Not neighborly at 99-37 64 Road

The Russian resident keeps piles of garbage open, and sells them at a 63rd Street corner. 311 is not accepting the complaint because it’s on private property. About 30 families share the wide back-of-house driveway. Candidate for City Council in 2023

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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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Asylum Seekers in NY are moving into gyms, selling in streets and subways…

STOP!!! Evicting homeless US citizens is wrong! Housing them in school gyms is wrong. Asylum process takes years! They would have to stay longer than it take students to graduate. Most of them will disappear in the Department of Homeland Security system increasing the number of undocumented population in the United States. CBP One app…

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Lead-based Paint: Local Law 1 of 2004; Local Law 66 of 2019; and Local Law 31 of 2020…

NYC HPD Page. Local Law 66/2019 changed lead paint definition threshold from 1 mg/cm2 to 0.5 mg/cm2. XRF instrument is required. Conducting XRF testing in all units is required and must be documented by all property owners of pre-1960 rental housing, and in all housing built 1960-1978 where the owner has knowledge of lead-based paint,…

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Asylum grants average 2,000 per month nationwide…

Per latest FY2020 report from the Deparment of Homeland Security, asylum seekers coming into New York City alone has averaged more than that per month since August 2022. Where did those arrive in New York go if about 10,000 were housed in Housing Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRC) as of February 2023? How does…

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Local Law 97 will make apartment housing more expensive!

According to Carbon Emissions Limits for Buildings (Sponsors Local Law 97/2019), buildings over 25,000 square feet starting next year will be penalized heavily for not meeting emission target AND for not filing assessment report. Intro 913 is to delay Local Law 97 by 7 years. City government buildings are suppose to meet the same 40%…

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Senator John Liu’s school size law is filled with ‘loopholes’

While there are less and less students enrolled in NYC, S9460 kept more teachers on payroll by capping 20 students K-3; 23 4-8; and 25 for high school by 2027. Passing an idealistic law in situation with exceptions due to “lack of space”, “over-enrolled” programs, a shortage of licensed teachers and schools in “severe economic…

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