Do Community Boards violate the NY State Open Meeting laws with secret sessions?

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Editor

CB1 on Gateway 1-7-2014March 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

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Editor
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…)
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Told you so: City Council to overhaul Community Board system

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Editor

CB1 meeting 1-28-2014March 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

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Editor
April 29, 20114- The NYT published a lengthy Wikipedia-style feature on Battery Park City. (more…)
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Bad timing on Danny Meyer’s part

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Editor
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…)
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Mommas, don’t let your babies grow up to be actors

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Editor

Travolta BlanchetMarch 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 →

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PS 276 kindergarten waitlist to be worse this year

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Editor

PS 276 landscape lowMarch 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

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Editor

New York DollsMarch 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

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Editor
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

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Editor

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

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Editor
Filming Wolf of wall Street in BPC

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

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Editor

scorsese thelma_martyUpdate 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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I could have been a great thespian

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Editor
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Hollywood set to oppose Hillary Clinton again

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Editor

Hillary CuomoJanuary 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 →

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We don’t make this up: Dog pee in front of PEP office

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Editor
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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Teens killed and mauled by bullmastiff dog

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Editor

PaulClarke1.jpgMarch 1, 2014- The Post reports, “A 13-year-old New Jersey boy was killed and another seriously hurt by a huge bullmastiff that escaped its Paterson home and mauled the children as they were walking home from school, authorities said.” Continue reading →

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A hint of things to come soon: Fancy gala parties at Brookfield Place

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Editor

ALTANEVE ON ICEAltaneve party hostFebruary 25, 2014- As a hint of things to come soon when Brookfield Place opens their new shops, there was a fancy black tie ice skating party tonight. The event was hosted by the man who owns a spirits company. Continue reading →

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Man arrested for jogging after dark in Prospect Park

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Editor
March 1, 2014- A local blog posted the first person account of a man arrested, held overnight, for jogging after dark in prospect Park. “I was arrested on Tuesday night for running in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park after dark. It was, by New York City law, a misdemeanor violation under penal (more…)
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Letter: We need developments to save the Seaport

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Editor

Pier 17 SeaportFebruary 26, 2014- By Battery Park Dad

While I applaud the effort to ensure that the community around the Seaport has a voice via the Seaport Task Force, I have to question the naiveté of the community leaders opposed to developing the Seaport. NYC is a tough place to get big projects done. The idea of driving a community effort sounds great, but I fear that it will fail, and the Seaport continue to decay.

Contractors cost money and money demands a return Continue reading →

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Letter: Sick and tired of the unending helicopter noise

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Editor

January 4, 2014- By Delia von Neuschatz

Our elected officials have accomplished absolutely zero in mitigating the tourist helicopter issue since air tours moved to the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in 2008 after they were banned from using the East 34th Street and West 30th Street heliports. The time for letters to the FAA and noise studies and the like is over. NJ politicians met with the FAA about this in September and absolutely nothing has been accomplished. It is now time for action.

These unnecessary helicopter sightseeing tours should be phased out completely beginning with Continue reading →

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