A bit of both. You need to be sure that all areas of the road are ready to be paved, the weather needs to be not super wet or anything, and probably logistical/contracting/regulatory stuff - did all sections get inspected, repaired, etc.

Rats don't just eat poisoned bait and fall over. They die slowly through internal hemorrhaging over a week or so at most. That means they can have acquired multiple lethal doses of poison in their bloodstream via repeat feedings.

Also, due to how the way the law is structured, private landlords can perform self-extermination. A lot of them aren't very good at it.

It's a clusterfuck of problems.

The article directly cites a number of doctors and at the end of it, cites that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has found that NYU Langone has a VIP system that "teaches resident patient bias".

Seems like pretty solid evidence that NYU Langone prioritizes donors and trustees.

With that said, this is the way that systems work almost everywhere - if you know someone or are "important" in some way, you get treated better. This is not something likely to change.

What I find distasteful is the implication that those who protest this system get retaliated against/fired. That seems like a step way too far.

There is almost no chance that the city can attract skilled IT workers, unless it's folks at the beginning of their careers or someone who's only competent on paper.

IT pay is already higher than median pay in the US (55K or so), and IT is an industry where the norm is quickly becoming hybrid schedules (1-2 days a week out).

On top of that, the lack of decent promotional options makes it awful for an IT worker long term. Most IT folks can change jobs every 2-3 years and get a nice salary bump. No such equivalent in the city.

I just don't see how the city can attract IT folks. It's not rational to work for the city.

https://greenpointers.com/2022/01/19/leptospirosis-outbreak-confirmed-in-williamsburg/

According to the above, it was between two and four. And look, is that a ton of dogs? No, but the issue here was that a spot in McCarren had bad drainage and the water became a vector for lepto which spread to dogs. This is a (relatively) easy fix that could've saved some pups from getting sick and dying.

As much as you may want to limit the scope of your original argument/statement - fine. But you shouldn't ignore property damage, because in the end we as taxpayers end up paying for it.

You don't have to take it from me, but I got trained by Bobby Corrigan. I encourage you to read up anything he's written, as well as any stuff by Matt Frye and Tim Best, who are all fantastic scientists who practice IPM. (Integrated Pest Management).

Lepto killed a bunch of dogs in Brooklyn last year. Hantavirus can go airborne from feces. (Clean up rat/mice feces with care, folks).

If the health stuff doesn't bother you, then the property damage numbers should. It can cost thousands and thousands to repair sidewalk joists when they burrow underneath. Rats often will go into cars during the winter as well and will go in there and start chewing up wires.

I don't hate rats - on the contrary, they're pretty cool creatures. But you can't ignore them from either a public health and/or public spaces standpoint.

Good thing we've got a new Mayor working hard in the trenches and getting stuff done!

also /s

OMB approval expires after six months - stay in touch with your contact so you don't get fucked again, mate.

What's the verdict on the weekly crime threads? I enjoyed it and felt it made the community and subreddit better (I know others obviously disagree). Any chance it'll be made permanent?

OMB approval expires after six months. Keep messaging your contact on the reg and ask for updates. It's totally fine, just be polite and all. My point is that try to make sure you get started during six month window, or the process will take even longer.

That's on the manager - they should've explained things to you. Basically they're mandated to offer interviews and such to the top 3 folks on the exam list. You got pushed out.

Sorry it happened to you, but yeah. It's an extremely shitty process.

I'm almost 99% sure Adams is going to trumpet all the vacancies and reduced headcount as a savings triumph.

The problem is that if/when economic conditions improve (which are the stated reasons for the 7% cut), it will take a very, very long time for employee morale and ability to improve.

Another effect of these cuts (which explicitly rule out layoffs) is that you're losing the most valuable employees. Those folks with options and the ability to move elsewhere are going to do so. The ones that stay are going to be the folks who have to stay due to their circumstances (pension/healthcare/family, etc) or who can't.

That's fine for a lot of jobs that don't require too much training, but it kind of sounds like a death knell for skilled knowledge workers, like those in IT, engineers, programmers, etc. The city had difficulty recruiting those folks before, and it's going to worse after.

I suggest you take that up with DOE and DCAS. I'm pretty sure that title was proposed and accepted by a few agencies on both the city and state level.

That is their literal civil service title. I think that’s the most appropriate way to refer to someone’s professional title, but if you disagree that’s cool.

Yep, this too.

There's a ton of things that have to get done before the building staff and students start pouring in.

Because DOE custodial engineers are required to maintain the premises.

If this is impacting your quality of life, you can contact the school's principal or your community board. Realistically unless you organize or you're very wealthy/well-connected, you're probably SOL.

On the bright side, there's probably only a month or two of leaf-falling season - you can look up the trees on your block to gauge how much longer til the trees finish shedding.