Category Archives: - Federal government

Steven Greer, MD discusses with Bill O’Reilly the Japan radiation concern for the US?

April 2, 2011 Currently, the radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima meltdowns (plural) reaching the United States are of no concern. The levels are miniscule and of no medical harm. However, radiation exposure and subsequent risk to cancer is cumulative and … Continue reading

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NYPD 9/11 bagpipe parade 2007

Over 118,000 views and counting (This is the file with the 100,00 views originally posted on YouTube at another location of ours)

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How the FDA could rapidly generate 100,000 jobs in NJ and NY

By Steven Greer, MD Updated August 17, 2012, originally published September 4, 2010 The Commissioner of the FDA, Margaret Hamburg, could become the single biggest job creator in the Obama administration and generate hundreds of thousands of  jobs in the … Continue reading

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London is the most dangerous city in the world

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. … Continue reading

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BatteryPark.TV shapes federal healthcare policy, again

OPINION Wall Street Journal Updated June 4, 2012, 7:19 p.m. ET Inside ObamaCare’s Grant-Making By STEVEN E. GREER Early this year, I was briefly involved with one of the Affordable Care Act’s bureaucracies called the Center for Medicare and Medicaid … Continue reading

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Fleet Week 2012

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A letter to the EPA about the NY Waterway ferries polluting the children’s playgrounds

Kenneth Eng Chief, Air Compliance Branch US EPA, Region 2 Mr. Eng I am a medical doctor and am reporting a serious air quality health hazard at the west end of Vesey Street where the New York Waterway ferries dock. … Continue reading

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Waste in the American Healthcare System

Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage of waste in the American Healthcare System. He also mentions the new proposals by nine specialties recommending that 45 procedures and tests be performed … Continue reading

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Key provision of PPACA “Obamacare” likely to be overruled by Supreme Court

March 27, 2012  By Steven Greer, MD Today was the most important day of the historic three-day Supreme Court hearing evaluating the constitutionality of the PPACA law, otherwise known as “Obamacare”, because it addressed the “commerce clause” of the constitution … Continue reading

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Port Authority Called ‘Dysfunctional’ as Trade Center Costs Rise

By CHARLES V. BAGLI The New York Times Published: February 7, 2012 The estimated cost of rebuilding the World Trade Center has grown to at least $14.8 billion, up from $11 billion in 2008, according to an audit commissioned by … Continue reading

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Polluting ferry boats to get new, less polluting, less noisy, engines

November 2, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD The much anticipated BPC CB1 meeting to discuss the ongoing problem of noise and air pollution from the New York Waterway ferry boats yielded significant results for the first time in recent memory. … Continue reading

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Big meeting tonight to discuss the fate of the polluting NY Waterway boats

November 1, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD The CB1 Battery Park City subcommittee will meet tonight to discuss the fate of the BillyBey Ferry Company’s air and noise polluting ferry boats (6:00 PM, 1 World Financial Center, 24th floor). After … Continue reading

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How the GOP’s addiction to Wall Street money will get Obama re-elected

October 11, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD As we first predicted, The OccupyWallStreet protests have grown to a critical mass and are now a legitimate movement satirized on Saturday Night Live and seriously discussed in the media by elected officials. … Continue reading

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CB 1 Meeting October 4

October 4, 2011 By Steven Greer The Battery Park City division of Community Board 1 met tonight. Two Hudson river complaints were discussed. The first one dealt with the annual loud speed boat race. Then, the meeting turned to the … Continue reading

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The medical consequences of ferry boat diesel exhaust pollution to children’s lungs

October 4, 2011 (In full screen 1080iHD) The Community Board 1, BPC division, will meet tonight to discuss the problem of diesel exhaust pollution damaging the eyes and lungs of nearby children in the parks by the Vesey Street ferry … Continue reading

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CB1 meeting discusses New York Waterway air pollution

September 6, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV was invited by CB1 BPC Chairwoman Linda Belfer to present the video of the New York Waterway ferry boat pollution and discuss the results of our investigation to date. During the meeting, … Continue reading

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Update: EPA’s response to our letter on NY Waterway ferry pollution

August 31, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD CB1 Battery Park City committee Chairwoman Linda Belfer requested that BatteryPark.TV present our video of the NY Waterway ferries billowing black diesel particulate pollution at the Vesey Street slip on Tuesday, September 6th. … Continue reading

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The GOP is tone deaf and clueless

September 29, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD The current Republican (GOP) strategy for the 2012 elections will lead to President Obama being re-elected despite high unemployment and low job approval. Compared to the numerous GOP presidential candidates, most Americans will … Continue reading

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The deadly crossing

Construction on Route 9A, also known as The West Side Highway, and closure of the pedestrian bridge south of Albany Street have created a very dangerous situation. The ground-level crossing of The West Side Highway at Albany Street can be … Continue reading

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As predicted, we just got rain

As BatteryPark.TV first predicted on Thursday the 25th, Hurricane Irene hit shore far more west than the models predicted, hitting the Carolinas and then dissipating into an eye-less tropical storm. Even after that occurred, however, New York Mayor Bloomberg and … Continue reading

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