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After Hurricane Sandy, Insurance disputes and lawsuits
December 27, 2012 The Wall Street Journal By LESLIE SCISM And ERIK HOLM When a 5-foot surge from superstorm Sandy washed over 200 acres of low-lying parking lots at New Jersey’s Port Newark, a fleet of vehicles belonging to International Motor Freight Inc. was damaged. Now, the company is in (more…)
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An urgent crisis: Shake Shack seating shortages
December 28, 2012 By Steven E. Greer This is the first time that the Battery Park Shake Shack has experienced cold weather. Recall, we had no winter in 2011-12. As a result of the cold, the outdoor seating is no longer feasible making it impossible to eat at Shake Shack (more…)
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I own North End Avenue, literally
65 mph winds blew this down on December 26th, 2012. It’s a sign from god as a gift at the end of the year for all the work we have done for the street. (Photo taken in the PEP office returning the sign to the city) (more…)
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Asphalt Green update
December 26, 2012
- Most of the repairs for the Asphalt Green indoor facility (not the ballfields) will Continue reading
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BPCA buries bad news about ballfields on a holiday Friday
Update December 22, 2012
The BPCA news section, which was the source for the story, below, has been removed since our reporting.
December 21, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD
The Dynamic Duo of the BPCA’s misinformation team, Anne Fenton and Matthew Monahan, are at it again. The most important update of the year coming from the BPCA was buried inside an obscure BPCA website that almost no one in the community even knows exists. Moreover, they timed this important release to be at the end of the week before Christmas.
The update was on Continue reading
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Homeland’s Damian Lewis in The Baker: assassin turned baker
Holy Cow Bakery’s Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie (more…)
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Photo of the Week
This door used to lead to the biggest employer in Battery Park. (more…)
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More rogue behavior from our parks officers
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The Krys Ocean Race 2012
In full screen 1080iHD The MOD70 class of tri-hull catamarans raced from Newport to New York Harbor on July 2nd. Winning the race was “Race for Water” skippered by Stève Ravussin. After the race, the crew stayed for the Fourth of July and cruised around North Cove Marina in short (more…)
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BPCA staff delete evidence of wrongdoing
After we posted the video, above, on Saturday, someone at the BPCA logged in and replaced the deleted stories. But they were put back in different order (see video below). This was the original story, below. (more…)
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Leo’s new girlfriend
December 17, 2012 We only mention this because the film “Wolf of Wall Street” was filmed all over Downtown. The NY Post has a story about Leonardo DiCaprio, who lives in Battery Park, now dating his costar Margot Robbie. (more…)
Exclusive: Milstein and BPCA resolve Asphalt Green insurance dispute
December 20, 2012 By Steven E. Greer We have learned that Milstein management met with the BPCA yesterday, and that Hurricane Sandy flood damage insurance dispute was resolved. We do not yet know whether the BPCA will be the one to pay for the repairs, but certain indicators lead us (more…)
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Update on the politics of Asphalt Green
December 20, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD
The full Community Board 1 met last night at the Manhattan Youth community center to discuss, of all things, the anti-Asphalt Green Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) initiated by allies of Bob Townley’s Manhattan Youth center. When the MOU topic came to discussion at the end of the marathon three-hour meeting, Chairwoman Katherine Hughes glossed over the MOU and no vote on a resolution was made. Continue reading
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Delays and changes to the West Thames pedestrian bridge
December 19, 2012 By Steven E. Greer Local BPC resident Matt Fenton, employed by the local advertising flier The Broadsheet reported, reported that the West Thames pedestrian bridge was moving forward, but the story was full of inaccuracies. The Broadsheet reported that the SHoP architectural firm would be the designer. (more…)
CB1 rushes by the Asphalt Green MOU without public comment
Opinion December 19, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD
In an astonishing display of small-town amateur crony politics, the Chairwoman of the CB1, Katherine Hughes, decided to hold the December CB1 joint meeting at the Manhattan Youth community center, while also having on the agenda the pro-Manhattan-Youth MOU that would restrict competition from Asphalt Green if signed by the BPCA. However, more serious than those egregious conflicts of interest and poor judgments were Continue reading
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Is the security in your doorman building or local school adequate?
https://youtu.be/3BS5vE4ISkk December 18, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD Across the city today, schools have held town hall meetings to discuss their security plans with parents in the wake of the Newtown massacre. In many cases, schools have open doors with no security detail at the main entrance. If a (more…)
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Clever bookkeeping by BPCA understates cost overruns of Pier A
Update December 18, 2012 At the last BPCA update on Pier A, the construction was supposed to be completed by the end of the year, then turned over to the Poulakakos family for the construction of the restaurant. That timeline will be missed, and Pier A is behind schedule once (more…)
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CBS’s Nora O’Donnell busts Rahm Emanuel on gun hypocrisy
https://youtu.be/NRIKlako4QU (more…)
P.S. 276 to have safety Town Hall meeting
On Tuesday, December 18th, at 8:30 AM, Battery Park’s new P.S. 276 will have a Town Hall meeting to discuss school safety in the wake of the Connecticut slaughter. Two of the victims (more…)
Mayor Bloomberg expresses his outrage over gun deaths
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