When will the Forest Hills Gardens open up Hawthorne Park?
Residents felt it has been closed long enough.
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Dog poop is an annoyance. Give homeowner authority to ticket?
Currently, the Pooper Scooper Law requires an investigation by DSNY. If caught, the maximum fine is $250. Filing a 311 report.
Unionized without a voice or vote!
The single-largest successful union petition in New York this past year is not at an Amazon warehouse or a university or hospital, but at a home care agency on the border of Bushwick and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Workers there did not vote to join their union, the Home Healthcare Workers of America. Instead, Anchor Home Healthcare…
$2m DoE fraud found by a $6.4m fraud fighter
Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District (SCI) is the independent watchdog for the New York City school district operates on a budget of $6.4 million in fiscal year 2022. The budget for New York City public schools is $42.8 billion for fiscal year 2026. Yet SCI found only $2 million…
National Grid contractor tore up Loubet Street between 71 and 72 Avenues 53 times in 6 months!
When the gas piping was first redone on this stretch of Loubet Street in March 2023, a resident counted that its contractor(s) has dug and redug sections of the street at least 53 times counting the one pictured. Is there a reason? Residents demand answer for inconvenience and cost!
UPS Truck Drivers make $100K average. Why the pay is not attractive?
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…
Lead-based Paint: Local Law 1 of 2004; Local Law 66 of 2019; and Local Law 31 of 2020…
NYC HPD Page. Local Law 66/2019 changed lead paint definition threshold from 1 mg/cm2 to 0.5 mg/cm2. XRF instrument is required. Conducting XRF testing in all units is required and must be documented by all property owners of pre-1960 rental housing, and in all housing built 1960-1978 where the owner has knowledge of lead-based paint,…
What is the purpose of “Mayor’s Fund”?
Marcella Tillet does City business, yet her compensation is not reported. Yet Mayor’s Fund has a NYC.gov website page asking for donation. The Mayors Fund has also worked with Wole Coaxum and his Mobility Capital Finance company that got $53 million to give pre-paid cash cards to migrants. Mayors Fund to Advance New York City…
2 houses, 2 owners; 1 lot divided down the middle
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…
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.