Danny Meyer denies Pier 26 rumors

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Editor

Pier 26 restaurant 7-20-2013December 9, 2013- The Commercial Observer interviewed restaurateur Danny Meyer about real estate and the impact of his restaurants. Interestingly, he was asked whether USHG was going to manage Pier 26. His answer seems to confirm our suspicion that he has not visited Battery Park City in two years. Continue reading →

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WTC towers to be occupied by government agencies mostly

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Editor
December 9, 2013- The WTC towers will be mostly occupied by state and federal government agencies, it seems. Tower 4 will be the Port Authority. Now, The Post is reporting that Tower 1 (the tallest one) will be occupied by the US Army Corp of Engineers, the US Customs and (more…)
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Is Bob Townley’s $150 flag football “affordable”

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Editor

Manhattan Youth flag footballDecember 5, 2013- By Steven E. Greer

Bob Townley has been the biggest critic of the Asphalt Green community center. His talking points have focused on the fact the Asphalt Green in BPC does not provide discounted or free memberships as does the Upper East side Asphalt Green. When protesting the planned closure of the Stuyvesant community center, the main argument he used was that it was the only “affordable” community center.

Bob Townley’s Tribeca community center, Manhattan Youth, which enjoys free use of the ballfields in BPC, paid for by the BPCA, is running a flag football course. The fee is not cheap. They are charging $150 per person. For Manhattan Youth members, it is free.

It seem strange that Continue reading →

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Will Asphalt Green survive in Sheldon Silver’s district?

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Editor

December 12, 2013- By Steven E. Greer

Asphalt Green has been open for seven months. Is the community finding it to be indispensable, or is it a source of angst and a big disappointment? Continue reading →

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Let there be light: Ballfield lights completed

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Editor

IMG_0094ConEd truck at ballfields 12-5-2013 Continue reading →

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City official guilty of corruption

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Editor
December 9, 2013- This has nothing to do with New York, but we can sure dream of a day that we see some of our own local crooks hauled off to jail. “Angela Spaccia, the former second in command in scandal-plagued Bell, was found guilty on 11 out of 13 criminal (more…)
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Bloomberg gets an F for his restaurant letter grading system

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Editor
September 23, 2013- The NY Post is reporting the Mayor Bloomberg’s restaurant letter grading scheme has not improved food safety. “Mayor Bloomberg touted his restaurant letter-grading system as one of the signature accomplishments of his administration — but stats show that since the law was introduced there has actually been (more…)
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WSJ explains how cotton and other commodities are often counterfeit

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Editor

MR shirts on shelf 1December 9, 2013- Perhaps inspired by our stories, our friends at the WSJ have an article today explaining how “cotton” and other commodities are often of poor quality, or counterfeit. “Jesse Curlee is on a mission to stamp out textile trickery, one strand of DNA at a time. As president of Supima, the three-decade veteran of the textile industry is tasked with ensuring that the brand of premium U.S.-grown cotton touted on labels, such as those on Brooks Brothers and L.L. Bean shirts, is legit.

When a textile mill in Hong Kong flagged Continue reading →

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Senator Schumer goes after Metro North bureaucrats

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Editor
December 9, 2013- “Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday blasted Metro-North in the wake of a Post report that revealed the mind-boggling decision by the commuter railroad to rehire an engineer who caused a 1987 crash that injured 27 riders. “It’s pretty clear that if an employee has an unsafe record, (more…)
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It all snowballed out of control

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Editor
December 8, 2013- With the first accumulation of snow, we made the small one in Tribeca, then the larger one in the Cherry Tree circle lawn. (more…)
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New crime map rolled out by the city

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Editor
December 8, 2013- The city and NYPD rolled out the court-mandated new website that details all of the crime reports, by location, on an interactive map. In Downtown, note that the dangerous assaults took place in FiDi near the Staten Island ferry, as BatteryPark.TV has previously warned. In the parks, (more…)
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PEP now suddenly refusing to remove tour buses

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Editor
October 5, 2013- By Steven E. Greer Illegally parked tour buses is a major concern for Battery Park City residents. The Community Board and local Park Enforcement Patrol (PEP) have been willing to assist in eradicating the buses. Suddenly, for unknown reasons, the PEP Captain Ed Falcon and the BPCA (more…)
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Durst screws up the Freedom Tower antenna

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Editor

Freedom Tower side by side 1 WTCSeptember 11, 2013- If you have looked at the tall tower atop the WTC 1 “Freedom Tower” and thought to your self, “That is ugly. I wonder if they are still building it.”, you are not alone. It is a mess, and was caused by developer Durst, according to the WSJ. Recall, we previously reported how the entire name of the tower has been botched by Durst.

The WSJ reports, “Yet just as construction costs have ballooned to nearly $4 billion, making this by far the most expensive new office building in the world, its developers—the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, along with the Durst Organization—have decided to cut one last corner, blunting the building’s most prominent and important symbol.

In 2005, David M. Childs took Continue reading →

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Idiots claim “wailing” sound from new WTC

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Editor
December 4, 2013- Perhaps one of the dumbest stories to make it to the mainstream press is this idiotic notion that the WTC makes a ghostly “wailing” sound in the wind. The NY Post reports, “Neighbors living near the World Trade Center site are unnerved by a horror movie-like “wailing” (more…)
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Chairman/CEO of BPCA might be next to leave

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Editor

November 22, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD

Sources close the the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) have told us that the Chairman and CEO of the authority, Dennis Mehiel, could be Continue reading →

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CB1 has been given the green light to call for the end of the BPCA

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Editor

December 3, 2013- By Steven E. Greer

BatteryPark.TV previously exclusively reported that Mayor de Blasio was looking into the option allowed in the state law that governs the BPCA to buy the BPCA for $1. We have also exclusively reported on the overall chaos amongst the leadership of the BPCA currently, with the departure of senior staff.

At the December meeting of the BPC subcommittee of the CB1, the last item on the agenda was a discussion of the merits of dissolving the BPCA. Continue reading →

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NYPD no longer releasing crime data to reporters

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Editor
December 7, 2013- DNAinfo reports, “The NYPD has ordered the city’s 77 police precincts to stop giving out any information to the media about crimes taking place in their neighborhoods…according to a terse NYPD edict transmitted citywide, precinct commanders were instructed: “Any requests by media to view complaint reports be (more…)
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Manhattan Youth “serves” BPC just like Gristedes

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Editor

Opinion November 6, 2013- By Steven E. Greer

At the November 4th meeting of the CB1’s BPC subcommittee, CB1 member Bob Townley made the audacious claim, “I can tell you that Manhattan Youth serves more people in Battery Park City than any other organization.”. Mr. Townley is on a campaign to have the BPCA restore the free money that had been dolled out to his Tribeca Manhattan Youth community center for several years (Those funds were cut off after BatteryPark.TV reported).

On what basis does Mr. Townley have to claim that he “serves” BPC so well? Continue reading →

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Drunk businessman provokes homeless man in Teardrop Park, gets stabbed

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Editor

Asphalt Green lightsNovember 12, 2013- The recent reporting of a stabbing in front of Asphalt Green (212 North End Avenue) was not all that it seemed. BatteryPark.TV has exclusively learned that the 50-year-old homeless man, who stabbed another 33-year-old man from Staten Island with scissors, was actually provoked. The homeless man felt threatened that he might be robbed.

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Another skyscraper to go up in Fidi

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Editor
December 6, 2013- DNAinfo is reporting that yet another 700-foot skyscrpaper is going up in FiDi. This one is to be built at Fulton Street and Nassau Street, where a row of rundown buildings currently exist. However, the big question whether new schools will also be built to offset this (more…)
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