CityFHEPS rental assistance: Tail wagging the dog?

City Council overrode Mayor Eric Adams’ veto by 42-8 on July 13; first time since Mayor Bloomberg’s administration. The four bills are 878-A removing a 90-day wait period, 893-A soften eligibility criteria to a rent demand letter; 894-A lowered threshold from 200% federal poverty to 50% area mean income; and 229-A prohibits deducting a utility…

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Billed as a prayer and vigil, BP Donovan Richards Saeidi’s memorial event was anything but.

As long as someone died, it was politicized. (1) Street was closed; (2) BP Richards did not mention the names of the other four victims who were shot, and they were not invited; (3) the son of Hamod Saeidi, Main, was about the 10th speaker after the BP, an Iman, a relative, State Senator Joseph…

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I was shocked when I first heard about knockout punches targeting random strangers. Thomas Abreu’s knockout shots crossed the line!

Crime has evolved targeting the innocents like never before. I propose a Homod Saeidi law: Criminals targeting and killing innocents just for fun should never be allowed back in society! Moped requires registration in New York. How many are registered, and are identification plates required? Candidate for City Council in 2023

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NYC Ferry System should be privatized, not subsidized!

Even EDC admits subsidy is high. Can you report the ridership on a monthly/program basis? All money losing or ineffective programs should be cut! NYC Ferry has been up since June 2011. One decade later, NYCEDC “will continue to work to drive down the subsidy”? There is no will, just rhetoric. Candidate for City Council…

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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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