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CaptainCompost t1_jdi7y1g wrote
Reply to comment by jamie030592 in Andy Byford, ex- NYC Transit boss, to work for Amtrak by p4177y
Should superman hang out after he prevents a plane crash or should he fly off to save a bus of school kids from going over a cliff?
CaptainCompost t1_jdi7mi0 wrote
Reply to comment by ketzal7 in Andy Byford, ex- NYC Transit boss, to work for Amtrak by p4177y
It was specifically because of Cuomo and his batshit behavior. There's a whole saga. Byford has talked about it pretty frankly.
CaptainCompost t1_ja3novy wrote
Reply to comment by Grass8989 in After City Bans Sleeping at Homeless Youth Centers, a Center Resists (Archived link below in Comments) by irish_fellow_nyc
I used to live next to a drop in center in Staten Island. It was drop in, explicitly not a place people were allowed to sleep because voters/politicians would barely allow that, they really say/think, "There are no homeless Staten Islanders."
As I understand it there was one 'good chair' where they turned a blind eye if you needed to sleep for a while. But, there were frequently conflicts outside the place because someone slept longer than they should have, or at a different time, eating into someone else's sleep.
I know the issue is complicated but I really saw people knock each others' teeth out because they just wanted some rest.
CaptainCompost t1_j7g87dj wrote
Reply to comment by pattymcfly in Tired of parking placard abuse? The DOT is holding a public hearing on some new rules that target parking placard abuse in loading zones on the 7th, and there aren't nearly enough comments. You can comment on the site, via email, or attend the hearing. by ThoolooExpress
> And how can it be effectively enforced?
My favorite idea is copying the idle vehicle law: take a video, if the vehicle is there for 2 minutes, the owner gets fined, the videotaker gets a cut of the fine.
CaptainCompost t1_jdmgf6o wrote
Reply to comment by ketzal7 in Andy Byford, ex- NYC Transit boss, to work for Amtrak by p4177y
Fair enough. But who appoints people to the board?