Photos 4-13-2014

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Editor

10 Ugly cat on 10th StreetThis was a really ugly cat I saw staring down at me from a brownstone on 10th Street. Continue reading →

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Photos 4-12-2014

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Editor

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City Schools now use “harassment” charges to jail and intimidate whistleblowers

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Editor

Unknown.jpegApril 13, 2014- The Post reports on a very concerning trend used by the Department of Education bosses in New York City. They are having critics of their schools jailed by reporting “harassment” charges. Those charges are actually just harmless emails or blogs by the whistleblowers. Continue reading →

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Ritz-Carlton condo sells in rare auction for $3 Million

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Editor
Update April 9, 2014– This unit sold for $2.96 Million. March 12, 2014- Crain’s reports, “A condominium at the Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park will be hitting the auction block next month, marking one of the few times a luxury residence goes out to bid in New York City. “Luxury (more…)
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Bill Clinton speaks about his repeal of Glass-Steagall

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Editor
Bill Clinton speaks about his repeal of Glass-Steagall that caused the financial collapse. (more…)
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Exclusive: Asphalt Green CEO Tweedy “retires”

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Editor

Tweedy Nussbaum and BoutrisApril 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

BatteryPark.TV previously posted an essay critical of the lack of leadership within the Asphalt Green community centers. The Executive Director, Carol Tweedy, was silent throughout the two-year struggle to open the Battery Park City Asphalt Green, Continue reading →

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Manhattan DA piles on, subpoenas Port Authority

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Editor
April 12, 2014- WSJ reports that the Manhattan DA has subpoenaed the Port Authority. The exact reason for the actions were unclear. This investigative body  is in addition to the DOJ’s Preet Bharara, and various other New Jersey investigators. (more…)
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Op-Ed: The electeds need Little League and Soccer, not the other way around

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Editor

Little League opening day 2013 with captionApril 8, 2014- By Steven E. Greer

For years, I have watched the sports teams that use the BPC ballfields pander and kiss up to the local elected officials, such as Sheldon Silver. Every April on opening day for Little League, the parade of electeds are there for photo opportunities, as if they made it all happen. Continue reading →

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Former BPC resident, now State Health Commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, forced out

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Editor
April 9, 2014- The Post reports that former long-time BPC resident, Dr. Nirav Shah, is being ousted after scandals related to lack of inspections of abortion clinics. “State Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah is stepping down amid criticism over his agency’s failure to conduct regular inspections of abortion clinics and (more…)
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Tribeca Film Festival now forced to pay “interns”

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Editor

March 26, 2014- A blog reports, “According to Christina Isnardi, an NYU student who worked as a crew member for the Tribeca Film Festival in 2012, the star-studded Continue reading →

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Leo Di Caprio buys neighbors, doubles his BPC apartment

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Editor
March 17, 2014- A real estate blog reports that actor Leonardo Di Caprio is not only staying put in his BPC apartment at 2 River Terrace, but bought out his neighbors for $8 Million, presumably to expand. (more…)
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MSG bails out struggling Tribeca Film Festival

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Editor

March 23, 2014- By Steven E. Greer

With American Express having stopped the funding for the Tribeca Film Festival last year, and the increasing irrelevance of the event, the festival has been on life support. In fact, the home base has been moved to Pier 57, outside of Tribeca. Continue reading →

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Gilded Age clothing

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Editor

GildedAge_StorefrontApril 3, 2014- Story and photos by Mary Engels

Gilded Age kept its doors open late last night to showcase their Spring collection. Hand-painted Salvage denim washed in a natural indigo dye, over-dyed tees in lighter colors of blue and sage, along with linen short sleeved shirts are just a sampling of pieces geared for warmer weather.    Continue reading →

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The BPC truck stop

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Editor

April 9, 2014- A resident of North BPC made a funny comment, calling the situation on North End Avenue so bad, that it is a truck stop. Continue reading →

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Details emerge on condo conversion of Verizon building on West Street

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Editor

Verizon building 140 West StreetApril 11, 2014- In a Bloomberg article, details emerged of the condo conversion plans for the historic Verizon building on West Street, across from Goldman Sachs and WTC. Continue reading →

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Catherine McVay Hughes gets a demotion

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Editor

Hughes and Galoway at LeFrak meetingApril 11, 2014- Finally, the CB1 announced the long overdue new appointees to the Community Board 1. There was no news in the announcement since BP.TV previously exclusively reported on the new additions. Continue reading →

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Floyd Cardoz Exits North End Grill

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Editor

Chef Floyd on roofApril 11, 2014- In a very important move, BPC’s best restaurant, the North End Grill, has announced that Chef Floyd Cardoz is leaving. He might Continue reading →

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Crooked politicians not off the hook. DOJ still pursuing.

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Editor

CuomoApril 11. 2014- Any New York State politicians who were doing a victory lap when Governor Cuomo shut down his own anti-corruption panel, to get a budget passed, will be sweating like a whore in church today. The DOJ’s Preet Bharara is still pursing the crooked pols. Continue reading →

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Book Review: Dragnet Nation by Julia Angwin

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Editor

Dragnet-Nation-UpdatedMarch 2, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

Author of Dragnet Nation, Julia Angwin, won her Pulitzer Prize while working for the Wall Street Journal. She is now is an investigative reporter for ProPublica. Her new book builds upon her years of work while at the WSJ that detailed how our privacy has been eroded by the modern digital age, updated for the Ed Snowden NSA revelations. Continue reading →

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Rajkumar refuses to address key plagiarism charges

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Editor

Rajkumar PlaskinApril 10, 2014- The Downtown Express has posted an update to their story about the lawyer Jenifer Rajkumar being accused of plagiarism by competing lawyers. It seems that the three law firms will now join up and battle LeFrak and the BPCA as a team in their class action case. Continue reading →

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