November 20, 2013- Sources tell BatteryPark.TV that the city might take control of the BPCA for $1, which is a clause in the BPCA Act. Mayor de Blasio’s staff is in talks with Governor Cuomo on the matter.
However, it should be emphasized that simply because the Mayor’s staff is asking around does not mean that the city will assimilate the BPCA. In fact, Continue reading
November 14, 2013- Governor Cuomo finally signed A8031. The Villager reports, “On the same day that around 200 Lower West Side residents gathered to discuss their fears about a bill that would allow the transfer and sale of Hudson River Park’s air rights, Governor Andrew Cuomo finally signed the bill into law. Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, had just finished his introductory speech at Wednesday’s meeting, around 7 p.m., when word came that Cuomo had signed the bill. (It was The Villager that alerted Berman by e-mail after having been informed by a spokesperson for the Hudson River Park Trust that the governor had approved the bill. Assemblymember Richard Gottfried also confirmed to The Villager that the governor had O.K.’d the bill.)”
June 26, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD
The wide strip of real estate parallel to the West Side Highway (Route 9a), from Chambers Street down to Battery Place, also known as the “Pataki Highway”, has been a no-man’s land since it was owned by the Hudson River Park Trust, but poorly maintained by the Battery Park City Authority. This week, with the passage of an amendment to the HRPT Act, the BPCA has now been handed ownership and control of the land.
For many years, Continue reading
From Wikipedia
William Joseph “Bill” Bratton CBE (born October 6, 1947) is an American law enforcement officer and is the incoming New York City Police Commissioner effective January 1, 2014, and served as the chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), New York City Police Commissioner, and Boston Police Commissioner.
Bratton began his police career at Boston Police Department before becoming Police Commissioner in New York City, where his zero-tolerance policy has been credited with reducing petty and violent crime. He moved to Los Angeles Police Department in 2002 reforming the police after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and crime was reduced.
Bratton’s policing style Continue reading
December 4, 2013- The Moreland Commission report released yesterday is the source of several stories of state crookery. In one story, arrested State Senator Smith, “Queens State Sen. Malcolm Smith has billed his campaign fund $100,632 for vehicle-related expenses since 2010. Smith was reimbursed for two Continue reading
April 5, 2013 By Steven E. Greer
We previously reported that the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) was giving $500,000 in free money to the Bob Townley Manhattan Youth community center that is not affiliated with Battery Park City. The information was not made public and was obtained through a Freedom of Information request. There other interesting handouts found in the 2012 and 2013 BPCA budget. Continue reading