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Click images for full screen An accident that looks cool, by Steven Greer Ducklings close to flying By Mary Engels By Mary Engels   (more…)
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Gun violence on the rise during the economic depression

August 2, 2012- Gun violence and mass murder from lone shooters have skyrocketed since the 2007 recession, then depression, began. Continue reading

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The ducklings of BPC 2012

Update August 17, 2012 The two new ducklings from this season with the mother, by John Brindisi Update August 11, 2012 Update: August 1, 2012 Updated July 14, 2012 Update July 8, 2012 Update June 28, 2012 Click images for full screen   Update June 20, 2012 (The two ducklings (more…)
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London is the most dangerous city in the world

https://youtu.be/2dkSR2r8oSs June 15, 2012 By Steven Greer Trading derivatives is the most profitable business for many large Wall Street banks. Despite the totality of derivates posing 700 Trillion or more in risk to the global financial system, derivatives remain largely unregulated. In fact, even transparent pricing in exchanges are lacking. (more…)
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Is this what is coming to Pier A?

Is this what is coming to Pier A? The same developers are doing this nearby, see article below Battery Maritime lease deal By LOIS WEISS New York Post Posted: 12:08 AM, July 25, 2012 After years of negotiations and waiting for financing, The Dermot Co. and the Poulakakos family have (more…)
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Are we heading for another financial collapse worse than 2008?

https://youtu.be/c0iovn4VXIA In Q2 of 2012, the Wall Street banks reported dramatically lower revenue and poor earnings. Bloomberg TV’s Stephanie Ruhle posed some important questions about the viability of the current structure of the banks. Will there be even great job cuts now than there were after the 2008 financial collapse? (more…)
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State Senator Squadron wants to give Gayle Horwitz, Bill Thompson, the boot

February 19, 2012 State Senator Squadron wrote a letter to the NY Daily News recommending that Governor Cuomo transform the leadership of BPCA from its current state-appointed, nonrepresentative, leaders, such as Gayle Horwitz and Bill Thompson, neither of whom even live in BPCA, to a more locally represented leadership. He (more…)
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Spring sailboat races

(Viewable in full screen 1080iHD) Liz Conner interviews Manhattan Sailing Club Director Emily Whipple about the Tuesday evening Spring series J24 class races.   (more…)
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The best chocolate cookie perhaps in Manhattan

François Payard Bakery has a flourless chocolate cookie loaded with walnuts that you have to try. The moist nature of macarons are caused by the flourless ingredients. This cookie has the moistness of a macaron and the rich chocolate and walnut experience of a brownie. Click images to enlarge *** (more…)
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Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss solo sailboat trek around the world

In full screen 108i HD July 12, 2012 Hugo Boss has sponsored solo sailor Alex Thomson on his global trek. He took a break in New York Harbor and the North Cove Marina.   (more…)
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Safer street crossings in North BPC to be installed this month

Click map for full screen Update: July 5, 2012 By Steven Greer The Community Board meeting on July 3rd provided an update on the traffic signal work on Murray Street and North End Avenue. The city DOT will install a traffic light at the dangerous Murray Street and North End (more…)
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Bloom flowers wastes massive amount of electricity

July 12, 2012 By Steven Greer Since opening, Bloom Flowers in the Goldman Sachs alley has had few customers physically inside the shop. BatteryPark.TV walks the alley daily and has made note of the patterns. To spur more walk-ins, the owner, Kimberly Perrone, has decided to leave the front door (more…)
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Why does Battery Park City subsidize the surrounding neighborhoods?

Letter to the Editor July 13, 2012 Hi, Thanks for covering these topics that are not covered by the Broadsheet. I have lived in BPC for many years and always wondered why BPC residents subsidize the use of amenities that are used by people who may not live here. Obviously, (more…)
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MTA bus drivers sleeps in idling bus parked on North End Avenue

July 11, 2012 By Steven Greer The fruit vendors continue to be a magnet for various vehicles looking for an illegal place to park using the pretense of stopping to buy fruit. On this occasion, an MTA bus driver was sleeping in his bus with the engine idling, in front (more…)
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Mayor Bloomberg, Mort Zuckerman agree the stimulus package was wasted

August 1, 2010 Mayor Bloomberg was on NBC’s Meet the Press in 2010. He made some insightful comments about the ineffective ARRA stimulus package that not many in the press have made. As unemployment remains high, the debate has been whether the nearly $1 Trillion stimulus package worked. That is (more…)
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Goldman Sachs’ Conrad Hotel disappoints the community

July 6, 2012 By Steven Greer The new Conrad Hotel was written up by The New York Times in an article titled “It’s a Goldman World”. In it, a long-time resident of Battery Park, Rosalie Joseph, complained, “(The Conrad and shops) doesn’t feel like a neighborhood anymore. It feels more (more…)
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North End Grill’s Chef Floyd Cardoz on CBS This Morning

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