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CB1’s Anthony Notaro explains the new secret MOU to stifle Asphalt Green
Update December 7, 2012 Mr. Notaro commented on our stories (see comments section below) December 6, 2012 Please turn up the volume on your screen Jeff Galloway and Bob Townley’s MOU to restrict Asphalt Green is back on the table BPCA reps Anne Fenton and Matthew Monahan still deceiving the (more…)
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Elmo put back in the closet by PEP
December 7, 2012 At the Christmas Tree lighting last night, we learned something funny. The New York City Park Enforcement Patrol (PEP) have long used an Elmo suit to interact with children during community events such as the block party. Well, in the wake of the real-life Elmo actor getting (more…)
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Jeff Galloway dodges meetings about his secretive MOU
Opinion December 6, 2012 By Steven E. Greer
Jeff Galloway, partner of Hughes and Hubbard LLP, and CB1 member, is the main author of the secretive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that would stifle the operations of the Asphalt Green management and drag it down into mediocrity. However, Mr. Galloway has been conspicuously absent from the CB1 meetings in public that discuss this controversial power grab attempt Continue reading
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Photos of the Week
After taking this, we learned that this dog is featured in a Tribeca blog often. Smoke Shack at Shake Shack (more…)
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Jeff Galloway and Bob Townley’s MOU to restrict Asphalt Green is back on the table
Update December 4, 2012
The CB1 met tonight, and as BatteryPark.TV correctly forewarned, below, CB1 member Jeff Galloway and other allies of the Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center used the crisis of Hurricane Sandy to revive their MOU that was all but dead before Hurricane Sandy. In appalling secrecy, the Ballfields Task Force, led by lawyer Jeff Galloway, partner of Hughes and Hubbard LLP, drafted a new MOU to include the onerous board of bureaucrats to keep the Asphalt Green managers in check and protect the monopoly enjoyed by Manhattan Youth.
Chair of the CB1 BPC committee, Anthony Notaro, who previously removed from consideration the MOU during the October joint session of the CB1 held at the Seaport Museum, is refusing to make public this pending MOU. Fran Dickson, also a CB1 member, was concerned and confused at how the latest MOU was created and drafted without the CB1 BPC committee ever seeing it. Fellow member Tom Goodkind echoed her concerns. Continue reading
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Exclusive: BPCA was not properly insured against flooding of Asphalt Green. Milstein might be on the hook.
December 4, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD
(This story updated at 3:00 PM on December 4, 2012)
The BPCA board convened on December 4 to discuss, among other matters, the repairs required to various construction projects after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy. Recall, BPC was virtually unscathed by the damage, in stark contrast to the adjacent regions of Lower Manhattan.
The only damage to the Asphalt Green Community Center was some temporary flooding of the wood basketball court. The flooding lasted just a few hours during the high tide. The outdoor turf fields have some mild damage as well.
However, the repair process to the Asphalt Green facility and ballfields has been intentionally stalled since October 30. Meanwhile, facilities that were devastated nearby by the same level of flooding, such as The Palm restaurant and Bob Townley’s “Manhattan Youth” Downtown Community Center, have made great strides in repairing the damage. The Palm is back open, for example.
During the BPCA board meeting, the issues of the delays with Asphalt Green, and lack of completion of the modified contract negotiations, were not discussed until BatteryPark.TV asked the question. Chairman and CEO of BPCA, Mr. Dennis Mehiel, replied, Continue reading
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More people join the fight against inconsiderate dog owners
December 2, 2012 Someone in the neighborhood is fed up with dog owners not curbing their dogs. They are writing in chalk “Shame” with arrows pointing to the messes. Related stories: https://www.batterypark.tv/category/gripes/dogs-going-to-bathroom-on-sidewalks (more…)
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Construction problems at Conrad hotel retail spaces still plague business owners 12-months later
Update December 2, 2012 After a year of no action, the malfunctioning entrance door to Beans&Greens was repaired. BP.TV gets results. November 28, 2012 By Steven E. Greer The newly renovated Conrad Hotel space, and the retail locations on the sidewalk level and in Goldman Sachs alley, were built by (more…)
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Ratings for November: A very attractive chart
For the month of November, 2012, BatteryPark.TV received: 14, 307 unique views and 20,230 total views for a 15% increase over October According to a website Compete.com that can somehow estimate traffic, the eBroadsheet website received 350 hits a day, for approximately 10,500 total views for November. The entire population (more…)
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Pier A is shaping up to be an extension of the touristy Liberty Tours scene, with booze
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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South Street Seaport in danger of sinking
WSJ By LAURA KUSISTO, JENNIFER MALONEY and JESSI RUCKER The South Street Seaport was recently on the verge of a major redevelopment designed to lure locals and more tourists to the charming, but largely ignored, neighborhood on the southeast tip of Manhattan. Now, local officials and real-estate experts say that (more…)
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Traffic light for West Thames discussed at First Precinct meeting
November 29, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV attended the monthly First Precinct Community Affairs meeting tonight. We asked whether the NYPD ever collaborates with the City DOT about dangerous intersections, such as West Thames Street. Inspector Winski replied enthusiastically that they do. Also present at the meeting was (more…)
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Online campaign against overcrowding at P.S. 276
November 29, 2012 Click here for the online petition. (more…)
Melrose Place actress convicted of vehicular homicide in death of former BPC resident Helene Zucker Seeman
November 29, 2012 By Associated Press and Louise Boyle Melrose Place actress faces up to 15 years in prison after she is found GUILTY of vehicular homicide in DUI crash Amy Locane-Bovenizer, 40, convicted by Somerset County, New Jersey, jury At the time of the 2010 accident, Locane-Bovenizer’s blood-alcohol level (more…)
Distasteful strip club ads plastered on South End Avenue
November 25, 2012 Who approved this ad for a strip club to be posted in a residential area like BPC? Why are these broken phone-booths even standing? Why is this strip club allowed to exist so close the hallowed “Ground Zero”? Update November 28, 2012 The strip club poster ad (more…)
Asphalt Green update
November 27, 2012 By Steven E. Greer
The joint session of Manhattan Community Board 1 met tonight and the Asphalt Green community center was mentioned. Continue reading
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Pay to Play at the Broadsheet?
“Pulitzer” Matt Fenton of the Broadsheet articles
November 26, 2012
The coincidences never cease with the Broadsheet. Just as the new shops in the Mercantile Exchange building pony’d up and paid for advertising in Continue reading
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BP.TV articles might lead to tens of billions in federal cuts
November 23, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD Earlier this year, BatteryPark.TV published two Op-Eds (here and here) in the Wall Street Journal about a wasteful program created by ObamaCare called the CMMI. They triggered congressional oversight investigations and we spoke with members of the House and Senate. Now, as (more…)
Go Bucks
Congratulations to The Ohio State Buckeyes for finishing undefeated, 12-0, and beating Michigan. It was nice to also see the tribute to the 2002 national champs and Coach Tressel. (more…)
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Why the 2010 Mid-term elections could destroy the GOP in 2012
Update November 7, 2012 Looks like we were right Opinion October 16, 2010 By Steven E. Greer It is a foregone conclusion that the Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives this November. However, will this be exactly what President Obama needs, and indeed has orchestrated, to be (more…)