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Category Archives: Accomplishments
BPCA turns off the cash spigot to non-profits, bus shuttles in question
April 18, 2013- By Steven E. Greer In response to BatteryPark.TV oversight stories (see below) questioning the legality of awarding six-figure grants to non-profits unrelated to Battery Park City, the BPCA board debated on April 16th whether to continue those … Continue reading
Jack Nicklaus to bring his youth golf to NYC parks
Update: January 28, 2013 The SNAG golf/Jack Nicklaus group, below, met with the city parks staff, and said that they are moving forward. A class for children to learn golf in Central Park will begin in the summer. December 13, … Continue reading
Little League and Asphalt Green opening days set
March 26, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD From the BPCA board meeting today, it was announced that the ballfield reconstruction is completing, and that opening day will be on
The State of Battery Park: 2013 annual letter
February 18, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD Battery Park (BPC) is a far better place now than it was 12-months ago. Goldman Sachs brought fine dining to BPC for the first time with tremendous successes. Danny Meyer’s North End … Continue reading
LeFrak makes progress with efforts to clean up South End Ave commercial strip
February 6, 2013 By Steven E. Greer As previously reported, LeFrak’s Gateway Plaza is supposedly going to help BatteryPark.TV and local businesses in our 2013 project of cleaning up the filthy strip of sidewalk and worn down storefront facades on … Continue reading
Breaking News: BatteryPark.TV helps save the Little League season
January 18, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD As a direct result of BatteryPark.TV’s reporting that lengthy RFPs are not required before beginning the repair work on the ballfields (other sources such as the Broadsheet were incorrectly reporting on the … Continue reading
Update on the ballfields from the CB1 meeting 1-15-2013
January 15, 2013 By Steven E Greer The CB1 meeting tonight discussed the ballfields. CB1 member Anthony Notaro mentioned that the board has requested an answer from the BPCA as to why the turf fields cannot be used now, as … Continue reading
LeFrak to renovate facades of commercial spaces on South End Ave
January 10, 2013 By Steven E. Greer LeFrak will begin a renovation of the old and dilapidated commercial spaces on South End Avenue. They will also hook up the hoses so that store owners can power wash the sidewalk. To … Continue reading
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South End Ave sidewalk to be cleaned up
January 2, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD The strip of sidewalk in front of the Gristedes, Chase bank, Black Hounds, SouthWestNY, the pharmacy, Picasso Pizza, and other shops along South End Avenue within the LeFrak commercial locations will be … Continue reading
Mr. Gorbachev, Open Asphalt Green now
October 21, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD On a crisp Sunday morning in October with blue skies, residents of Tribeca and Battery Park gathered on the terrace by the ball fields to express their frustration over the delays in … Continue reading
West Thames grass field gets drainage installed
December 28, 2012 By Steven E. Greer Over the summer, BatteryPark.TV noticed that modest amounts of rain were causing the West Thames grass field to become waterlogged. We met with the head of the parks conservancy maintenance and learned that … Continue reading
How to lose weight while still eating at Goldman Alley every day
July 22, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD When the new restaurants in Goldman Alley and Conrad Hotel building opened in January, I “sampled” the menus extensively. I was eating the Blue Smoke deserts daily, for example. Then, I realized that … Continue reading
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We won! Asphalt Green to open December 1st
Update November 14, 2012 As of today, the new contract between BPCA and Asphalt Green, discussed below, is not yet signed. October 23, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD The BPCA Chairman, Dennis Mehiel, announced on October 23rd during the … Continue reading
A remarkable community collaborative effort deals with the tour bus and livery cab problems
May 15, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD Due to policy decisions at City Hall beyond the scope if this report that freed up town car and SUV livery cabs to solicit cash fares more like a yellow cab, the streets … Continue reading
Exclusive: BPCA heavily subsidizes The Broadsheet publications
July 31, 2012 By Steven Greer BatteryPark.TV has previously reported on the bias-by-omission in the local advertising flier called The Broadsheet. The bias and conflicts of interest, we reported, arose from payments from the BPCA to the publisher of the … Continue reading
Gateway prevails over dog rider dispute. Pit bulls banned.
October 1, 2012 By Steven E. Greer The month-long negotiations between LeFrak’s Gateway Plaza management, who were trying to change the terms of the leases to restrict dog owners, and a small group of tenants led by resident Glenn Plaskin … Continue reading
Much needed traffic light at North End and Murray Streets
September 22, 2012 By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV was asked by a local business owner whether we could assist in having the city or BPCA install much needed traffic lights at the dangerous Murray Street intersections. There have been at … Continue reading
Gateway meets with concerned tenants. Dog sewer problem already improving.
September 11, 2012, By Steven E Greer, MD On Monday, September 10th, the Gateway management responsible for drafting the changes to the lease rider met with Jeff Galloway, Glenn Plaskin, and others who live in Gateway. Many of the same … Continue reading
Exclusive: President/CEO of BPCA Gayle Horwitz resigns
September 12, 2012 2:45 PM By Steven E. Greer, MD
Sources tell us that the controversial CEO of the BPCA, Gayle Horwitz, who was hired by the former BPCA Chairman Bill Thompson, has….. Continue reading
BatteryPark.TV improves the environment
July 14, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD Battery Park is the greenest neighborhood in Manhattan in terms of energy efficient apartment buildings and well kept parks. It attracts residents with young kids for that reason. Also, environmentally active A-list celebrities, … Continue reading