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Category Archives: Op-Ed
Letters to the editor 5-17-2013
Responses to Exclusive: PS 89 opens 4th K class, waitlist resolved Mother on waitlist says: April 13, 2013 at 11:46 am (Edit) Thank you Steven! The article reads very well. We will keep you posted. Have a nice weekend. BPCResident … Continue reading
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Letters to the Editor 5-11-2013
Reply to: Verizon to sell Downtown headquarters due to flooding zone Sally Regenhard says: May 7, 2013 at 11:19 pm I am on the mailing list for your website, which I find extremely interesting and informative. I would like to
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Important issues Downtown approved without community input
May 9, 2013- By Steven E. Greer Battery Park City residents will now be forced to endure weeks of the latest “outdoor art” chosen by the Brookfield Properties art guru, Debra Simon. The hideous steal cargo ship containers are smack-dab … Continue reading
Does Asphalt Green deserve your trust, again?
April 14, 2014- Essay by Steven E. Greer, MD They’re baaaack. Asphalt Green is claiming to be in business once again, accepting memberships for summer camp and gym memberships. More than 1,700 families and 3,000 individuals of Downtown were burned … Continue reading
Viewership for April, 2013
For the month of April, 2013, DowntownTV received 24,000 total views for a 14% increase over March, and 183% increase over April of last year. There were 16,000 unique views (we do not trick people into multiple clicks like most … Continue reading
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The other casualty from Boston: Old-school TV news
April 27, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD On April 15, 2013, at 2:49 PM, two terrorist bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three, and blowing off the legs of many others. The other casualty … Continue reading
Posted in Film Theater and TV, In the News, Op-Ed, Videos
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Letter: Parent outraged over kindergarten waitlist
In our most recent CB1 meeting, Tricia Joyce started her speech saying “We built it and they came…”. We invested our dreams, our finances, and our futures in building a community in downtown after 9/11, when even the biggest companies … Continue reading
Posted in Child care, Op-Ed, Schools
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Did the Tribeca Film Festival benefit Downtown after 9/11?
April 18, 2013 By Steven Greer, MD Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro were interviewed on the CBS Morning show today, and Ms. Rosenthal listed examples of the recovery of Downtown New York after September 11th, 2001. For example, she … Continue reading
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Little League opening day attracts the unworthy taking credit
Opinion April 7, 2013 (updated 6:23 PM) The ballfields were opened this morning and Little League was able to commence the season on schedule. Showing up for the photo-op, like flies to honey, were every imaginable elected official. Even some … Continue reading
Bombshell: The BPCA gives $500K to Manhattan Youth
(Center, Bob Townley who runs Manhattan Youth, From Clockwise: Former Chairman of the BPCA, Bill Thompson, Former President/CEO of the BPCA, Gayle Horwitz, BPCA senior executive Anne Fenton, Community Board 1 Chair, Katherine McVay Hughes, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Community … Continue reading
Latest arrests of State Assemblyman seem familiar
April 5, 2013- The latest in several arrests of New York State Assemblymen by federal prosecutors were made over allegations of the elected officials accepting bribes in exchange for helping prevent new competition to a community center. If that sounds … Continue reading
Hudson River Park Trust should be converted into an “authority” like the BPCA
Update March 20, 2013 In response to our essay, below, politicians got off the fence and have decidedly spoken out against allowing residential building within the Hudson River Park. According to local news, “Assemblymember Richard Gottfried, who the only local … Continue reading
Community Centers are magnets for corruption
April 3, 2013 Op-Ed By Steven E. Greer, MD The trials and tribulations of the Battery Park City community center, to be run by Asphalt Green, and also the associated controversies with the nearby Downtown Community Center, managed by Bob … Continue reading
A moral equivalence between Asphalt Green and Manhattan Youth behavior post-Sandy?
April 2, 2013 Steven E. Greer, MD In the March 28th story, “Explanation of the Asphalt Green contract“, it was explained how Bob Townley, a CB1 board member, and his Manhattan Youth facility were receiving preferential treatment from his own … Continue reading
It’s official: Pick-A-Bagel the worst restaurant in Battery Park
March 31, 2013 Opinion– Since posting our first story on the decline of the Pick-A-Bagel on South End Avenue, it has become one of the most read stories of the year. It seems official now that Pick-A-Bagel is the worst … Continue reading
Posted in - Restaurants, Deli, Groceries, Jewish Deli, Op-Ed, Reviews
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Viewership for March
For the month of March, 2013, BatteryPark.TV received: 21,000 total views for a 24% increase over February, and 160% more than this time last year. That is the most views ever, despite March being a slow month due to the … Continue reading
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Letter to Editor : Issues needed to be addressed in BPC
Dear Editor, I moved to Battery Park at exactly 7 years ago so I wouldn’t have a long commute to American Express from the Upper West Side. I’ve lived in New York my entire adult life in many different neighborhoods. … Continue reading
Letter: suggestions on sprucing up south BPC
I always enjoy reading the articles about what is going on in BPC. I have lived in BPC for 4 years, renting for 2 years on North End ave and then we purchased a place on South End Ave for … Continue reading
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Outrageous bias by omission in The Broadsheet
Opinion March 27, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV has previously documented
Show us your Gateway electric bill
Update March 11, 2013 By Lauren V I live in a STUDIO apartment and work during the day. My meter was replaced in late January and my first electric bill since then is absurd. I’ve averaged around $130 for the … Continue reading
Posted in - Battery Park City Authority, Gripes, In the News, Op-Ed, Real estate
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