Flea market and car wash at 107 Street near Jamaica Avenue
Are these businesses licensed or registered? Can the flea market lady stay out all night late in the evening? Are their operation a health hazard?
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Theft rising in Forest Hills
“It was never this bad,” residents said. Besides packages and catalytic converters, motorcycle was stolen, several houses were broken into. Has any thief ever been caught and prosecuted under Bail Reform? Many residents had to beg the police to write up a report. Residents should be able to self report, and have statistics compiled by…
Is a mandated cooling temperature coming to NYC?
Unlike heat in the winter, the Adams administration is proposing mandated cooling in new construction by 2025 and setting a maximum indoor temperature by 2030. How will that impact tenants and landlords?
Affordable Connectivity Program ends in April 2024
If you have been receiving a $30 credit for internet, the money is expected to run out comes April 2024. The program was launched on December 31, 2021 as part of the the Internet For All Initiative and the Investment in Infrastructure and Jobs Act that President Biden signed on November 15, 2021.
Trash: Ignore or pick it up?
While waiting for the Q64 bus at Parsons Blvd. and Jewel Ave., I was able to fill a 65-gallon bin in less than 10 minutes. One way to encourage good habits was the “Greenest Block in Brooklyn” contest.
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.
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.
We will see more asylum seekers in our daily life.
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,…
Will there be more resignations to come?
Chancellor David Banks retiring October 15, 2024. Sheena Wright, First Deputy Mayor, resigned October 8, 2024 Rana Abbsova, Director of Protocol for International Affairs, was fired October 7, 2024 Winnie Greco, liaison to the Chinese American community, resigned October 7, 2024 Mohamed Bahi, Community Affairs Unit and Ahsan Chutgai, resigned October 7, 2024 Phil Banks,…
Feral cats: Problem or solution to city’s rat problem?
Inflation has driven many cat owners to surrender them or turn them out into the street. The City has a Trap-Neuter-Return initiative. How about a rat catching initiative? Cat food and medical expense would be covered by the City for owners who train cats to hunt mice. How is our “Rat Czar”, Kathleen Corradi doing?…