Today is Trader Joe’s Opening in Forest Hills
Visit its newest location at 69-65 Yellowstone Boulevard, and enjoy steel drum music!
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Even items locked behind plexiglass can’t deter thief with a blowtorch in Queens!
Is this the kind of life we want? Current bail reform law considers the stolen $448 worth of skin care products a “no bail” get out of jail misdemeanor not worthy of an arrest. CRIME is TOO DAMN HIGH!
Low hanging wires are a hazard waiting to happen
Spectrum Cable at this location hangs 7 feet off ground. Calls to 311 and Spectrum Cable were made, and inspectors did come, but wires are still dangling. This is a common problem every few blocks in Richmond Hill.
New York State Budget History
The State’s fiscal year begins April 1 and ends on March 31. However, the actual “budget cycle,” representing the time between early budget preparation and final disbursements, begins some nine months earlier (starting in July) and lasts approximately 27 months – until the expiration of the State Comptroller’s authority to honor vouchers against the previous…
Finalized Local Law 2019/97 rules
The rule was not revised to: remove the decarbonization plan pathway for good faith efforts; further restrict the use of Renewable Energy Credits; or extend the deadlines for compliance. The decarbonization plan requires work at the building level during the first compliance period. This pathway places building owners on a path to compliance by requiring…
NYC MyCity portal is another cosmetic confusion.
Slick, it is. Useful, it is not. It still focuses on what the City has to offer instead of helping citizens to fulfill what they need.
Election Interference: Dog Mayor Election 2024
Even a “fun” election could be hijacked. Honorary NYC Dog Mayor Election 2024. When the runner-up Bertie the Pomeranian died Tuesday, November 19, it adds to the mystery.
Sheltering homeless can give you a $1m salary!
And that’s for those nonprofit contractors who reported the salary honestly! $916,000 for the CEO of Acacia Network Housing; more than $700,000 across multiple years for the head of Camba; $1 million for the CEO of CORE, Jack Brown — who in 2021 was also caught stacking the org’s payroll with buddies and set up for-profit vendors…
Have faith in New Yorkers; not necessarily in our political leaders.
Lost my wallet on May 19 at Jay Street MetroTech Station. Manhattan Property Clerk notified me June 22 via $8.10 Certified Mail (7007 3020 0001 3527 9798) to pick up a lost and found item at One Police Plaza. Nothing was missing including $12 cash, which Manhattan Property kept separately. If item were not picked…
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…