Rep Meng on mail theft. NYC mailed out cash.

$8.8 million mental-health questionnaire sent to 210,462 households had a 12,759 6% response. How many of those 12,000 returns are from mail thieves themselves claiming an additional $20 for filling it out with phony answers? Thank you Representative Meng for reporting two culprits were arrested in Maspeth. What mail piece did they steal? Free cash!…

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Really? 24/7 lockers at 15 locations will fight package thefts in NYC? Waste of my tax dollars!

LockerNYC program benefits one contract provider, not the citizens of the City, which already have hundreds of these lockers installed at their own expense. NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, you got to go! Why not change Bail Reform law, defining theft bail eligible?! You steal, you get jailed! Not possible under current Bail Reform law….

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Citizen enforcers law should be expanded, not banned. Councilman Gennaro is wrong!

New York City Administrative Code allows citizens to issue noise summons. (Title 24: Environmental Protection and Utilities, Chapter 2 Noise Control, Subchapter 8: Enforcement § 24-261 Citizen’s complaint). Councilman James Gennaro wants to ban it. The adjudication process needs to be clear. Rights of citizens to go against noise and other quality of life issues such…

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Housing for 3 out of 2,000 is “indisputably successful” per City Hall

Department of Homeless Services spent $61.4 million to clear 2,308 homeless people and their encampments from March 21, 2022 to November 30, 2022 were able to place only 3 in housing. In Comptroller Brad Lander’s audit report, homeless activities resumed at 31% of those sites. Candidate for City Council in 2023

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Local Law 38/2015 may end coal/wood burning pizzerias in NYC

The 180-page local law effective May 2016 is to reduce air pollution particulate. Eateries in NYC could no longer use traditional baking method without installing expensive emission controls. NYC Department of Environmental Protection first targeted cars and vans. Candidate for City Council in 2023

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Support gay; but not educating kids to be gay.

An angry mother told me that her elementary school did gay pride programs without giving her any notification nor option to pull her daughter out. She wants control over her daughter’s exposure, and New York City’s Department of Education is not recognizing her rights as parent over gay teachings. Parents should be notified of such…

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Council passed Intro 0806-2022 on May 11, 2023

What’s the purpose of a comprehensive jail population review program? “This bill would require the establishment of a jail population review program to identify people in custody of the Department of Correction (“DOC”) whose cases could be resolved or who could be safely released into the community. The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (“MOCJ”) would…

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