsayers have warned for decades about the damage computers and social media will cause (more…)
Posted in Child care, Gripes, Op-Ed, Schools, TechLash Essays, Wall Street
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Terrorist strikes BPC
September 29, 2018- Federal prosecutes are seeking the death penalty for “bike path terrorist” (more…)
Safe crossings at Greer Pedestrian Plaza
August 2, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD After two years of work by a community effort, with the cooperation of the City DOT, extensive street safety measures were designed for South End Avenue (more…)
Sheldon Silver’s stop sign not helping PS 276
April 1, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The all-powerful State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s solution to the extremely unsafe road in front of PS 276 was to have the DOT place a stop sign. Local resident and mother of … Continue reading
West Thames and Battery Place needs a traffic light
October 10, 2013- Not shown in this still photo is the manner in which the group of children (more…)
Tour bus collides with car at dangerous West Thames and Battery Place intersection
July 18, 2014 (2:00 PM)- By Steven E. Greer, MD Today, at the infamous intersection of West Thames and Battery Place, where the DOT is in the process of installing safety measures, (more…)
P.S. 276 Crossing Guard Hit by Car at ‘Unsafe’ Intersection, Police Say
February 3, 2014- DNAinfo reports, “A school crossing guard was struck by a passing cab as she stood on duty outside of Battery Park City’s P.S./I.S. 276 at an intersection that parents and police say is unsafe. “I’m very concerned … Continue reading
Sheldon Silver unable to get a traffic light for PS 276
February 14, 2014- A blast email from Speaker Sheldon Silver’s office proudly states that his office was able to have the City DOT install a stop sign in front of PS 276, in the wake of the crossing guard being … Continue reading
No doubt about it. That’s a farmer’s market.
August 4, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD In what could be the freshest vegetables and fruits in all of Manhattan, and the most verifiably organic farmer’s (more…)
P.S. 276 hit with frivolous $2 Million lawsuit?
April 3, 2018- The Post reports,”A Manhattan mom is suing the Department of Education for $2 million (more…)
Awesome Tribeca woman stands up to two skateboard vandal thugs
January 3, 2017- This Tribeca woman should be commended for having the courage to stand up to the two skateboard thugs. (more…)
Posted in - NYPD First Precinct, Child care, Crime, Gripes, Schools, TriBeCa
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Cheating at elite Stuyvesant High School never went away
January 28, 2018- The Post reports, “Five years after a nationally publicized cheating scandal led to the principal’s ouster and the suspension of a dozen kids, academic dishonesty is (more…)