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NY Daily News Friday http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/cops-hunt-thugs-beat-robbed-teens-battery-park-city-article-1.2489707 — TribecaMom on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

Those orange squiggles are ECS, which stands for Empire City Subway. ECS is the Verizon subsidiary responsible for their underground infrastructure. — Makes you go "hmmm..." on The Semi-Official Graffiti All Over Our Sidewalks

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I am not sure PEP officers were great or even effective, but hiring contractors who are not allowed to do anything seems asinine. Yes, we need NYPD to cover the ballfields. There was apparently another incident with a group of 276 kids and some kids from another neighborhood in Tear Drop. I was told that PEP and NYPD were involved and that they were questioning kids and parents on the ballfields, but I never saw anything in any press, so assumed maybe nothing really happened. South End Avenue has been congested with buses and even more cars--lots of illegal parking and standing making things a mess. It would be nice to have NYPD give a few tickets or warnings. There are 1000s of more people streaming into the neighborhood daily and more vehicles to bring them and pick them up. A little enforcement of current rules would be nice. — cami on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

I sent links to the Tribeca Trib article to the Times, Post, News and NY Magazine but have seen nothing in the larger press about this seemingly news-worthy event. Not sure how different the effectiveness of either security force, but as Brookfield promotes and the area generally becomes even less of a locally-populated resource, it's obvious that what's worked before is no longer adequate. Bad things happen even in surprising places, but this spot by the fields, in the shadow of the movie theater and Shake Shack would have been considered particularly safe. A place where even pre-teens would hang out with friends on their own without concern. Politicians and police have to hear outrage from the community. It does sound like uniformed NYPD must add a much-increased presence. — RDunn on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

Christy Frank is awesome! Her store is a friendly, welcoming place. Good for her. — Noah on In the News: Hoping to Make ReBeCha Happen

I always enjoyed Baluchi's menu, but I developed a real soft spot for them after they set up an outdoor service during the Sandy blackout. Hot appetizers and tandoori were real treats during those days of dark apartments and cold water. And they didn't price-gouge, either. — M on An Explanation from Baluchi’s

I have lived in BPC for 12 years and the number of times I have seen a PEP officer during those 12 years i can count on my two hands. The PEP are/were not a security force nor are Allied Barton. What BPC needs, like every other neighborhood, is ACTUAL POLICE OFFICERS patrolling. The NYPD patrol during the summer at the marina to ensure that the yachts are safe, but residents are another story entirely. Now that more is opening down here there are many more people coming through, more tourists, more crime. We might not have needed that much security in the past, but we do now. Until that happens, we are on our own. We need to watch out for each other. I will call 911 if anything happens and will tell my kids to do the same. — Liz on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

Wow! Great! What a great idea! And it's the first American flag to be featured prominently at the WTC! Great job, I love it! Let's use it for the 2nd Annual Capt Billy Burke 1 WTC Stair Climb this May! Brother, Capt. William F. Burke, Jr., who gave his life at the WTC, Sept.11. — Michael Burke on 1 World Trade Center Has a Patriotic New Trick

With great interest, I am following the valiant effort to keep The Raccoon Lodge open until a new location can be found. I absolutely love the place. A new site probably won't be quite the same...but if the people (on both sides of the bar) stay the same, it will all be O.K. — Ron Malcolm on A Reprieve for Raccoon Lodge

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As I understand it, it happened as reported. There's not more to the story. The victims are kids, and the parents are quite outraged. Immediate key concern was for their future security and avoiding retaliation for any charges brought so they kept it out of the press intentionally. Think about if it was your kid? Police have been actively working to identify the perpetrators. All the kids were traumatized that night and relied on adults to respond appropriately to help them which didn't happen on many fronts. — ConcernedDowntownParent on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

Also pre-Food-Emporium don't forget Nolan's little quasi general store on Greenwich just above Duane that not only sold packaged foods and household supplies but always had fresh roasted chicken and rice or other good stuff available. He never let anyone go hungry and gave credit to all the local pioneer artists when needed. The Emporium was a great boon to the neighborhood but it also put him out of business. — Laurie Spiegel on Seen & Heard: The Food Emporium Deal Is Done

So replacing an ineffective security force with an even less effective security force is the answer? Why is there not more of an NYPD presence in the neighborhood aside from in front of or inside of Brookfield Place and Goldman Sachs. — TribecaMom on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

The recent outpouring of affection for the PEP officers is a remarkable turn of events. Not so long ago, they were vilified as churlish do-nothings who occasionally arose from their golf cart slumbers to rough up the locals. Now, as their contract expires, they are characterized as a snug security blanket that protected our community from all manner of harm. Right on cue, the public servants who feed off the PEP officer union's campaign donations have dutifully risen to their defense and denounced the private security force as an unwanted occupation force. The private security officers may be nothing other than a visible deterrent, but at least they are visible. Seeing a PEP officer actually doing anything is as rare as spotting a whale in the Hudson. — Jon on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

Hi Erik - any news on when the Best Market will be opening? Many thanks, love, love your newsletter!. — kim on Seen & Heard: The Copper Topper

Totally, and yet I bought a Canada Goose coat this year because I was sick of being cold (and I spend a lot of time walking outside), and it's amazing. That said, I cut off all mentions of the brand. — Erik Torkells on Welcome to TweeBeCa

This raises so many questions. Why did it take a month for this to be reported? Why did it take 20 minutes for police and ambulance to arrive to help? Why did they by-pass our brand new pediatric ER at NYU Downtown Hospital? If this happened as reported, the incompetence level of all involved is almost impossible to comprehend. — TribecaMom on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

I agree with the Canada Goose comment! — TribecaMom on Welcome to TweeBeCa

yes, Josh you are right. They can be paid by private corporations while wearing state issued uniforms, and basically pretending to be state supported law enforcement. Its a great deal for corporations. If these cops should engage in any misdeeds while on private assignment, the NYPD will happily indemnify them. Socialize the risk, privatize the gain. Sorry--I know this is off topic..but — cami on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

Gothamist has a write-up today, based on A Walk in the Park's post from yesterday: —http://gothamist.com/2016/01/08/bpc_teen_beating_security.php —http://awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.com/2016/01/teens-viciously-attacked-in-battery.html — Erik Torkells on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

"At least 4-5 uniformed NYPD stand in front of Goldman entrances all day long." i believe the law perfmits goldman to hire nypd cops in uniform on their off hours. " Why are BPC residents footing the bill for everything related to the ballfields?" the ballfields were built as a tradeoff for the residential towers being allowed to excede zoning and add extra floors. as part of that deal, they are responsible for these expenses. — josh on In the News: Teens Attacked by the Battery Park City Ball Fields

Driving past on West Side Highway last night we noticed the red portion going on and off. — TribecaMom on 1 World Trade Center Has a Patriotic New Trick