George4Mayor86
George4Mayor86 t1_jdo4z2e wrote
Reply to City to begin community engagement for transformation of Cross Bronx Expressway – Bronx Times by BronxTimes
Cap it, bury it, or demolish it entirely. Anything else is window dressing.
George4Mayor86 t1_jd7poyb wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Bring on congestion pricing by nychuman
Congestion planning works in London. Why not NYC?
George4Mayor86 t1_jcfb64o wrote
Fuck em. Letting exclusive suburbs run themselves as mini fiefdoms is how we got in this mess.
George4Mayor86 t1_jbqpjxj wrote
Reply to comment by sumgye in Latest subway cars roll into service, start their journey on the A line by kuberlog
Little if column A, little of column B.
George4Mayor86 t1_jbhp36t wrote
Good. LeCorbusier’s “towers in the park” model hs had half a century to fuck in our cities - let’s have some more housing and some real, mixed-use communities.
George4Mayor86 t1_jb5mt9r wrote
Reply to Pro-Palestinian activist gets 18 months in prison for attacks on Jews in New York by nahalkishon
> The perpetrators also told each other to cover their faces to evade prosecution and to use the term “Zionists” instead of Jews, apparently to avoid allegations of antisemitism.
But very serious people assured me “antizionism” is never just a cover for antisemitism.
George4Mayor86 t1_jb3d2or wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Hateful trio beats man and woman on NYC street after yelling anti-Asian slurs by someone_whoisthat
….no one here is doing that?
George4Mayor86 t1_jb215o5 wrote
Reply to comment by Amon213 in Woman Followed Into Manhattan Building, Dragged Out of Elevator in Late-Night Rape: Cops by NetQuarterLatte
A competent police force would be nice.
George4Mayor86 t1_jax0zz3 wrote
Reply to comment by DryGumby in Bronx Defenders hit city, NYPD with two separate police misconduct lawsuits — Bronx Times by BronxTimes
Ok. How is that different? Their singular goal is to make sure people accused of crimes get as little punishment as possible - regardless of whether they know perfectly well their client is guilty.
Again, this isn’t a bad thing. Even criminals are entitled to legal defense. But people wrongly assume that criminal defenders care about public safety, when that’s specifically not their job.
George4Mayor86 t1_jawzx71 wrote
Reply to comment by DryGumby in Bronx Defenders hit city, NYPD with two separate police misconduct lawsuits — Bronx Times by BronxTimes
I’m not saying this is a bad thing. They’re a ne essay part of the legal system. But people are barking up the wrong tree if they think “this law will help criminals get away with gun crimes” is something defenders would care about.
George4Mayor86 t1_jawzh59 wrote
Reply to comment by DryGumby in Bronx Defenders hit city, NYPD with two separate police misconduct lawsuits — Bronx Times by BronxTimes
They’re job is to get people accused of crimes off. They don’t care if their clients are guilty or not, so any rule that makes it easier to get away with crimes is good for them.
George4Mayor86 t1_jawy9hc wrote
Reply to comment by DryGumby in Bronx Defenders hit city, NYPD with two separate police misconduct lawsuits — Bronx Times by BronxTimes
Not necessarily, but the job of the defender is exactly the same whether their client did it or not.
George4Mayor86 t1_jawranq wrote
Reply to comment by drpvn in Bronx Defenders hit city, NYPD with two separate police misconduct lawsuits — Bronx Times by BronxTimes
People misunderstand what public defenders are for when they think they have any interest in public safety. They have one (1) job and it’s to help accused criminals get away with it.
George4Mayor86 t1_jae0gdm wrote
Reply to Freedom Plaza Mixed-Use Gaming Campus Plan Revealed For Midtown East, Manhattan by WatchesAndNYC
Looks good to me.
Gamblers are going to gamble. I’d rather than do it where we can tax it rather than drive to Jersey.
George4Mayor86 t1_jadmd4r wrote
Reply to comment by nim_opet in Consultants Gone Wild by ToffeeFever
That’s true, and I don’t blame the consultants for going where they money is.
George4Mayor86 t1_jadl8gp wrote
Reply to comment by nim_opet in Consultants Gone Wild by ToffeeFever
….which in turn forces cities to rely on expensive consultants rather than in-house expertise. So it is the consultants, but it’s also the hostility to bureaucracy. Chicken and egg.
George4Mayor86 t1_ja43wih wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in NYC council votes to name street after antisemitic Nation of Islam leader by drpvn
Not really. Pretty much every mainstream liberal would say yes, they are oppressive. It’s fringe socialist weirdos who disagree.
George4Mayor86 t1_ja43nud wrote
George4Mayor86 t1_ja43ge0 wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Yogurtcloset8915 in NYC council votes to name street after antisemitic Nation of Islam leader by drpvn
Horseshoe theory is a fact.
George4Mayor86 t1_ja07qfg wrote
Reply to Map of Kings and Queens counties, 1853. Incredible how many of the present subway lines match up with old Plank Roads. by IIAOPSW
That’s not even all of Queens. Until municipal consolidation in 1898, or also includes all of present day Nassau county.
George4Mayor86 t1_j9ux0k8 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in MTA Pushes Congestion Pricing Back to Second Quarter of 2024 by perspicatic
Google “pigouvian tax.”
George4Mayor86 t1_j9uc0z7 wrote
Oh for fuck’s sake.
The status-quo bias in the review process is killing us. It’s not rocket science - internalizing the costs of driving on drivers works. Get it done.
George4Mayor86 t1_j9ubwpp wrote
Reply to comment by jumbod666 in MTA Pushes Congestion Pricing Back to Second Quarter of 2024 by perspicatic
$20 divided over every tomato in a tractor trailer truck seems pretty reasonable to men
George4Mayor86 t1_j8fn4vq wrote
Reply to comment by Scout-Penguin in MULTIPLE PEDESTRIANS STRUCK BY U-HAUL TRUCK IN BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN by Darth_Monkey
The NYTimes headline, “man driving UHaul truck strikes multiple pedestrians in Brooklyn” seems to cover it.
George4Mayor86 t1_jefi2zv wrote
Reply to comment by surferpro1234 in Memorial Sloan Kettering Files Plans For 594ft 31-Story Skyscraper At 1233 York Avenue On Manhattan’s Upper East Side by maybeitwasmee
If you hate tall buildings I suggest you live pretty much anywhere on earth other than Manhattan.