acheampong14
acheampong14 t1_jatm6ci wrote
acheampong14 t1_j74uzpc wrote
Reply to comment by mowotlarx in Eric Adams Let Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Operator Depart With $15 Million by exgalactic
“Instead, Ports America is newly committing to spend $15 million on constructing improvements at Manhattan’s Pier 90.” I don’t see what the issue is. All this fake outrage.
acheampong14 t1_j5x03rt wrote
Like there has to be an end game / real plan for this. NYC can’t accommodate, feed, and support the entire refugee population of South America, Mexico and Senegal.
We can’t even adequately house the existing population sans migrants. Housing takes years to construct. It’s like some of these activists are just begging for suffering and chaos just to score political points. It’s petty and disgusting.
acheampong14 t1_j534pkk wrote
Reply to comment by co_matic in Police need to crack down on people in Brooklyn not stopping at red lights by malefootlover1
And now the former Inwood councilman is the commissioner of the Department of Transportation. So this is what happens…
acheampong14 t1_j31t6np wrote
The de Blasio administration was a financial disaster. How does the city budget jump by $30B to provide worse services. Adams is equally incompetent but doesn’t have a surging economy to hide behind. If property taxes from offices go down the drain, we are in for some dramatic cuts. I have no doubts Adams will be thrown under the bus for a mess mostly created by the past administration.
acheampong14 t1_iskfpnp wrote
Reply to comment by GVas22 in Seaport Residents Cheer After Judge Halts Construction of Skyscraper; Developer Says ‘Just a Temporary Roadblock’ by kapuasuite
The heart of the issue— and the source of the opposition—is that directly across from the parking lot is the hideous HIGH-RISE complex Southbridge Towers. Several years ago, it’s greedy residents successfully voted to overturn their affordable Mitchell Lama designation so they could sell their government subsidized apartments at market rate prices. This new tower at 250 Water will substantially obstruct East River and Brooklyn Bridge views from all east-facing units, greatly reducing their values.
In NYC, the historic preservation movement has been mostly hijacked by self-centered residents who simply want to maintain their property values. Very little is actually about preserving significant architecture/history. It’s no coincidence that the vast majority of historic districts are in wealthy residential areas.
acheampong14 t1_irkhf61 wrote
The streets are cleaner then than now. A earity in the 70s. I guess less people/foot traffic
acheampong14 t1_je6w9kw wrote
Reply to Can New York Fix Its Housing Crisis? It Depends on the Suburbs by thenewyorktimes
Building housing is the suburbs is fine and needed, but it would be much more effective and more environmentally sound to just build more housing in the city.