An update on City of YES
YES, it passed. What’s the status. Does the law make sense? The City Reporter accounted for one disappointment. How about facts on those approved and completed?
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Dilapidated eyesore at 94-31 120 Street
The owner does not live here, and avoids penalties by changing its corporate ownership in 2021. Did the City failed the owner when she applied for work permit in 2016?
If you are staying at the Roosevelt Hotel, jackpot! Message to immigrants… keep coming to New York!
One one end, immigrants who have not even applied for asylum will get free money that’s more than they have ever seen in their entire life thanks to the pre-paid debit card. Meanwhile, over 61,000 New Yorkers have submitted a claim of EBT fraud.
Revisiting Local Law 11: NYC Façade Inspection & Safety Program (FISP)
RCNY §103-04 rules. A shareholder in Forest Hills complained that his 200-unit, 7-floor coop paid $250,000 last cycle to a Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector. Report was “SWARMP”. The current cycle has the same designation, but the cost tripled to $750,000. Another 130-unit coop in Kew Gardens had one brick off, and its shareholders need to…
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.
Last Call Bar at 81-72 Lefferts Blvd.
Businesses need to be respectful of neighbor concerns. For this and any other problematic businesses in your neighborhood, keep a record of problems observed and sent it to me should I be your City Councilman.
NYC Health and Mental Hygiene favors reparation
Is this report even permitted in its job description per the Charter of the City of New York? Why is a city agency promoting race division? In its “Analyzing the Racial Wealth Gap and Implications for Health Equity” report of meetings in November 2021 and February 2022 on white vs. black/hispanic wealth gap, it recommends:…
CBC 3rd NYC Resident Survey
Executive Summary New York City is at a critical juncture. Affordability challenges, economic shifts, and concerns over quality of life, public services, and safety are affecting the city’s ability to attract and retain residents. Straight From New Yorkers 2025—the Citizens Budget Commission’s (CBC’s) updated NYC Resident Survey—provides a revealing portrait of how New Yorkers feel…
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?
Fining landlords for leasing to illegal cannabis shop is political theatre!
$10,000 penalty is anti-landlord hurting honest ones, and will not solving the problem. The Local Law 2023/107 passed July 23, 2023 includes unlicensed selling of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, tobacco products, including illicit cannabis. All this law has done is to transfer the selling to other shops and streets. Voters would say it’s about time! But…