Also, why the rush to arrest Hernandez and charge him with murder only to significantly downgrade the charges like 12 hours later?

I understand upgrading/downgrading charges are a routine part of the justice system. I have no issue with that.

But arresting the guy less than 24 hours after the stabbing and then charging him with murder only to change it to assault the next day makes it clear the D.A.'s Office didn't have close to all the facts when they moved on him originally.

Why was there such an urgency to arrest this guy right away and charge him with the most serious charge possible?

The guy has a clean record and isn't a flight risk or a danger to the community. Why did the D.A.'s Office not do their due diligence before perp-walking him as an accused murderer?

>leaving space for every community to set up their own cultural milestones.

If a "cultural milestone" is defined by lionizing a notorious bigot who founded an antisemitic and racist prison cult, that culture is trash.

>but no one says anything about that.

There has been ongoing discourse for years in not just NYC but all over the country regarding removing and renaming anything deemed remotely 'problematic'.

The Museum of Nature History removed a statue of Teddy Roosevelt (that had been there for 80 years) because activists complained it was "racist", yet I have not heard any of them expressing even a modicum of pushback to a street named after a notoriously racist, abusive, assassination plotting bigot.

This was part of a larger bill that re-named 128 other public places and thoroughfares.

There was some pushback during the hearings, notably from City Council member David Carr, but he is also a republican so he didn't have much political capital to fight it.

Even Curry getting hit with strays lol

His role is public safety, duh!

If it's that bad already, an influx of disruptive asshole kids would make it that much worse for them!

If you're smart and traveling light, just take public transportation out of LaGuardia.

Way cheaper than a cab or rideshare, and there are more transit options than people would think.

>They are striking the taxi and limousine company not normal Uber drivers.

The organizer of this strike, New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), is a labor union.

It isn't a company that directly employs any drivers.

Not sure why you have posts referring to it as a third party taxi company.

>The fact of the matter is that even when presented when evidence of objectively bad decisions, people will still do them.

Yup.

The NYT story from yesterday is a perfect example of this.

The story details how a kid went to a memorial for a friend who died subway surfing, yet he continues to subway surf himself.

If his own buddy dying didn't deter him from subway surfing for internet clout, no amount of fear-mongering PSAs will do it, either.

I have no clue what the solution is, though getting these videos banned is a start.

It is crazy to me that the MTA didn't get this done a long time ago, given the one video last June of the kids doing it on the J-Train went really viral.

Does that type of reinforcement work with kids?

I remember like 20 years ago those "Scared Straight" style PSAs were really popular but their effectiveness at deterring kids from being shitheads was underwhelming, to say the least.

Sure, but fully doing away with the "gig" model for rideshare companies would inevitably result in what I described, which is Uber having control of when/where drivers work.

That would make organizing labor strikes easier, but again, I'm not sure how many drivers would want dedicated shifts assigned to them by Uber.

Yeah, public transportation options are actually pretty good @ LaGuardia.

Like you said, if a family (or individual) is traveling with a lot of checked luggage, using a car service would be more convenient but if someone just has a small carry-on, it is way cheaper to just take the bus.

MTA offers half a dozen different options between LaGuardia and the city.

>The system is designed to stifle worker organizing

That's because the system is designed to let people work whenever/wherever they want.

It is hard to get a majority of workers on the same page when nobody has a set work schedule.

A labor strike effort would be way more effective if employee classification for ride-share drivers extended to Uber assigning specific pickup zones, dates, and hours to drivers.

An actual strike @ LaGuardia would be impactful if for instance, all riders assigned to work LaGuardia pickup that day collectively decided to strike. Then Uber would have to scramble to assign new drivers to that pickup zone, and those drivers could also strike.

Not sure how many drivers would want Uber to assign them when/where they could drive, though.

This will be the third strike drivers have held in the past three months in protest of Uber's legal battle against the TLC , and I would argue the media attention is diminishing returns at this point.

Also, given the two previous strikes resulted in no discernible difference in riders being able to get paired with a driver, it would be surprising if a third strike that is smaller in scope results in more drivers joining the strike.

It would be nice to see a unified front, but that surge pricing is going to be too sweet for a lot of drivers to pass up.

Between the bus lines running and the drivers who take advantage of lots of available fares, it would be surprising if that had much of an impact on those who need a ride out of LaGuardia.

>For example, charter schools shouldn't get a choice in rejecting students

LOL this is one of the biggest benefits of charter schools-- for teachers, students, and parents alike.

Ask any parent who has a child @ a charter school whether or not they support the school's ability to reject disruptive students, and I guarantee you'd get a resounding "YES".

People don't like poking the elephant in the room since it is considered gauche to shit on kids, but one of the biggest reasons why NYC schools are the way they are is because a lot of students don't take education seriously and act like complete assholes.

Legislators should have pressured TikTok (and other platforms) to ban these videos a long time ago.

TikTok, where a lot of these dumb trends originates, is pretty receptive to clamping down on "harmful" content, if for no other reason than avoiding more bad PR.

But it is wild to me how quickly they banned those milk crate challenge videos, but you can still find videos of idiots subway surfing.

The only victims here are the New Yorkers who had their commutes delayed.

I almost feel bad for not feeling bad for idiots who die subway surfing.

It is a rotating detail of 40 people in total. It is also a pretty coveted spot to get if you're NYSP.

Per the article, a typical security detail includes five people (4 troopers + 1 supervisor).

That is perfectly reasonable for a governor.

Article says internal affairs, and state police confirmed the investigation to the Post with an on-the-record comment.

LOL the anecdote in the beginning of the article is about how this city is either too stupid or too lazy (or both) to change a light bulb in a public space.

I am glad that Adams has promoted one of his City Hall subordinates to "czar" status to tackle pressing city issues such as this.

Literally everything about this new role that is outlined in the Times article is stuff that is already under the purview of existing NYC departments.

Because nothing results in positive outcomes and good use of tax dollars like more bureaucracy to fix inefficiency of existing government.

>The nearest "station" from me that takes batteries is a best buy in Sunnyside and I'm in Ridgewood.

From 311:

>All stores in New York State that sell rechargeable batteries or products containing them must accept rechargeable batteries for recycling. No purchase is necessary.
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>These types of stores include:
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>Hardware stores
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>Office supply stores
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>Drugstores
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>Electronics stores
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>Food stores with less than 14,000 square feet are exceptions and do not need to accept batteries.

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You don't have to go all the way out to Best Buy. Basically any hardware or office supply store will take batteries since they all sell products which use rechargeable batteries.

Even pharmacies that sell burner phones will take them.

>calling on manufacturers to make sure e-mobility devices only work with approved batteries.

Manufacturers will interpret this as "approved batteries" being proprietary batteries only.