Category Archives: Wall Street

A new form of Downtown gentrification: One percenters evicting the mere wealthy

March 25, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV has reported on several cases recently of wealthy families with incomes over six-figures, renting apartments that cost well more than $3,000 per month, who have been evicted as their buildings were … Continue reading

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A proposal to extend the lighted ballfield time to 10:00 PM

April 21, 2015- A Letter to the BPCA from Downtown Little League (more…)

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My best guess as to why the North Cove marina will be empty for two years

May 2, 2015- Opinion by Steven E. Greer The North Cove Marina was taken away from the community this year by Dennis Mehiel: the (more…)

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Told you so. NYC apartments are now pure investment vehicles, surpassing gold

April 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD BP.TV previously reported on the real reason so many pencil-tower high-rise apartment buildings are being constructed. (more…)

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Goldman Sachs takes the biggest hit in the cancellation of the Time-Comcast merger

April 24, 2015- WSJ reports that bankers and lawyers will lose $380 million in fees as a result (more…)

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Trading volume rebounds, helping Goldman Sachs

April 16, 2015- Our local business in the neighborhood, Goldman Sachs, posted strong revenue (more…)

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Where is Dennis Meheil’s Yacht, S/Y HELIOS?

April 14, 2015- Letter to Editor from (name withheld) Helios is a 45-meter luxury sailing yacht built by the Italian yacht builder Perini Navi in 2007.  (more…)

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Sheldon Silver’s son-in-law busted by FBI for pulling a Bernie Madoff

April 1, 2015- The Post reports, “A son-in-law of disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, (more…)

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Citi Bike program saved by Related real estate company

Update March 30, 2015- The Post reports that the new operators of the Citi Bike Program (more…)

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If you build it, will they really come?

September 17, 2014- Opinion by Steven E. Greer With the imminent foreclosure of the fancy Trump SoHo in the news, (more…)

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Man who stole from Downtown Little League in prison for beating up girlfriend

(4,500 Downtowners have read this as of March 21. We inform.) Update March 2, 2015- The man who stole from Downtown Little League is now in prison at Rikers (more…)

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How Apple TV will kill off expensive bundled cable TV plans

March 22, 2015- The LA Times reports, “Anyone who’s been thinking about cutting the pay-TV (more…)

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As Uber and Lyft poach drivers, yellow cab drivers get worse

Update March 19, 2015- Uber drivers now outnumber yellow cab TLC drivers. (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Do you really need a PR firm?

Update March 18, 2015- The El Vez burrito bar opened to almost no press other than small (more…)

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This convicted felon was almost my roommate many years ago

March 17, 2015- Many years ago, when I was a surgery resident, I almost allowed Lawrence (more…)

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Growth at Shake Shack has stalled

Update March 12, 2015- Bloomberg reports that same-store-sales have gone flat for Shake (more…)

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Those bankers are not as rich as you think

February 19, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I was recently explaining to a restaurant manager why his business was spiking, and that it was because (more…)

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Exclusive first look inside the new Equinox in Brookfield Place

February 10, 2015– By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV was given an exclusive tour of the new Equinox in Brookfield Place before it (more…)

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Danny Meyer made $400 Million today on Shake Shack (SHAK) IPO

Updated January 30, 2015- Told you so. I wrote yesterday for the public record that Shake Shack (SHAK) shares were (more…)

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The demise of Sheldon Silver hurts Bill Ackman’s chances for building a tower at the Seaport

February 17, 2015- The NYT reports, “For years, the owner of the South Street Seaport in Manhattan (more…)

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