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NYPD Commissioner Bratton begins shakeup of top brass
February 11, 2014- DNAinfo reports, “The NYPD shakeup has started. The Chief of Detectives and the head of Internal Affairs are being replaced…..The commissioner told Philip Pulaski, the hard-charging three star chief in charge of the city’s detective bureau, and Charles Campisi, the longstanding chief in charge of combating corruption (more…)
New Executive Chef for Blue Smoke empire
January 28, 2014– By Steven E. Greer
I took a long lunch after getting my nails done, so to speak (i.e. haircut), and was chatting with the Director of Operations for all of the Blue Smoke restaurants of the USHG, Kari Matthews. We learned some things. Continue reading
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The reason deadly cab drivers keep their TLC licenses
February 10, 2014- The WSJ reports that New York State and City have very narrow definitions of vehicular homicide, including only people driving while drink or on drugs. Therefore, many dangerous drivers with past histories of deadly crashes continue to drive cabs.
However, that is no excuse for the TLC, which allows bad drivers to keep on killing despite fatal crashes. The TLC makes its own rules and can revoke licenses for virtually any reason that the TLC magistrates deem appropriate. Yet bad taxi drivers are a scourge to New York, nevertheless.
City builds architectural wonder of road salt shed on Canal and West Side Highway
February 9 2014- Curbed reports, “Years in the making, the Canal Street Garbage Garage—Tribeca’s much maligned new building/garbage truck garage—is almost completed. Now, the similarly controversial Spring Street Salt Shed is now set to rise just south of the garage.” (more…)
Pet Squirrel hides his nut in the fur of a Bernese Mountain dog
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Ralph Lauren botches another Olympic with bad taste
January 26, 2014- Recall, for the 2012 summer Olympics, designer Ralph Lauren was criticized for having his Olympic team uniforms manufactured in China. Somehow, he got the contract again for the 2014 Olympics. This time, he learned his lesson, and manufactured the garments in the U.S. However, the controversy this (more…)
Will nationwide inventory boom hit NYC market?
February 8, 2014– Real Deal reports, “Prices are easing downward as the chokehold on inventory across the U.S. loosens. The distressed properties that investors snapped up in bulk during the economic downturn are finally coming to market along with new home projects — indicating spring will be a strong selling (more…)
Restaurateur Danny Meyer gives some travel tips
February 6, 2014- The WSJ reports, “If one person were to be crowned king of New York’s dining scene, there’s a good chance it would be Danny Meyer. Back in 1985, he opened Union Square Cafe, a relaxed yet refined eatery in a then-iffy Manhattan neighborhood. Continue reading
Rep. Nadler reaches out to Coast Guard about ferry boat noise
February 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD
At the Battery Park City subcommittee of the CB1 tonight, at the very end, the most important news of the entire meetings was whispered out by George Calderaro. BatteryPark.TV asked him to repeat it more loudly.
The CB1 claims that U.S. House of Representatives member Jerrold Nadler has written to the Captain of the Port of New York Harbor, Gordon Loebl of the U.S. Coast Guard, to find a common sense solution to the ferry boat horn nuisance. This is a crucial development. Continue reading
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Jeff Koons adds a Rabbit to Manhattan
January 23, 2014- Artist Jeff Koons installed his latest work in the lobby of the new IBM building on 51 Astor Place. Nearby, in the plaza by WTC Tower 7, is a Koons work, below. Last year, Koons’ Balloon Dog broke the record for the most expensive piece of art (more…)
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Designers leave Lincoln Center for Tribeca’s Spring Studios
January 6, 2014- According to the Racked, which is reporting on rumor (so this is highly unreliable, in other words), Michale Kors and other designers are choosing the new Spring Studios in Tribeca for fashion Week, defecting from Lincoln Center. (more…)
Mayor de Blasio’s social equality platform: A fascinating experiment
January 22, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
We are witnessing a fascinating political science experiment unfold in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio won the office by tapping into the protest vote. Millions of New Yorkers had become disaffected with Billionaire Bloomberg and his “1% ilk”. His trampling on the civil rights of “people of color” with his NYPD Stop and Frisk policies only added to the desire for a mayor who would be the opposite of the 5’7″ tall Bloomberg. So, the people elected a 6’5″ Catholic mayor, who promised to help the working class and poor.
Bill de Blasio’s platform pledged to restore justice and create more of a level playing field for the people living in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. That message was so appealing to candidates seeking the presidency that 2016-hopeful Hillary Clinton made sure to be seen at the January 1st inauguration of Mr. de Blasio. Bill Clinton swore him in.
Then, real-life tests hit the new mayor, in the form of two snowfalls. Continue reading
This is why sidewalk food vendors are a scourge to communities
The original sprawling shanty town created by the fruit stand February 7, 2014- The Post reports on a sidewalk hotdog vendor who flaunted the city health code and accrued $330,000 in unpaid fines. He used fake ID’s to get new licenses, etc. This is not a rare outlier. Many of (more…)
Residents’ suit against WTC-area ‘over-policing’ gets tossed
February 7, 2014- The Post reports, “A Manhattan judge has tossed a lawsuit by lower Manhattan residents who claimed the tight security plan for the World Trade Center made it seem their neighborhood resembled the “Berlin Wall” — saying the extra measures were necessary to protect what continues to be (more…)
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$23 Million pad in Ritz-Carlton Battery Park City
January 16, 2014- RealDeal posts, “A penthouse at the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton in Battery Park City has hit the market asking $23 million — quadruple the price it last traded for, in 2005. The 4,293-square-foot duplex at 10 West Street boasts a formal dining room and nearly 150 feet (more…)
Gristedes to be inspected by the state again
February, 3, 2014- In response to reports of ongoing frozen food and produce quality problems, the New York State Agriculture Department (which oversees grocery stores) will “…conduct a full sanitary inspection of this firm promptly”. The frozen foods are melting, then refreezing, and produce is rotten or too green.
The agency official in charge communicated to BatteryPark.TV. To report your own complaints, email Robert.Dondorf@agriculture.ny.gov
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Viewership continues to grow like a weed
For the month of January, 2014, total viewership was 27,453 total views, which was a whopping 37% growth over 2013. Of those, 19,000 were unique views, which gives a better indication of the actual number of humans paying attention. For perspective, the population of Battery Park City is only 11,000 (more…)
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It just became more difficult to use a non-profit for personal gain in New York
January 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer
There are certain templates for corruption commonly used by schmucks in New York. As previously reported, one of them is to form a “community center”. The awarding of construction and other operational contracts can be the vehicle by which to steer lucrative bribes and kickbacks toward local officials. Several State Assemblymen were arrested related to community center bribes.
Another template for corruption widely used in New York is the abuse of non-profit status, tax-exempt, funds. The non-profit 501c originations, governed by the State Attorney General’s office, always have noble goals listed in their formation documents, and receive tax-exempt status as a result.
However, unethical executives of the non-profits can then use those tax-free revenues for improper payments to other for-profit organizations, often owned by friends and family, or cronies, of the executives of the non-profits. In some brazen cases, the CEO’s of the non-profits actually pay their own for-profit company that they run on the side, in the same office building address. The practice is so commonplace in New York that few even realize it violates the laws governing non-profits.
To address this metastatic corruption, Continue reading
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