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!
“Rent rollback!” “Shut it down!” The gap and pace of rent increase will only get wider and faster. Solutions? Adopted Orders #1 (1968) through #53 (2022) How the Rent Guidelines Board sets the price. The Rent Guidelines Board
Burns Street south of the LIRR belongs to the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, a private community. Without any warning or caution signs, at least a dozen of cars were observed booted in a short period of time. One driver said she was away for only 15 minutes. Some people waited inconveniently for more than 30…
A homeowner told me that he makes $180K per year as a senior truck delivery man. He has a Section 8 tenant who eats pizza, and does not go out. Eager to help him get out of depending on government hand outs, he got the tenant a part-time job driving. He quit after two weeks…
For seniors who are technology adverse and have walking difficulties, following up on legal paper and ordering grocery online are challenging. One senior told me that she felt redlined unable to have her grocery delivered. Another asked me how to follow up on his Medicare Savings Program Application, which he filed over seven months ago….
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…
The 100′ x 80′ lot on Burns Street was divided in half in 2015 due to mortgage default. The side owned by the original owner is maintained as best as she could, but the other side is dilapidated. Since the divided property is still technically one lot, owner continues to pay 100% of the real…
Passed Int 0586-2022 requiring the police dept to report on police-civilian investigative encounters. This bill would require the NYPD to provide quarterly reports detailing information on level one, two, and three investigative encounters between the police and civilians, including the race/ethnicity, age and gender of the civilian approached by the police, the factors that led…
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.
Local Law 2022/160 Commercial establishments: 7 dB(A) from 10:00 pm to 7:00 am. Local Law 2022/161 Speakers and Motor Vehicle penalties increased: $100-$225 first violation; $150-$400 second violations; $200-$575 third+ violations. Local Law 2022/164 Personal audio device or inside motor vehicle penalties increased Local Law 2022/398 Sound Level Meters required when responding to noise complaints…
“It appears that DOE did not follow any procurement process before selecting Illustrative Mathematics” for its $34 million “NYC Solves” initiative, writes Sean Mulcahy, senior vice-president of New Jersey-based Savvas Learning Company in a Nov. 26 letter obtained by The Post. We know this is done. How common is this problem and how much extra taxpayers have…