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chargeorge t1_jd5ntv1 wrote
Reply to comment by CaroleBaskinsBurner in End of an era: $1 pizza slices at NYC’s 2 Bros. Pizza are toast by NYY657545
They blew up in the 2008 crash when when they could get super cheap rent in high visibility areas. I remember in 2009 when a couple stores across the street in Manhattan got into a price war, I think they got down to like 79c a slice before they declare a truce.
chargeorge t1_jd0lil3 wrote
Reply to NYPD Blows Overtime Budget by Nearly $100 Million, On Pace for Record | The New York City Police Department’s budget overage defies a pledge by Mayor Eric Adams to cut overtime spending by half in his first year in office. by bloomberg
Legit, we have some of the highest police spending per capita in the country, and we have lots of efficiency since officers don’t need to spend a ton of time driving around, and we have relatively low crime. I don’t understand why we have such high overtime needs. My instinct is it’s officers prepping retirement but other comments indicate officers don’t like it either. We need something like the transit cost project for cops.
chargeorge t1_jcf7fvl wrote
Reply to comment by Brokeliner in Study shows those released under NY's bail reform laws are less likely to get rearrested by mowotlarx
We don’t, automatic bail reduction law doesn’t apply to vfo. Could we target "People who have had recent VFO arrests better, sure that seems like a good path
chargeorge t1_jcdvgsf wrote
Reply to comment by gh234ip in Douglaston residents come out against Hocul’s affordable housing plan by Russianb0t1
No one is suggesting to ban single family homes. We are discussing reducing the amount of places where that’s the only legal thing to build
chargeorge t1_jcd96gs wrote
Reply to comment by NetQuarterLatte in Study shows those released under NY's bail reform laws are less likely to get rearrested by mowotlarx
I feel like you are confusing arraignment and a trial here
chargeorge t1_jccqflx wrote
Reply to comment by NetQuarterLatte in Study shows those released under NY's bail reform laws are less likely to get rearrested by mowotlarx
Rates of missed appearances were down in another study I saw. So more cope
chargeorge t1_jcbn7bb wrote
Reply to comment by NetQuarterLatte in Study shows those released under NY's bail reform laws are less likely to get rearrested by mowotlarx
I mean if you have some research that shows these people are committing extra crimes in a way that distorts the numbers sure of love to see it.
There are some numbers in the study that suggest the opposite, that those who do re offend in the bail reform group go longer before re offending.
If you have some data I’m happy to see it, but tbh that point sounds like cope.
chargeorge t1_jcb7ys4 wrote
Reply to comment by wateringtheflowers in Study shows those released under NY's bail reform laws are less likely to get rearrested by mowotlarx
> First, is that re-arrests for violent felony increased, and that is the one statistic that actually matters. Secondly, that “slight” increase occurred despite the fact that overall arrests decreased dramatically during the pandemic.
No, VFO re-arrests were down slightly, only among specific subgroups did the VFO re-arrest go up according to the study, for the other groups it was down. Because of that the overall VFO rate was lower.
chargeorge t1_jcb74x4 wrote
Reply to comment by Grass8989 in Study shows those released under NY's bail reform laws are less likely to get rearrested by mowotlarx
No, that's not really how you should read that.
If violent felony re-arrests drops among the entire group, even if it went up slightly in one cohort, that's still a net drop. The recently had violent arrests groups is a small overall group.
So if you take this study at face value (Which, statistical studies like this are always going to be tough, and this is happening in the middle of a massive upheaval that makes any kind of data hard to parse) bail reform would suggest a lower number of re-arrests for crimes in total, and that bail reform dropped crime overall.
EITHER WAY, even the studies I've had that are more more critical of bail reform show very small effects. In terms of overall crime rates, bail reform is mostly just an emotional issue.
chargeorge t1_j8d9gap wrote
Reply to NYC Taxpayers Paid More Than $500 Million to Settle Crash Claims Involving City Vehicles by TinyTornado7
Over the past decade. I’m curious how that compares to other cities
chargeorge t1_j88vs54 wrote
Reply to comment by rick6787 in Bronx is snubbed as MTA pursues IBX plan by Best_Line6674
I mean I have no comments on the specific infrastructure, but yea Long Island needs a ton more density.
chargeorge t1_j88vfg6 wrote
Reply to comment by signal_tower_product in Bronx is snubbed as MTA pursues IBX plan by Best_Line6674
It’s also going to have its own ROW right, not running in mixed traffic?
chargeorge t1_j80cf90 wrote
Reply to comment by planning_throwaway1 in NYC will have $4.9B budget surplus for 2023, watchdog says by mowotlarx
I don't even think we need new capital construction to make that happen. We already run 6 minute headways for peak hours on most trains, this is just extending that frequency out all day. That estimate for costs I saw also would include busses. I would use the bus so much more if I knew I never had to wait longer than 6 minutes.
chargeorge t1_j7zgqtl wrote
Reply to comment by mowotlarx in NYC will have $4.9B budget surplus for 2023, watchdog says by mowotlarx
The city does contribute funds to the MTA, and has probably not been committing enough funds for a while.
I’d love if we could work out a deal to fund all day 6 minute service, which I’ve seen estimates between 250-350 million dollars in extra costs per year and would dramatically improve ridership.
chargeorge t1_j7wcj2v wrote
Reply to comment by ECK-2188 in NYC restaurant owners in limbo as City Council stalls on permanent outdoor dining by psychothumbs
The plans for permanent outdoor dining have shifted a fair amount, so I'm not sure where it stands, but there was a fee involved with it. Like a thousand dollars a year or something? not sure how much the ticket revenue on the average parking spot in NYC is.
chargeorge t1_j70efak wrote
Reply to comment by Grass8989 in New York Pays $121 Million for Police Misconduct, the Most in 5 Years by hau5keeping
Kettling peaceful protestors, gassing and beating them is close enough for me honestly.
chargeorge t1_j70dhnc wrote
Reply to comment by Grass8989 in New York Pays $121 Million for Police Misconduct, the Most in 5 Years by hau5keeping
I mean it literally happened in the past, its in the link. You also had pretty widespread police violence during the floyd protests (and no, not during the riots, kettling gassing and beating peaceful protesters). You've had repeated work stoppages, you've had police trying to foment a mob against shake shack employees. Hell they called in a huge fucking operation against someone for yelling at them.
Concern over a thing that happened in the past whle the NYPD continues to engage in bullshit is perfectly acceptable.
chargeorge t1_j5y9p47 wrote
Reply to comment by Grass8989 in Mayor Adams launches newsletter to counteract ‘distorted’ NYC press coverage by kinetic_hermetic
Did I blame anyone? Maybe the politicians who designed a system to suppress participation or the people who try to make sweeping generalizations without an iota of critical thinking.
chargeorge t1_j5wp9qb wrote
Reply to comment by Grass8989 in Mayor Adams launches newsletter to counteract ‘distorted’ NYC press coverage by kinetic_hermetic
what a stupid bunch of things to say.
Fox news isn't the only source that's been on the crime hype train, local TV stations and the post have been going even harder. Also are we going to pretend like a half of a quarter of a half of the population of NY is a great representation of opinion? It's a system not designed to capture voter opinion on issues, because the dem party of NY doesn't want that, they want to push machine candidates.
Also stop trying to use minorities to shield your shitty opinions. You aren't protecting anyone.
chargeorge t1_j5vh4nt wrote
Reply to comment by k1lk1 in Why Is the Head of NYC Jails Endorsing a Debunked Fentanyl 'Myth'? by psychothumbs
They tried to pull similar shit with books a few years ago, and it removed the ability to send books and prisoners had to pay to read a tiny curated list of books provided by a third party vendor
chargeorge t1_j5nafse wrote
Reply to comment by Own_Decision_4063 in A walk through the 191st street tunnel in NYC from August 2015 while walking to catch a train. by tonezinthebonez
Yea I didn’t realize they had refurbished it. It looks brighter and cleaner and a little bit soulless. It did have some creepy vibes though.
chargeorge t1_j5n81uw wrote
Reply to comment by Own_Decision_4063 in A walk through the 191st street tunnel in NYC from August 2015 while walking to catch a train. by tonezinthebonez
That’s the 1 at 168th, a few stops south of here.
The pictures of that station from when it opened had these huge chandeliers. Very cool.
They hung from the circle in the ceiling here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/168th_Street_station_(New_York_City_Subway)#/media/File%3A168th_Street_IRT_Broadway_2.JPG
chargeorge t1_j53br85 wrote
Reply to Loudass thunder by FreakOfTheWoods
Was walking my dog when it came down. She was not thrilled.
chargeorge t1_j2oojm3 wrote
Reply to comment by seejordan3 in Thank you AG Letitia James for making them pay. Also f NYSC by gabeman
Our family likes her a lot, my wife worked at a low income d75 school that was about to lose most of it's space to a charter during bloombergs big charter push. She helped the community push back against that and preserve a lot of the things like therapy spaces and common spaces that it was supposed to lose.
chargeorge t1_je7p8e0 wrote
Reply to Rockaway Beach's Jacob Riis bathhouse lands $47.5M for renovations | Crain's New York Business by mikeymiggz
It’s a cool structure. I’m excited to see how it comes out and how it’s used. Q