Category Archives: Schools

New report: Artificial turf fields have unsafe levels of lead

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Editor

March 16, 2015- USA Today is reporting about a new government study that reviewed the

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New American Youth Ballet

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Editor

Liz Conner interviews some members of Battery Park City’s New American Youth Ballet preparing for a

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The Urban Farm

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Editor

Warrie Price, President and Founder of the Battery Conservancy, gives Liz Conner a tour of the new Urban Farm growing vegetables

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Essay: The Slippery slope to mediocrity through corruption

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Editor

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

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Stuyvesant’s pool and two basketball courts cost $12.50 a month

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Editor

Update April 19, 2016- The BPCA slashed the cost of memberships in half. A year-long pass is now approximately $15,

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PS 150 in Tribeca to be evicted because landlord will not renew lease

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Editor

Update December 7, 2018- The school will be allowed to stay for a couple of more years until the

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Essay: Democracy cannot function with an idiot electorate

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Editor

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

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Essay: Addictive social media apps are our modern day tobacco problem

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Editor

June 21, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD Doomsayers have warned for decades about the damage computers and social media will cause

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Terrorist strikes BPC

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Editor

September 29, 2018- Federal prosecutes are seeking the death penalty for “bike path terrorist”

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Safe crossings at Greer Pedestrian Plaza

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Editor

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

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Sheldon Silver’s stop sign not helping PS 276

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Editor

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 →

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West Thames and Battery Place needs a traffic light

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Editor

October 10, 2013- Not shown in this still photo is the manner in which the group of children

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Two condo owners oppose child safety measures for West Thames proposed by DOT

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Editor
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Tour bus collides with car at dangerous West Thames and Battery Place intersection

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Editor

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,

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P.S. 276 Crossing Guard Hit by Car at ‘Unsafe’ Intersection, Police Say

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Editor

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 →

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Sheldon Silver unable to get a traffic light for PS 276

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Editor

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 →

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No doubt about it. That’s a farmer’s market.

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Editor

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

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P.S. 276 hit with frivolous $2 Million lawsuit?

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Editor

April 3, 2018- The Post reports,”A Manhattan mom is suing the Department of Education for $2 million

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Awesome Tribeca woman stands up to two skateboard vandal thugs

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Editor

January 3, 2017- This Tribeca woman should be commended for having the courage to stand up to the two skateboard thugs.

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Cheating at elite Stuyvesant High School never went away

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Editor

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

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