May 5, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
As a great example of the need for term limits within the Community Board system, the executive committee elections will be coming up soon in June. BatteryPark.TV has learned that all of the current leaders will be re-elected, unopposed. Continue reading
May 9, 2014- A reader sent us this tip. J&R Electronics, which BatteryPark.TV first reported accurately was closing down, is now auctioning off all the inventory next week.
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Famous J & R Music Consumer Electronics Superstore
May 11, 2014- After the BPCA’s former General Counsel, Phyllis Taylor, abruptly “resigned” last year (along with the departure of Anne Fenton and Matt Monahan), there has been a void in that position. Continue reading
May 8, 2014- A source close to the BPCA told BP.TV that construction of the outdoor “plaza” adjacent to Pier-A is behind schedule, and causing the planned opening of the city’s largest nightclub inside Pier-A to be delayed. Continue reading
May 11, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD
This week, over the course of several hours, I had to admit both of my parents into hospitals. One was pre-planned. One was an emergency. Continue reading
May 9, 2014- reporter Sam Spokony of Downtown Express seems to have emulated BatteryPark.TV style by shaming the deadbeat local leaders into doing the right thing. Continue reading
October 16, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
I was invited to visit Jungsik, the 2-star Michelin rated restaurant in Tribeca that serves “New Korean”. It is somewhat of an enigma, earning good reputations in the press yet having few customers.
I arrived at Continue reading
Update January 17, 2014- there used to be audio to the video, but YouTube removed it. Somehow, their computers detected that a live cover band singing a Guns N roses song was a Copyright violation.
June 26, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
In search of a good live band, we headed to Hill Country on 26th Street by Broadway (near Nomad Hotel and the R train stop on 28th). We were extremely pleased. Continue reading
April 6, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD
We took a road trip today to taste for ourselves the Bakehouse pancakes we saw on the TV show “Toni On“. The chef/owner is Philippe Bonsignour, and his wife, Maude, also manages. Susan Bonsignour, Philippe’s mother, bakes many of the items.
The service was friendly and competent. The pancakes are Continue reading
February 6, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
Opened since October of 2013, in the Setai building by the New York Stock Exchange, Reserve Cut is the only kosher steakhouse Downtown. Owned and managed by Albert Allaham, Reserve Cut has attracted a busy crowd despite being located in a still-developing FiDi section. Continue reading
October 12, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
American Cut recently opened in Tribeca at 363 Greenwich Street, near Franklin Street. It is a joint venture between Chef Marc Forgione and the LDV Hospitality group. The first American Cut is located in Atlantic City.
I stopped by this new Tribeca steakhouse on Thursday, and then again on Friday for a full meal. Something seemed different right away about the place, to my trained eye. Continue reading
May 8, 2014- BatteryPark.TV first reported that New York’s own BPCA used taxpayer dollars to pay private lawyers to “investigate” an internal scandal, and exonerate Chairman Dennis Mehiel. Then, the NY/NJ Port Authority made national news when New Jersey’s Governor Christie also used tax dollars to create the infamous Bridgegate whitewash report.
The New York Times reports, “The cost to Continue reading
May 7, 2014- The Post reports that the NY AG Eric Schneiderman made an arrest of an alleged crooked City Councilman for stealing for a non-profit 501c he ran. This is interesting for a couple of reasons. Continue reading
May 4, 2014- A PS 276 asked us to post a story about a charity event they are organizing. Click here for their website, which explains: Continue reading
April 30, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
State Senator Dan Squadron hosted a Town Hall meeting Sunday. One issue he champions that should concern every person in Battery Park is his “Neighborhood Parks Alliance” that would steal cash from privately funded conservancies, such as Central Park and Battery Park City, and redistribute them to downtrodden parks. Continue reading
May 5, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
As the high rent in Manhattan increasingly makes running a restaurant impossible, the trend has been to Continue reading
May 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
There was yet another charity walk allowed to take place today, clogging the Battery Park City streets with screaming and cheering people. The event today was the “Walk MS“. It was either a two or a four-mile course, starting at Pier 26, then winding down the Hudson River esplanade to the lower tip of Manhattan. Continue reading