March 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
BatteryPark.TV has exclusively learned that 41 River Terrace (by Stuyvesant High School on Chambers Street) is now up for sale, to be converted to condos from rental. Recall, the nearby 22 River Terrace has just undergone this process. Continue reading
February 26, 2014- A local Tribecan with a blog of his daily experiences posted some harsh comments about the newly announced Seaport Task Force. He wrote, “The “Seaport Working Group” notion might be imposed on other new developments. Of note: Continue reading
Update March 11, 2014- It seems that Big Real Estate will win in this dispute. The main vocal opposition, Seth Kyle, gave up and signed a lease in a FiDi apartment. When asked whether anyone else had organized and planned to fight, he replied, “Nope seems like a lost cause to be honest the Facebook group has no real leader and I was the most vocal….The Man wins.”.
March 6, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
Seth Kyle and his wife and kids have lived in the Battery Park City neighborhood since 1999. Since then, they have been forced to leave their apartment twice as their buildings have been converted from rental to condo (first at 225 Rector Place, then 333 Rector Place). He is now facing his third eviction from his current apartment in 22 River Terrace, as it too is converting to condo. He has lived at his current address for six years. Continue reading
March 11, 2014- In an email sent to the residents of 22 River Terrace, the new owners of the building who are converting it from rental to condo refuted the news reports that they are unfairly, or even illegally, evicting renters to maximize profits. Continue reading
March 11, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
In the eBroadsheet today (BS) today, Matt Fenton writes about the large renter population that makes BPC unique from Tribeca, where most people own their apartments. He makes no mention of the previous exclusive observations on this topic first reported by BatteryPark.TV.
Also, it appears as if Robin Forst, the new media relations staffer hired by the BPCA, is picking up where Anne Fenton and Matt Monahan left off, by Continue reading
March 11, 2014- The WSJ reports, “Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey related to the business interests of its chairman, David Samson, people familiar with the matter said Monday. Continue reading
January 30, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
Are you bored to tears of Tribeca, and tired of flying to LA for good old fashioned hedonistic Continue reading
March 9, 2014- With Kevin Spacey back in the limelight because of his Netflix hit show, it was only fitting that I used Netflix to watch him play his classic character in The Usual Suspects.
Directed Continue reading
March 8, 2014- In 2010, venerable United States congressman Charlie Rangel was investigated by the House Ethics Committee. Among other findings of wrongdoing, it was revealed that a Harlem apartment complex was inappropriately giving Mr. Rangel discounted housing. The building manager for the complex at the time was Darryl Rankin.
In February of 2014, Mr. Rankin was hired by Milford Management. An email Continue reading
March 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD
BatteryPark.TV has been the only source to report on the conflicts of interest of the leaders of the Gateway Plaza Tenants Association (GPTA) that have led to inaction in correcting the poor infrastructure that causes freezing conditions in the winter, and huge AC bills in the summer. The local adverting flier, the Broadsheet (BS), which is published from an apartment inside Gateway Plaza, has not written about the feckless GPTA in a critical way.
Now, the residents of Gateway have had enough and are taking action into their own hands. A group of tenants have hired lawyer Ken Perry, who also lives in Gateway Plaza, to represents them in a lawsuit against LeFrak. Continue reading
February 18, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD
As previously reported, the “BPC Homeowners Coalition” (BPCHC), which made news recently by having one of its members present before the CB1 meeting this month, is in fact an illegitimate organization lacking any official structure. BP.TV has learned more. Continue reading
