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Category Archives: Volunteering
The MusiCorps benefit concert 2015
October 16, 2015
At NYC green markets, the cash is greener than the vegetables
Update September 3- The area north of the W Hotel was opened by a ribbon cutting ceremony led by Jessica Lappin, Catherine McVay Hughes, and Margaret Chin. The green market will be a part of the new area that will … Continue reading
The Urban Farm
Warrie Price, President and Founder of the Battery Conservancy, gives Liz Conner a tour of the new Urban Farm growing vegetables
Posted in Featured Residents, Gardening, Parks, Schools, Videos, Volunteering, Wildlife
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Go Fish
Liz Conner interviews the founders of the Go Fish program along the esplanade discuss how the program raises
The McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach
September 8, 2019
Posted in Events and Activities, Florida, Gardening, Outdoor events, Parks, Volunteering, Wildlife
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Downtown Manhattan was the epicenter of the American Revolution
July 4, 2015- It is easy to forget, but most of the crucial battles and events in our Revolutionary
A Tour of the Battery Conservancy
June 21, 2011- Battery Conservancy
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Boat rides for kids from North Cove Marina
Project City Kids offers free boat rides from North Cove Marina out to Governor’s Island and the Statue of Liberty, free for kids, $10 for adults.
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
A tour of the NYC Rescue Mission for the homeless
With the closure of the John Hughes shelter, the nearest homeless shelter to Battery Park City is now in Tribeca. Joe Little of the New York City Rescue Mission gives a tour of the city’s oldest homeless shelter. With the … Continue reading
Should the HRPT be patting themselves on the back?
September 21, 2013- Opinion By Steven E. Greer, MD The Friends of Hudson River Park” is throwing a “Robin Hood” style gala on October 3rd at Pier 57.
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Celebrities at the Cantor Fitzgerald 9/11 fundraiser
September 11, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The trading firm Cantor Fitzgerald was headquartered at
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Taste of BPC mysteriously divides the community in half
Update April 11, 2017- The Taste of Battery Park City is coming back on April 23rd. However, it still only benefits North BPC and PS 89,
A model for working with the City DOT on city planning
June 26, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD What became a true model for how the community can interact with the City Department of Transportation
The Great Thanksgiving Banquet by NYC Rescue Mission
James VarnHagen of the New York City Rescue Mission discusses their annual Great Thanksgiving banquet they host in their Tribeca homeless shelter. Prominent figures such as Police Chief Kelly turn out to help serve the needy. With the bad economy … Continue reading
Meet the new boss: Interview with The Who’s Roger Daltrey
In full screen 1080i HD More than 20 years ago, Roger Daltrey began forming special cancer units in the UK to treat patients in their teenage and young adult years. Now, with the other member of the legendary rock band … Continue reading
Our little contribution to Teen Cancer America
August 22, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD I traveled to New York this weekend to deliver some framed prints of photos that I took back in March of
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Will AlliedBarton and the new park staff keep the ducklings alive?
Update May 19, 2016- As a direct result of BatteryPark.TV reporting, below, the new parks staff are taking responsibility for the ducklings, it appears.
Durst accused of canceling 9/11 charity stair-climb at One World Trade Center over greed
Update March 8, 2016- A few hours after the story, below, was posted, Durst reversed and allowed the stair climb.
Homeless camp in Goldman Alley
November 7, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Of all the ironies, I spotted this small homeless camp within feet from the entrance to Goldman