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City wants BPCA to pay for West Thames bridge cost overruns
Update April 18, 2013- The BPCA board met on the 16th and voted to fund for a $2 Million design of the West Thames bridge. Currently, the bridge is a very speculative idea with no real architectural plans. Therefore, estimated costs are absurd guesses. Moreover, the city is still wanting the BPCA to be on the hook for cost overruns.
March 6, 2013 By Steven E. Greer
The BPCA meeting held on February 27th featured a team from the city presenting for the first time the very preliminary plans for the West Thames pedestrian bridge. The previous plans of four years ago are no longer in play. Continue reading
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Buying with a mortgage, Downtown
April 18, 2013, By Barbara Ireland of DJK Residential
Buying an apartment today can be a challenge and leave you disappointed if you are not properly prepared. Here are a few tips to get started on the right path.
- Speak to your bank loan officer to see if they will loan in Battery Park City. Tell them the building addresses that you are interested in possibly buying. Some buildings are more easy to buy on mortgage than others, particularly with flood zones in play.
- Lenders in the area have expanded to include Chase, Citibank, Wells Fargo, HSBC and now PNC Bank. Smaller lenders are entering the market also. Not all of these leaders have approved every building.
- Ask for a pre–approved home loan if you are ready to buy an apartment. With the preapproved loan you will know your mortgage limit and monthly rate, so that you can set your budget. A preapproved loan means that you are qualified to negotiate an offer for the apartment.
- Do your research to find the right apartment in the right building for you and your family with the assistance of your real estate salesperson. Continue reading
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The US Post Office trash dump in BPC
April 17, 2013- The US Post Office is storing their trash on South End and Albany again. (more…)
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Spring, 2013, finally
April 17, 2013- Click on images for full screen (more…)
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Tribeca Film Festival to get a permanent new home
April 10, 2013- Part of the Pier 57 news involved the Tribeca Film Festival. According to the NY Post, the new pier will be the home for the Tribeca Film Festival. Currently, major outdoor operations and some screenings take place on the esplanade in Battery Park. We have joked that it should be called the Battery Park Film Festival. Continue reading
Does Asphalt Green deserve your trust, again?
April 14, 2013– Essay by Steven E. Greer, MD
They’re baaaack. Asphalt Green is claiming to be in business once again, accepting memberships for summer camp and gym memberships. More than 1,700 families and 3,000 individuals of Downtown were burned two years ago when they paid their fees, then received promises after promises of ever shifting opening dates. Only after BatteryPark.TV uncovered the behind-the-scenes secret fighting between Asphalt Green and the BPCA which was causing the opening delays did real progress happen.
Throughout the two-years of delays, Asphalt Green management was well aware that the BPCA was misleading the public. Continue reading
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Another resolution, more conflicts of interest at Tribeca CB1
April 12, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD
The issue of possible conflicts of interest amongst Tribeca CB1 board members was discussed last month during contentious debates over the proposed Hudson River Park tax (i.e. The NID Tax). Key voting members Continue reading
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The CB1 makes a grab for BPCA treasure chest to fund Pier 40
April 10, 2013– The Tribeca Cb1 passed the follow general resolution in support of the Hudson River Park. There s no mention of an NID Tax or call for Albany to allow for bonds to be issued. (In the comments section, an astute reader spotted that CB1 seems to be making a play for the Battery Park City Authority treasure chest by seeking “public funds” and defining the territory of the HRP as including Battery Park)
RE: Amendment of the Hudson River Park Act; Creating Sustainable Future Parks and Fields in Hudson River Park
WHEREAS: Hudson River Park (the “Park”), created by the Hudson River Park Act of 1998 (the “Act”), is five miles Continue reading
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Should the public school waitlists be a random lottery?
April 11, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD
One of the most concerning issues to parents Downtown is the growing problem of classroom Continue reading
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Poulakakos group discusses party boat plans for Pier A
April 9, 2013- Since last presenting their plans for developing Pier A more than a year ago, the Poulakakos group has now made it known that they intend to offer some sort of dinner or party boat cruise that would dock and depart from the pier. This has raised concerns from the local residents, because along with a several-hundred passenger boat would be tour buses and raucous crowds, as seen by Pier 17. Continue reading
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The Tribeca Film Festival
April 18, 2013 By Steven Greer, MD Jone Rosenthal and Robert De Niro were interviewed on the CBS Morning show today, and Ms. Rosenthal listed the examples of the recovery of Downtown New York after September 11th, 2001. For example, she mentioned that 11 new schools have opened that “more (more…)
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Have you been wrongly billed by Manhattan Youth?
April 8, 2013- We are getting reports that people who cancelled Bob Townley’s Manhattan Youth are still getting billed on their credit cards. Has this happened to you? Send us your story or post comments below. (more…)
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World Trade Center Tower 1 “Freedom Tower”
April 8, 2013- Click images for full screen April 2013 April 2012 April 2011 (more…)
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Slippery Bill Thompson up to old tricks
April 6, 2013- The Columbia University school of journalism runs a news site called “The New York World” which focuses on New York politics. They have discovered that former Chairman of the BPCA, Bill Thompson, who abruptly resigned from his post and is now running for mayor, is violating the law by Continue reading
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Little League opening day attracts the unworthy taking credit
Opinion April 7, 2013 (updated 6:23 PM)
The ballfields were opened this morning and Little League was able to commence the season on schedule. Showing up for the photo-op, like flies to honey, were every imaginable elected official. Even some unelected people wedged themselves into view, such as Mark Costello (who helped create the ballfields) and BPCA board member Martha Gallo (who did not). We found this quite offensive since many of the people now claiming credit for the ballfields opening on time not only did nothing to help, but in some cases were working against the efforts.
Martha Gallo, an executive for JPMorgan, 
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