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139_LENOX t1_jahxqti wrote
Fuck DeBlasio and Shea for defending this when it happened.
Don't forget that the NYPD chose to direct their resources to engage in this misconduct in the South Bronx while leaving looters in Soho to their own devices that same night.
Kettling these protestors was never about public safety, it was about the NYPD putting on a show of force against protestors demanding police accountability. When that didn't work out for them, they just stopped doing their jobs.
The NYPD is a fundamentally broken organization, and as long as the taxpayer keeps footing the bill for misconduct nothing will change.
139_LENOX t1_jae8hc2 wrote
Reply to comment by DelTeaz in Freedom Plaza Mixed-Use Gaming Campus Plan Revealed For Midtown East, Manhattan by WatchesAndNYC
Uncontroversial take. Not sure why you're downvoted
139_LENOX t1_j80gf50 wrote
Reply to comment by WiseEar5950 in To a guy with initials JA who was throwing up between the cars on the downtown F train last night around 2am by curlygirly99
Lol same. The title had me do a double take for sure
139_LENOX t1_j44651f wrote
Reply to comment by nomellamo in Second legal, recreational weed store slated for Manhattan by Nscience
Agreed but it's really a marketing thing to maximize profits. This is called "clustering" in game theory and it's considered the socially optimal solution for driving traffic to similar businesses
139_LENOX t1_j1vy7cs wrote
Reply to comment by Flatbush_Zombie in NYCHA residents without heat, hot water on Christmas weekend by 1600hazenstreet
Tearing down or privatizing public housing are not realistic solutions when you don't have transitional housing lined up for tenants who will be displaced.
People love to talk about the burden of NYCHA repairs, but no one wants to talk about the increased burden on shelters and social services if thousands of public housing residents no longer have access to stable housing.
139_LENOX t1_izeai17 wrote
Reply to comment by azspeedbullet in New cruises coming to Brooklyn Terminal in spring 2023, Mayor Adams announces by geoxol
I'm talking about pier 94. I work by there and there are cruise ships docked through the evening every day. As we speak there's an enormous MSC ship that has been docked for several days straight.
139_LENOX t1_izccmwe wrote
Reply to comment by Rottimer in New cruises coming to Brooklyn Terminal in spring 2023, Mayor Adams announces by geoxol
For real. These things are posted up off the west side highway spewing fumes for days at a time. Pretty fried how the city prioritizes a quick buck over the health of residents
139_LENOX t1_iwsix87 wrote
Reply to comment by WickhamAkimbo in Weekly Crime Thread - Week of November 15, 2022 by AutoModerator
Lol this is an opinion piece written by a Bloomberg crony intended to malign progressives to distract from the fact that the state democratic party put zero money or effort into competitive house races on long island.
Progressives and corporate dems have always been at odds. Crime is not the primary wedge issue here, but it's incredibly easy to fool reactionaries into thinking that it is.
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Reply to comment by GettingPhysicl in Impending fiscal cliff ‘will destroy MTA’ without state aid: watchdog by LunacyNow
Pretty sure the 7 is like that. It's called CBTC.
That said, conductors are not the problem here.
139_LENOX t1_ivmcdol wrote
Reply to comment by Ineed2know4 in Monthly Discussion Thread - Month of November, 2022 by AutoModerator
They were on the back
139_LENOX t1_jbjw3gz wrote
Reply to comment by bklyn1977 in Upper West Side votes against proposed rest stop for delivery workers at 72nd Street by mowotlarx
This is kind of naive. Sure I'd love to contribute to my CB meetings, but I have a full time job and not a lot of free time. I'd imagine that lots of folks are in the same boat.
You know who has the time to participate in CB meetings? Old rich retirees. Which is why CBs are universally full of curmudgeonly NIMBYs.