Battery Park City Authority

Brookfield Properties plans to demolish the staircase to make way for a new pedestrian tunnel.

Battery Park City residents say the Parks Enforcement Patrol officers are rude and overzealous.

The community is deciding whether to have an ice rink or open ball fields next winter.

The authority may hire an outside firm to do its internal audits after a state report showed $300,000 of misspending.

Former Battery Park City Authority President Jim Cavanaugh has joined the executive staff of a state lobbying firm.

Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo said he would review all state agencies and authorities once he takes office.

One thing preventing the city from taking over Battery Park City is whether it can afford the neighborhood's debt.

The Battery Park City Authority failed to find a new operator in time for the 2010 season.

Julie Menin, chairwoman of CB1, called the Authority's spending habits "shocking."

The authority squandered $300,000 between 2005 and 2008, the state Inspector General's office said.

The Battery Park City Authority rakes in more than $200 million in revenue each year.

Gayle Horwitz is a longtime colleague of Bill Thompson, the authority's chairman.

The popular ice rink may not reopen this year because of difficulties finding an operator.

Battery Park City Authority President Jim Cavanaugh is leaving the authority after six years.

The guards will be posted at Warren, Murray and Albany Streets starting as soon as Aug. 2.