Category Archives: State Government

Tribeca Tribune misleads public on PEP firing issue

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Editor

November 4, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Being very similar to the Broadsheet in how it is operated and funded (i.e. by one man who (more…)

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CB1 mysteriously cancels discussion of Pier-A

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Editor

November 1, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Last month at the BPC subcommittee of CB1, the topic of Pier-A’s six-month liquor license (more…)

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State Senator Dan Squadron praises Sheldon Silver at Gateway Plaza meeting

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Editor

November 2, 2015- by Steven E. Greer On Thursday, October 29th, Gateway Plaza held the annual kabuki theater put on by the Gateway (more…)

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Sheldon Silver is so tainted his lawyers can’t even argue that he is a man of integrity

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Editor

October 29, 2015- by Steven E. Greer The NYT reports that Sheldon Silver has so much e (more…)

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BPCA proceeds with opaque West Thames turf project

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Editor

October 29, 2015- by Steven E. Greer At the October 27th BPCA meeting, the board voted to approved $1.59 Million of your tax dollars (more…)

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BPCA fires PEP force

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Editor

October 28, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Likely as a direct result of BatteryPark.TV reporting (and other steps taken, which we cannot divulge here), (more…)

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More blatant violation of Open Meeting law by BPCA

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Editor

October 27, 2015- by Steven E. Greer The BPCA is supposed to be live streaming the October board meeting underway now, but the (more…)

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NY Post wants the LMDC to shut down once and for all

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Editor

October 26, 2015- The Post essays, “The “temporary” agency that won’t die — the Lower Manhattan (more…)

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The HRPT is run by idiots

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Editor

October 19, 2015- Opinion by Steven E. Greer I attended the beginning of the CB1 and HRPT meeting tonight about the future of Pier-26 (more…)

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Sheldon Silver trial to begin next week

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Editor

October 22, 2015- Sheldon Silver’s federal prosecution trial begins next week. The WSJ reports, (more…)

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Outrage over BPCA ignoring the public on the West Thames turf field plans

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Editor

October 6, 2015 (more…)

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Is the BPCA backing away from the West Thames turf project?

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Editor

October 20, 2015- We previously reported on the investigation by the City Comptroller of the BPCA (more…)

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

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Editor

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?

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Editor

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

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Editor

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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