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BatteryPark.TV is the cutting edge of “Cool”
February 4, 2014- Nearly seven months after BP.TV first reported that West 26th was a new hotspot for live music and good food, the NY Post reports today, “West 26th Street heats up with 5 new venues” Road trip: West 26th Street has become a live music destination (more…)
Crime and Weather
March 6, 2014- Well, the cold could not keep thugs inside forever, the random acts of violence have started again. In Greenwich Village, a gay man was assaulted. On Bowery Street, a punk perpetrated a “knockout game” attack on a man. (more…)
Review: The new Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon aims for Nickelodeon’s viewers
February 22, 2014– By Steven E. Greer
The new Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon completed its first week. Ratings were high, around 7-Million, thanks to A-listers as guests. However, the short segments which actually featured just Jimmy Fallon were cringe provoking. Continue reading
Pre-K Guide: How to Score a Seat for Your Child
March 5, 2014- DNAinfo reports, “It’s a tale of two cities when it comes to competition for free pre-K seats in the city’s public schools.” (more…)
Bob Townley now mysteriously votes on the BPC CB1
March 5, 2014- For the second time in a few months, the Tribeca CB1 member Bob Townley has attended a BPC CB1 meeting. He was allowed to dominate the conversation and vote tonight.
The CB1 offices confirmed that Mr. Townley has now been officially added to the BPC committee, as of October of 2013. This coincides with his attempts to regain the $250,000 grants that the BPCA stopped funding to his Manhattan Youth. Starting with the Fall Block Party, Mr. Townley has been trying to morph into “Mr. BPC”.
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Do Community Boards violate the NY State Open Meeting laws with secret sessions?
March 4, 2014– By Steven E. Greer
The New York Community Board (CB) members have long discouraged discourse from the public during meetings. However, according to the New York Open Meeting Law, that seems illegal. BatteryPark.TV requested through the Freedom of Information Law the documents or law that would allow the CB1 to stifle debate, and the CB1 was unable to provide any laws are legal justification.
Before each CB1 Battery Park City committee meeting, CB1 group leader Anthony Notary routinely begins the meetings with the threat, Continue reading
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Oh no! Best restaurant in the country loses City’s “A” grade by health department
March 4, 2014- The Post reports, “Per Se, the three-Michelin-starred eatery in the Time Warner Center, lost its “A” rating last month after city inspectors wrote up seven violations and slapped it with a not-so-stellar “Grade Pending.”” Sasha Baron Cohen makes fun of Bloomberg’s Restaurant letter grade system Bloomberg gets (more…)
Told you so: City Council to overhaul Community Board system
March 3, 2014- BatteryPark.TV was the first to report that the local Community Board 1 was set the be shaken up, and that members, such as Catherine McVay Hughes were “fighting for their jobs”. We also reported that term limits were on the table. Well, today, City Council debated overhauling the Community Board system. Continue reading
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NY Times synopsis on Battery Park City living
April 29, 20114- The NYT published a lengthy Wikipedia-style feature on Battery Park City. (more…)
Bad timing on Danny Meyer’s part
Update March 3, 2014- The Russian invasion of The Ukraine ads to the awkwardness. December 20, 2013- Right as the United States is essentially boycotting Putin’s Olympics in Russia over anti-gay laws, Danny Meyer is entering Moscow. Bloomberg reports, “Meyer is in Moscow for Shake Shack’s local opening tomorrow. The (more…)
Mommas, don’t let your babies grow up to be actors
March 3, 2014- The Post review of the 2014 Academy Awards was actually pretty informative. They listed the numerous cases of uneducated Hollywood actors botching the English language. It seems that the Tinseltown magic goes away when they have to speak off script. The article states, Continue reading
PS 276 kindergarten waitlist to be worse this year
March 1, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD
A local blog reports, “The announcement followed reports at the meeting by several Downtown school principals that kindergarten registration was higher this year than last, foretelling even longer wait lists at those schools, though the numbers are far from final.
The most severe shortage of seats is at P.S. 276 in lower Battery Park City, where Continue reading
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City closes strip clubs by going after liquor licenses
March 3, 2014- The NYT reports “The strip club industry is under broad attack in New York, as opponents have embraced a startlingly effective strategy: Spare the strip clubs, but punish their liquor. Continue reading
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Le Pain Quotidien torments dwellers in 2 River Terrace
February 25, 2014- A viewer who lives in River House submitted this to us. It was filmed at 2:00 AM. (more…)
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Term limits for CB1 being pondered
February 25, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
Newly elected Gale Brewer, who appoints half of the members of the Community Board, was present at the CB1 meeting tonight. Her staffer, Jesse Bodine, discussed the selection process for the new members to be appointed in March. Continue reading
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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio at North Cove Marina
Filming Wolf of wall Street in BPC
Trailer out for “Wolf of Wall Street” filmed all over Downtown
September 24, 2012 By Commodore Michael Fortenbaugh
Excitement is in the air at Dennis Conner’s North Cove. In addition to the normal hails of starboard and port, new hails of “Lights, camera, action!” were heard on the waterfront this morning. Continue reading
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How Scorsese’s editing ruined Wolf of Wall Street
Update January 8, 2014- CBS produced a segment today that echoes my review, below. Notably, CBS reasserts my notion that Hollywood was conned by Mr. Belfort. You can view the CBS story here.
January 5, 2014- By Steven E. Greer (a Series 7 certified movie critic) I eagerly watched The Wolf of Wall Street, despite the bad word of mouth and bad movie reviews in most newspapers. The Charlie Rose interview of Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese convinced me that both artists had put their best efforts into the film, and had made a serious epic worthy of a rare Steve Greer theater sitting.
I was willing to endure the three hours that most had said was excessive. However, Continue reading
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Hollywood set to oppose Hillary Clinton again
January 25, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD
In 2007, Hollywood powerbroker David Geffen gave an interview to the New York Time’s Maureen Dowd, which could have been the deciding factor that propelled Barack Obama into the White House. At the time, Hillary Clinton was the sure thing to become the Democratic nominee. Barack Obama was an obscure senator.
In the article, Mr. Geffen threw Hillary under the bus, saying, “Everybody in politics lies, but (the Clintons) do it with such ease, it’s troubling.”, and, ““Obama is inspirational, and he’s not from the Bush royal family or the Clinton royal family. Americans are dying every day in Iraq. And I’m tired of hearing James Carville on television.”.
Well, what is now be the worst nightmare for Mr. Geffen and his other Hollywood elite is the thought of Hillary Clinton finally claiming her rightful thrown in the Oval Office, and exerting her full vindictive powers of revenge against Mr. Geffen et al. So, Hollywood is already preparing for a war. Continue reading
We don’t make this up: Dog pee in front of PEP office
March 1, 2014- A viewer sent us these photos. Note the “No dogs” signs, plural, and the fresh dog pee in front of the North PEP office. Minutes later, the same viewer saw a PEP in the nearby drug store. (more…)
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