Doctors rarely tell patients of CT scan risks

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Editor

March 4, 2013  Reuters reported on a study that found that few doctors warn patients on the radiation risk of CT-scans. In the article, “Only about a third of patients surveyed at one U.S. Continue reading →

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Have you been nearly run over by dangerous delivery mopeds on sidewalks?

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Editor
Liberty View Chinese on 21 South End Avenue is the sole source for the unsafe electrified mopeds that a chronic problem in Battery Park. Have you been nearly run over by the electric mopeds on the sidewalks? Tell us your stories. Post your comments, below. Also, call 311 and post (more…)
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NID tax on Tribeca barely discussed at Pier 40 Town Hall

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Editor

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February 28, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD

After attending the CB1 meeting on February 27th, where numerous well organized Tribeca citizens spoke against the proposed NID tax to fund the Hudson River Park Trust, the event on February 28 in the CB2 district could not have been more different. Although the meeting as packed with hundreds of people, almost no one was even aware that the NID proposal even existed. It was only at the end, when elected state officials spoke, that the NID was discussed.

The prime objective of the meeting was Continue reading →

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Opposition to the Hudson River Park NID tax

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Editor

February 26, 2012 By Steven E. Greer

The joint session of the full Manhattan Community Board 1 met at the new BMCC (just north of old Ground Zero) to discuss the new tax that is being floated by the Hudson River Park Trust to be in the form of a Neighborhood Improvement District (NID). The private residential buildings along the Hudson river, from Tribeca up to 59th street, would be asked to pay a tax to fund the upkeep and repairs of the park. The official website can be found at HRPNID.org. Continue reading →

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Colin Farrell discusses the problem of anonymous cyberbullying

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Editor
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Starbucks in WFC relocates

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Editor
Update February 19, 2013 Starbucks has finally moved. It is in the WFC #1 building now. Update: January 21, 2012 The latest update from Starbucks on the date at which they will be evicted from WFC 4 is February 8. However, those dates have been unreliable in the past. Starbucks (more…)
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200 Rector Place to get new rooftop lounge and pool

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Editor

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The owners voted to do the renovations, below.

January 26, 2013 By Steven E. Greer

A group of apartment owners in 200 Rector Place are putting up for a vote a proposal that would overhaul the dilapidated, seldom used, rooftop pool and gym that has fallen into disrepair. For more than a decade, Milford Management has operated a substandard complex that required a full year of membership paid upfront, Continue reading →

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Photos of the Week

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Editor
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Freedom Tower antenna shaping up

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Editor
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Todd English, Steven Starr, and Cipriani’s lose out to Poulakakos?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Editor
February 27, 2013 The New York Post reported that the Poulakakos family will indeed be running a large food court in the World Financial center. The article claims that much more respected restaurateurs, such as Steven Starr, Cipriani’s group, and Todd English were in the running but lost out to (more…)
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Essay: Pier A should be a farmer’s market like New Amsterdam

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Editor

Essay, Opinion February 2, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD

After decades of throwing cash into the money pit called Pier A in the southernmost tip of Manhattan, the City of New York managed to unload this headache onto the Battery Park City Authority in 2008. Continue reading →

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American Express downsizes by using “virtual employees”

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Editor
Update February 25, 2013 Related to the story below, Yahoo is reversing policy and no longer allowing employees to work from home. February 14, 2013 By Steven E. Greer It is not well known that the WFC #3 building, which is the home of American Express, has eliminated 20 or (more…)
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Goldman alley infiltrated with livery cab drivers soliciting pedestrians

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Editor
  Update February 24, 2013 We have learned that Goldman Sachs is no longer allowing liver cab solicitations on their property, which is the north side of Vesey. This is a result of our reporting, below. (Note the street completely devoid of livery cabs in the photo above) January 28, (more…)
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Brookfield Place announces list of restaurants

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Editor
February 22, 2013 (updated 9:00 PM) Brookfield Place announced to the New York Times the list of names for the new restaurants of the food court being renovated. The new places could be grease pits like one sees at an airport mall, or they could be alright. The list includes (more…)
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Storm update 2-23-2013

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Editor
February 23, 2013 The massive storm that brought snow to the Midwest and rain to the east Coast seems a few hours away from blowing out to sea. Track it yourself here. (more…)
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Eclipse: the largest yacht in the world

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Editor
Update February 16, 2013 The NY Post covered our story after we alerted them on the 13th, and national CBS ran with it as well. We also alerted the producers at CBS. February 13, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD If the yacht anchored out by the Statue of Liberty (more…)
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Photos of the Week

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Editor
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Inept PEP allow park crime to triple in 2012

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Editor

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The inept Park Enforcement Patrol (PEP) officers are in the news again. The WSJ is reporting that crime in the city’s parks tripled in 2012. The article points out that there are only 100 PEP for all of the city parks. It is unclear whether that is including the 45 PEP assigned to our small parks in BPC. Either way, for the 45 well-paid PEP in Battery Park to not be patrolling all parks at all times is unacceptable.

There is no excuse for not having PEP officers overseeing the West Thames grass field, the dog runs, and the smaller Rector and Wagner parks at all times. Currently, PEP will respond when called for problems in those parks, but routine PEP presence is only found in the larger Rockefeller Park “Great lawn” and Teardrop park. Continue reading →

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Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson gets low marks from his old constituents in Battery Park

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Editor

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February 17, 2013 By Steven E. Greer

The local flier Downtown Express posted an article about Battery Park City residents not having a high job approval for Bill Thompson, the former BPCA Chairman. Mr. Thompson is running for New York City Mayor this year. Building on accomplishments and reporting by BatteryPark.TV, which was the only vocal critic of then Chairman of the BPCA Bill Thompson, and contributed to his abrupt resignation, the article stated, Continue reading →

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Tribeca Film Festival to get competition from Sundance in Brooklyn

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Editor

January 11, 2013

The New York Post is reporting that Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival might expand to the DUMBO region of Brooklyn (The other end of the Brooklyn Bridge, also Redfordwhere the Barclays Center is located). This would throw a wrench in the works of the Tribeca Film Festival, hosted by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal every April.

The Tribeca Film Festival has struggled since the financial collapse of 2008 and Continue reading →

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