Closing Riker: Tutor Perini got a $2.9B contract

NYCDCC selected Tutor Perini and O&G Industries to build a new 1,040 bed jail in Chinatown. Cost was first projected at $8 billion to build out local jails, not will cost at least $15 billion, and counting. Closing Rikers cannot happen by 2027 since those replacement jails are not expected to complete until 2031 for…

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Expect Fairness in Apartment Rentals Act to fail

“For many of the apartments that I was looking at, there would be a broker fee, and no broker would be present, or a broker would be, like, extremely rude, and that was happening more times than not,” Ossé said. “I’m not anti-broker. I’m anti people being forced to pay for something they didn’t hire.”…

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$18M over 3 years to wipe $2Billion medical debt for 500,000 residents

Mayor Eric Adams hired RIP Medical Debt to wipe out more than $2 billion of medical debt. Yes, it is the single largest contract that the non-profit Medical Debt Solution Inc. has ever received. The devil is in the detail. Where are those 500,000 resident accounts coming from? City hospitals? If so, isn’t it easier…

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How Many Stops Act

Intro 0586/2022 became law 2024/043 on December 20, 2023 with 35 yeas, 9 nays and 7 did not vote. 17 votes are needed to override a veto. 9 negatives were Joann Ariola, Joseph Borelli, Erik Bottcher, David Carr, Robert Holden, Vickie Paladino, Marjorie Velazquez, Inna Vernikov and Kalman Yeger. James Gennaro, Darlene Mealy were marked…

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Starting fall 2024, all trash must be in secured containers! Specifically, “NYC Bins” by 2026.

Yes, to fight rats, even if you have no rat problem, you must throw out your existing trash habits and containers. Single-family homeowners will be required to drag a heavy box out after 6 pm, and back in again after pick up. No small plastic bag is allowed. Home improvement and waste that will not…

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Housing and Affordability: Mayor’s plan is not to fix laws and courts against supply and owners!

Mayor Eric Adams got it all wrong! His 100,000 new unit proposal will require new rules, City Council approval, and years of planning and construction. Why not fix the 70,000 eviction case backlog, which would free up those units within months? If laws are changed to favor landlords removing bad tenants, more than 100,000 units…

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