November 26, 2013- In a complete reversal, the BPCA has decided to keep the Stuyvesant community center open, rather than cut off the $203,000 in funding spent each year. The cost is mostly for BPC Parks Conservancy staff to run it. The rest of the infrastructure resides within a DOE-run city school.
State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave a statement, Continue reading
https://youtu.be/qF9lV319yg4
November 22, 2013- The local news is covering as the lead story a recent ‘knockout game” attack of a Jewish man in Brooklyn, early Friday morning. All four alleged attackers were arrested, and have long arrest records. BatteryPark.TV was the first to report on this growing problem months ago (full story below). “We inform”.
November 19. 2013- At the October NYPD First Precinct community affairs meeting, a member of the audience asked the police about a topic from a BatteryPark.TV report relating to gangs of young men on bikes randomly assaulting joggers, etc. The Captain of the force seemed to be unaware of our reporting or the incident in question. In fact, some of the NYPD groupies (people who regularly attend the meetings) began to snicker at the BatteryPark.TV reports as uncredible.
Today, the NY Post is reporting that a new violent game has been created called the “knockout game”, Continue reading
November 11, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
The Holy Grail in marketing is to know exactly what people purchase, with associated demographics and locations. Then, marketers want to understand the consumer’s reaction to the product.
With restaurants, various online sites try to use blog comments and surveys to rank restaurants. However, those are subjective and the data are manipulated.
We decided to go straight to the source and analyze what people in Battery Park City South are actually ordering in. We sampled the data from Continue reading
Mets, reds ace relief pitcher John Franco
https://youtu.be/_rqP0EgP0V0
Opinion October 31, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
BatteryPark.TV previously reported how Bob Townley’s Tribeca community center is making a grab for the soon-to-close Stuyvesant Community Center, which is a gymnasium and swimming pool. The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) had been funding it, but with the opening of nearby Asphalt Green, the center is less essential. Continue reading
November 21, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
A source wrote to us today, “You missed or were not told that Phyllis Taylor (VP Executive Vice President, general Counsel) has been asked to retire and will leave on December 31st. Details are sketchy at this time.
The legal department has hired Continue reading
November 22, 2013- The NY Post is reporting that the newly announced plans to build a Greek Orthodox church on the southern edge of the WTC “Ground Zero” site are laughably low-balling the cost, “The Greek Orthodox Continue reading
November 20, 2013- The NY Times is reporting, “The World Trade Center’s best-kept secret has finally come to light. It is an elevated park, slightly larger than an acre and 25 feet above Liberty Street, that will command a panoramic view of the National September 11 Memorial when it opens to the public, probably in 2015. Liberty Park, as it is called, is meant to offer a pleasant and Continue reading
November 20, 2013– DNAinfo is reporting how our favorite “authority” figure, Madelyn Wils, CEO of the Hudson River Park Trust, is suing a rent stabilized tenant in an apartment she owns, “Wils is suing a longtime rent-stabilized tenant in a bid to evict her and her children, get $30,000 in back rent and legal fees, Continue reading
November 18, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
The Broadsheet (BS) seems to be truly phoning it in. “Editor” Matt Fenton rarely shows up to CB1 meetings, and for BPCA meetings, he often leaves is tape recorder behind as he goes home, to return later an retrieve it. Then, the BS dribbles out the news related to the meetings weeks later.
Today, The BS is reporting on Continue reading