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No mention of Mehiel leaving the BPCA

December 8, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Much has been made in the press about the disliked Chairman of the BPCA, Dennis Mehiel, (more…)

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Exclusive: New York State Inspector General investigates dubious construction contracts awarded by the BPCA

Update October 1, 2015- The man who used to be in charge of overseeing the RFP contract process (more…)

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BPCA avoids hiring new head of parks conservancy

August 18, 2015– By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV previously exclusively reported that Dennis Mehiel and his BPCA were in the process (more…)

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Exclusive: BPCA plans to cut park spending, eliminate conservancy

Update September 1, 2015- As we first reported below, the BPCA is confirming. A local adverting flier reported, (more…)

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Results of our Cuomo BPCA poll

August 5, 2015- The results of our approval survey are in. (more…)

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Governor Cuomo refuses to clean up his BPCA

August 20, 2015- Despite numerous lawsuits in the works alleging that the BPCA CFO Robert (more…)

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Brookfield claims poverty. BPCA agrees to pay for marina docks, etc.

June 9, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Well, perhaps this is why the BPCA made no mention at all on June 9th of the finalized contract with Brookfield (more…)

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Exclusive: A “serious investigation is going down” concerning the BPCA

May 2, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Sources close to the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and New York legal community (more…)

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Exclusive: The FBI investigates Bob Townley and the finances of Manhattan Youth

February 9, 2015- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has learned that the FBI is investigating the finances of Manhattan Youth Community Center, (more…)

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Redundant in-house counsel for BPCA catfighting

December 11, 2014- We are hearing that the former chief lawyer for the BPCA, Seema Singh, who somehow kept her job after (more…)

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BPC’s biggest real estate mogul, Howard Milstein, out as Chairman of Thruway Authority after prostitution scandal

February 4, 2015- Governor Cuomo’s state authorities seem to be havens for white males doing bad things. (more…)

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BPCA violates anti-nepotism laws to make internal investigation go away, whistleblower claims

September 25, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BPCA Chairman and CEO Dennis Mehiel came into office on June 20, 2012. The President serving him at the time was Gayle Horwitz. (more…)

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Exclusive: BPCA is a hostile work environment for black females

December 18, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has exclusively learned that yet another black female has found the working environment of the BPCA to be so hostile that she has resigned. Angela Howard, the “Senior Project Manager” (more…)

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Scenes from the BPCA board meeting deciding the fate of the marina

January 22, 2015- Scenes from the BPCA board meeting today: (more…)

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The one-percenter who runs BPC

Update January 20, 2015- It gets better. Mr. Mehiel owns a 148-foot mega-yacht called Helios. (more…)

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Lawsuit against Sheldon Silver ends in $500,000 settlement

Update February 6, 2015- The NYT reports that the settlement of this case will result in the state spending more than (more…)

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Exclusive: BPCA did not get permission to design Pier-A in current form

January 15, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV previously reported on the botched “Visitor Center” that is now a stalled project inside of Pier-A. Funded (more…)

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BPCA leadership likely to change soon

January 14, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Now that the governor has made the long awaited changes to his staff, such as appointing a new Chief of Staff, the uncertain (more…)

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BPCA hires incompetent security firm with long history of bad behavior

(Please use Facebook and Twitter to promote this story) January 6, 2014- By Steven E. Greer Just how shady and rigged is the BPCA’s RFP process, that seems to reward cronies no (more…)

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Cuomo’s office has been notified of the vacuum of leadership amongst the BPCA

January 8, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD As of today, there is still no posting on the BPCA website about any January board meeting. Moreover, (more…)

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