Can anyone identify this piece of equipment at 127 Street near Liberty Avenue?
The wiring holding it along the thick cable is broken. It is dangling at 103-24 127 Street driveway.
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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…
A story on Bail Reform
Mohab is a hard working mechanic. After work, he would do side jobs to earn extra income. A friend of his asked him to move a food cart for $150 in August. Unknowingly, the cart did not belong to his friend, and the owner reported it stolen. He and his friend were caught and charged…
Supreme Court Decision 53: Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
Docket 20-1199 issued June 29, 2023. “(Harvard) failed to operate their race-based admissions programs in a manner that is “sufficiently measurable to permit judicial [review]… failed to articulate a meaningful connection between the means they employ and the goals they pursue… failed to comply with the Equal Protection Clause’s twin commands that race may never…
NYC Department of Buildings Complaints
One homeowner in Richmond Hill South has received over 120 complaints over the past 6 years. The Buildings Department spent resources investigating unsubstantiated complaints. Homeowner felt harassed, and requested identity of the complaint filer. Anonymity should not be permitted to those who use the system to harass neighbors, and should be criminality liable.
Local Law 38/2015 may end coal/wood burning pizzerias in NYC
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.
Zombie Home: 104-19 89 Avenue
No one tends its yards. Tree is overgrown. Rats infestation. Broken street lights. DEP Sanitation ticket on door.
LinkNYC’s 5G Towers
LinkNYC started less than 10 years ago to provide free wireless access. As part of its build out structure, it won a contract to build 5G Towers. A 5G explanation. Congressman Jerrold Nadler has asked FCC to stop construction at historical neighborhoolds.
LIRR Trestle along Bessemer and Babbage Streets
This stretch between 84 Avenue and Hillside Avenue has been left on its own for over 50 years. Kids walk along the rail tracks; trees are overgrown; space underneath has been used for parking, partying, car fixing, drag racing, including illegal/ex-illegal activities. How can the area be made more welcoming and neighbor friendly?
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…