Crime, taxes, inflation are too damn high! Why is the City cutting our services and charging us to welcome more migrants? Cops, businesses and people are leaving! $112 Billion city budget is unsustainable! Vote Republican or Conservative Novermber 7, 2023!
That is the title of the press release on July 20, regarding the Con Edison rate increase. Put it another way: the Rent Guideline Board did a phenomenal job in June by CUTTING rent-stabilized New Yorkers lease increase request by 70% versus the proposed 15.75% 2-year lease increase. “The need for revenue increases for the…
Michael Sedillo replaces Johnny Celestin as head of Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services. Johnny Celestin was there for only six months (appointed June 2024) before being replaced. Why? Joint Taskforce to Clear the Backlog Initiative Action Memo was submitted to the Mayor on February 2022. Why did the problem persist nearly three years later? What…
Compared to January 2018, NYPD response times reported in December 2023 have risen across the board—that is, for critical (up 22%), serious (up 45.5%), and non-critical (up 28.7%) calls. The NYPD has gone from a force of approximately 36,000 uniformed personnel in 2018 to just over 33,600 today—a reduction of nearly 7%. Indeed, a smaller…
Carrying a child asking for “help”. He was given $20. When I saw him again in the same area 6 hours later, I decided to take the attached picture. Turning around, “you took a picture of me,” he said in Spanish, and proceeded to take a picture of me. Now I know who you are,…
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…
Marcella Tillet does City business, yet her compensation is not reported. Yet Mayor’s Fund has a NYC.gov website page asking for donation. The Mayors Fund has also worked with Wole Coaxum and his Mobility Capital Finance company that got $53 million to give pre-paid cash cards to migrants. Mayors Fund to Advance New York City…
New York YIMBY offers information about permits and developments, but for large buildings mainly in Manhattan. NYC Department of Buildings should have a push notification of filings made to communities and individuals having an interest.
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.
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.
