I don’t see anything about that being about DWIs. That’s just misdemeanors total, with no indication whether or not that increase was consistent across all misdemeanors or drive by large increases in specific types as far as I can see. So you still have no idea what the actual increase in DWI dismissals are and whether or not it’s absurd or not.

EDIT: I also just noticed that you’re relying on the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank that’s been ardently ain’t bail and discovery reform since they were announced. So not exactly a non-biased source.

You’re the one who said absurdly high and that’s the only percentage provided so is that what you were referring to or did you mean the imaginary percentage you assume exists?

15% dismissal is absurdly high? That seems like hyperbole honestly.

Because the developer dropped out before it ever went to a vote.

She didn’t veto it. It never went to a vote, Teitelbaum pulled out when negotiations broke down before that even happened.

Not a single member of the panel did that though. At least according to the article you posted. Chu maybe right in his beliefs but based on the information in the article he makes a lot of assumptions to reach those beliefs.

Yeah, I guess someone thinking that a museum is virtual signaling for a 2000 year old mummified person is pretty oniony. Well played.

This is article isn’t about his past, it’s about his present.

You are using the term incorrectly then.

I’m not sure you know what the great replacement conspiracy is.

He claimed to be living as an openly out and proud gay republican for over a decade and never experiencing any discrimination from the Republican Party because of it but was married to a woman less than 3 years ago. That fact combined with the discovery of his other lies calls into question his claim.

Um… “goblin mode” is two words…

No, he wasn’t on trial. Only his corporation was.

More importantly, who the heck is Siguard Jarlson?

Why is the article quoting from a heritage foundation sponsored opinion site?

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The article wasn’t just about them since I literally quoted from it when it spoke about how this is a national issue. It used the two people in Hells Kitchen you want to talk about as one example but also featured several others. You really didn’t read the article in full.

EDIT: Do I think it’s fraud? Sure. I already said as much. It’s not the same or on the even the same scale as what Trump did so that’s just a stupid nonsense comparison but it is fraud. It doesn’t seem like anyone, even the people interviewed in the article, are denying that.

EDIT: it’s also hilarious to be complaining about this happening in NY because people want to live here when the article literally states that rental fraud in NY is 6%, half the national average of 12%.

TLDR: OP didn’t read the article which says that this is happening across the country and has specifically doubled in the last few years.

No, you said that they’re lying because they want to live in New York, which the article you posted refutes. If it’s a national issue that has doubled specifically in the last few years that suggests that it’s not about “want” or “personal gain” and is symptomatic of larger issues.

Tell us you didn’t read the article you posted without saying you didn’t read the article you posted.

From the article you posted:

Across the U.S., rental-application fraud doubled in the last few years, going from around 6 to 12 percent

Isn’t bank fraud when you’re providing fraudulent information to a bank? Trump committed bank fraud because he was lying to a bank providing him loans. This is just fraud.

Mostly because he didn’t really play much of a role in bringing down Capone. The image of Ness we have now was mostly created by pop culture (the Untouchables tv show and movie). He did far more as the safety coordinator of Cleveland (created a police academy, introduced patrols both on foot and by cruiser, and created community organizations to head off juvenile delinquency) than he did as an untouchable.