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!
City Council approved Intro 0991-2024 today. How do you measure effectiveness? Who does it benefit? The cost of business besides the license fee are security guard, 24/7 front desk staffing, required daily cleaning (What if the room is vacant?), human trafficking recognition training, and panic buttons. This bill would require hotel operators to obtain a…
Venice’s winged lion was made in China! Researchers have now showed that it was most likely originally a tomb guardian cast during the Tang dynasty (618-907) using bronze from the lower Yangtze River basin in southeast China. But the question of just how the 2.8-tonne statue made its way across continents to the top of a…
May 29, 1953, the 29,035-foot Mount Everest was reached by Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Were they the first? George Herbert Leigh-Mallory did three expeditions. He and his climbing partner Andrew Irvine was last seen ascending near the summit around June 6, 1924. Irvine’s foot was found. Did they reach the summit 29 years…
Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry — an NYPD liaison to City Hall — made $60,000 more than the department’s top cop in 2023, thanks in part to a payroll loophole that allowed him to reap time and a half. Daughtry’s salary in 2023: $311,000. NYPD Commissioner’s salary $243,000.
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,…
Out of 51 city council members, only 8 voted against it. Intro 0279-2024 on studying the impacts of slavery and its legacies in New York City and recommending potential reparative measures for resulting harms. Enacted.
The City wants to eliminate stand alone black trash bags. Starting November 12 (Tuesday), 2024, all trash must be placed in trash bins with a lid. The City requires a new bin within 18 months! What if seniors cannot lift or roll a 55 gallon trash bin? How about households that do not have much…
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.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring inspection of unoccupied dwelling units. Same as before, anonymous 311 complaints could be filed. Previously, if no access is granted, case closed. Now, the law requires owner to schedule a HPD inspection within 21 days if anyone…
