tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post3320975458354859442..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: We Choose a Councilperson Two Months From NowClarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-53554522833081811792013-08-17T15:46:55.039-04:002013-08-17T15:46:55.039-04:00Thank you, Mr. Thomas for that beautifully written...Thank you, Mr. Thomas for that beautifully written, from the heart endorsement of my incredible sister-in-law Saundra Thomas. I've known Saundra for 18 years and she's everything you say she is: passionate, organized, driven, generous. She is running for one reason only: she loves her neighborhood and her people and wants to make things better. I have gone door to door with her and watched her completely intuitive way of connecting with people. Yes, she has the experience for this job and equally as vital: the ideas, the energy and the follow through. Only once in a while does a candidate like Saundra come along. The rest of the time, we get the Mathieu Eugenes of the world. The man is running on empty and counting on apathy. People can decide to make a move, make a difference. Spread the word about Saundra--she needs your vote !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-87711406788869715222013-07-10T17:23:08.369-04:002013-07-10T17:23:08.369-04:00What will it take for Saundra Thomas to win?
Here...What will it take for Saundra Thomas to win?<br /><br />Here's what it took for Eugene:<br /><br /><i>03/15/2007<br />Dr. Mathieu Eugene gets a win in NYC Council Race ...Board of Elections certified the special election for City Council in the 40th Councilmanic District, declaring Dr. Mathieu Eugene the winner, with 2,076 of the 6,178 votes cast.</i><br /><br />Just about 2,100 votes out of 6,200.<br /><br />How many voters live in the 40th district? A lot more than 6,200.<br /><br />Anyway, if you want Thomas to win, then she's gotta talk about giving away a lot of taxpayers' money to every group that has its hand out.<br /><br />And she's gotta talk about Eugene's corrupt administration, starting with his lies about his residency, then moving to his phony claim of being a doctor. Then following the taxpayers' money he illicitly funneled to projects run by his family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-29808325344048071582013-07-10T17:05:38.981-04:002013-07-10T17:05:38.981-04:00Gotta love this guy. Obviously Eugene is corrupt a...Gotta love this guy. Obviously Eugene is corrupt and dishonest. NY Times 2007. Remember:<br /><br /><i> In the end, Mr. Cuomo said that under his interpretation of the law, a candidate must establish residency by the date of the election. And Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, adopted that view.<br /><br />Dr. Eugene refused to sign an affidavit — a new requirement following the attorney general’s pronouncement — saying simply that he met residency requirements.<br /><br />He declined to provide a copy of the lease and other information to the Council. And the Council said he could not be sworn in unless he provided a host of information substantiating his residency claims.<br /><br />Rather than fight the matter in court, Dr. Eugene declined to take the seat, leading Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to declare the seat vacant again and call for a second special election. Dr. Eugene immediately announced that he would run in the second special election. Mr. Schiffman and Mr. Sharpe had also run in the first special election.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-18468290289683774462013-07-10T16:51:56.089-04:002013-07-10T16:51:56.089-04:00Here's what's in the budget for the genera...Here's what's in the budget for the general neighborhood. The next city council member -- Eugene, Thomas, Kinard, whomever -- will have this to talk about:<br /><br /><i>Flatbush Revitalization. EDC’s Fiscal 2013 January Capital Commitment Plan includes $52 million in Fiscal 2013-2016 for the restoration of Loew’s Kings<br />Theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn.<br /><br />The goal of the renovation project is to restore the historic structure and create a state-of-the-art performance facility.<br />Located at 1025-1035 Flatbush Avenue, the space will be the largest indoor theater in Brooklyn and will be the centerpiece of a revitalized Flatbush. The expected<br />opening is in the fall of 2014.</i> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-86823345325687749962013-07-10T11:35:16.214-04:002013-07-10T11:35:16.214-04:00Tish is running for Public Advocate this year, rep...Tish is running for Public Advocate this year, replacing Di Blasio. Whoever succeeds her, however, will most likely continue to vote progressive.babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365488181982105888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-6091112080822724352013-07-10T10:51:07.039-04:002013-07-10T10:51:07.039-04:00Re: "Trash, trash, trash, trash, trash. Golly...Re: <i>"Trash, trash, trash, trash, trash. Golly it gets me how filthy it is around here!"</i><br /><br />Trash, trash, trash and dog poop. :)<br /><br />Hey, Q, by the way, it turns out I am just within the borders of the 35th district. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-28568160718297785712013-07-10T10:19:24.202-04:002013-07-10T10:19:24.202-04:00The single most important questions I would ask Sa...The single most important questions I would ask Saundra, and will, when I send YOUR questions (that was kind of the point of my post), are:<br /><br />Who do you support for mayor? This speaks VOLUMES.<br /><br />and<br /><br />What do you think of the job Dennis Wolcott is doing at DOE?<br /><br />and <br /><br />What's your thinking on development in Flatbush, given current zoning rules? Should they be looked at, and maybe changed?<br /><br />and <br /><br />Flatbush Ave congestion and safety<br /><br />and <br /><br />Trash, trash, trash, trash, trash. Golly it gets me how filthy it is around here!<br /><br />As to S&F I think you can count on Saundra to agree with Jumaane Williams, Brad Lander, Tish James and the Brooklyn progressives. I think she'll vote with them pretty solidly, creating a powerful Brooklyn coalitions of "progressives." This is very important, considering our current leader's inability to articulate a position on ANYTHING. Coalitions have a lot of power in the Council. And maybe one of them (Lander?) could get elected leader. Wouldn't THAT be something!<br /><br />Lastly, I don't think Sylvia Kinard is a problem at all. She'll help divert votes away from the incumbent, resulting in a run-off. In a head-to-head battle with Eugene, I think we can wrest this seat from the lamest incumbent on the council.<br /><br />And that TOO would be something to cheer. Big time.<br /><br /><br /><br />Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-68527113780060278352013-07-10T10:02:18.472-04:002013-07-10T10:02:18.472-04:00As for the city mayoral race:
DO NOT VOTE FOR CHR...As for the city mayoral race:<br /><br />DO NOT VOTE FOR CHRISTINE QUINN!!!!!!! DO NOT!!!!!! SHE IS BLOOMBERG 2.0!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />VOTE FOR EITHER DIBLASIO, LIU, OR THOMPSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />WHY? Since 2002 Bloomberg has crushed the public school system in New York City through draconian policies that have led to a rise in dropouts and quality of education. He has also closed over 150+ public schools under his bureaucratic system!<br /><br />He has also given teachers a hard time and said verbatim, "If it were up to me, I'd fire half of NYC's teachers," can you believe that?! He has also show dictator-like mayoral control. We know all too well.<br /><br />SO... Why DiBlasio, Liu, or Thompson and NOT QUINN? Quinn has stated verbatim on school chancellor selections that, "I don't think the schools chancellor should necessarily be a teacher or have experience." WHAT?! and she also said she'd continue much of Bloomberg's policies.<br /><br />DiBlasio, Liu, and Thompson have shown compassion and experience. Liu graduated from the Bronx High School of Science, an elite public school in NYC, and he has recently launched a report against the NYCDOE and Bloomberg showing how his numbers are fudged and schools are performing worse.<br /><br />Thompson is on Liu's side and is backed by the UFT.<br /><br />DiBlasio has also shown awareness and care and is sided with Liu and Thompson.<br /><br />The education perspective is highly significant as I feel PLG's school district, District 17 needs more quality options in public education than just P.S. 249 and Medgar Evars, and the few charter schools. Everything else is pretty crappy. Liu, Thompson, and DeBlasio will actually care. VOTE FOR THEM AND ONLY THEM!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-67187932898347226992013-07-10T09:59:55.716-04:002013-07-10T09:59:55.716-04:00I met Saundra Thomas at the 40 Clarkson meeting, a...I met Saundra Thomas at the 40 Clarkson meeting, and I dig her. That said, I think we are making headway on some quality of life issues here (traffic, cops, trash) and what a responsive city council person could do for this neighborhood would be something to discourage the general neglect and exploitation of this swath of central Brooklyn. Get a big-footprint manufacturer or media company to invest in the area. Capitalize on the students, professors, and campuses of Medgar Evers and Brooklyn College and Downstate and offer non-fast food jobs. Marty Markowitz will leave, and someone's gonna have to pick up the "Brooklyn brand." What about the Flatbush School of Urban Agriculture? Hotel Management? How about making solar panels? The Snobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651104992931398542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-87631307997035802582013-07-10T09:51:58.423-04:002013-07-10T09:51:58.423-04:00“'The comment makes it seems like the adult ch...<i>“'The comment makes it seems like the adult child just moves in when mom and/or dad is about to die, when legally the adult child has to establish residency for at least a year before claiming succession rights.'<br /><br />In fact, what you described is EXACTLY what happened in a case I know well. About three months ago, the adult daughter moved into her mother's rent-stabilized apartment literally days before her mother died.”</i><br /><br />Hey, it sounds like it’s the landlord who dropped the ball by not taking the adult child to court. Can’t get too mad at the adult child here. http://nytenantlawyer.typepad.com/my-blog/2010/12/succession-rights-swordsmanship-in-new-york-city.html<br /><br /><i>“It was made clear in the court case that the injured party was in the US illegally. HIs language skills were not, per se, the issue.”</i><br />I don't understand why this tidbit was even mentioned when admittedly it wasn't very relevant to the issue at hand.<br /><br /><i>“But the fact that taxpayers were billed to provide an interpreter to assist an illegal alien collect an insurance award from a lawfully operating local business because the illegal alien was riding his bicycle -- without lights -- on a major road on a dark winter night seems like an abuse of American good will to me.”</i><br />If it could be proven that he was an undocumented resident, then would there have been legal grounds to have the case dropped? If so, that’s the failing of the legal representation of the limo company who was sued.<br />Yet, you admitted in your previous post that you thought the limo company should have only given the man his lost wages. Your previous line of reasoning however seems to make it sound like the man shouldn’t have even bothered bringing the lawsuit in the first place, as it was a waste of taxpayer money because he is in this country (allegedly) illegally and should have no jurisdiction. <br /><br />Dan: <i>“It'd be great to have a trader joe's or fairway, but more exciting than that for me would be a really great Y--not a dinky outpost but a 92nd St. Y for Brooklyn.”</i><br />Believe me, I’d <i>love</i> to have a Trader Joe’s or Fairway here too, but where is it going to go (unless, again, we get rid of that Western Beef)? Can anyone think of a space suitable and large enough to hold it?<br /><br /><i>“But lets try to remember in this thread that the main point is to come up with questions for Saundra.”</i><br />Okay. Then why not ask her, why not petition for a Trader Joe’s or a Fairway to come to the area? It’d provide jobs (the Fairway Red Hook location is good about hiring people from the neighborhood), and the price points and product selection would appeal to both the yuppies and the working-class residents of the neighborhood. <br /><br />Why can’t there be more enforcement of the pooper scooper law (since we’re talking about quality of life issues)?<br /><br />What about petitioning to have the old bakery building on Flatbush Avenue landmarked? Maybe that could hold the Flatbush museum you had mentioned.<br /><br />Of course, any candidate is going to be asked about affordable housing...how to have it preserved and how more can be created.<br /><br /><i>“but more exciting than that for me would be a really great Y--not a dinky outpost but a 92nd St. Y for Brooklyn.”</i><br />I agree with you. It would be something from which people in the community of all ages can benefit. I don’t want to have to go make the trek to Farragut, or to Park Slope or to Atlantic Avenue. There should be something like that in this area. Again, where would something like this go?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-11007439498311775452013-07-10T08:38:45.072-04:002013-07-10T08:38:45.072-04:00If you want Saundra Thomas to win, then someone ha...If you want Saundra Thomas to win, then someone has to count the votes Eugene got when he ran for office, and a team of Saundra supporters has to pretty much escort a bigger number of voters to the polls on primary day.<br /><br />Otherwise, the usual voter apathy will hand Eugene another victory. <br /><br />But even if she wins, it's not as though things will change. No city council person can increase the number of charter schools in the city. Moreover, that's a hot topic. Dept of Ed people would mobilize against her if she were too vocal on that topic. <br /><br />The way to the City Council is to promise to spend more taxpayers' money on whatever voters demand. HOwever spreading around the dough has to be tempered with the knowledge that powerful unions, like the teachers union, can throw some weight around if they object to something a candidate says.<br /><br />Bloomberg seems to be unpopular here, but he's been a true supporter of charter schools. That means even though posters here seem to want more charter schools, they don't want Bloomberg, even though he's the guy with the kind of power who's able to make something happen.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Christine Quinn is in the pocket of the teachers union, so no matter what she says in favor of charter schools, it's only lip service. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-52802659534932720042013-07-10T08:27:14.985-04:002013-07-10T08:27:14.985-04:00disco princess says:
The fact that the man hit by...disco princess says:<br /><br /><i>The fact that the man hit by the car did not speak English is not relevant to whether or not he "cheated the system" and the inclusion of that tidbit is borderline offensive and it undermines the argument. NB: This country does not have an official language.</i><br /><br />It was made clear in the court case that the injured party was in the US illegally. HIs language skills were not, per se, the issue. But the fact that taxpayers were billed to provide an interpreter to assist an illegal alien collect an insurance award from a lawfully operating local business because the illegal alien was riding his bicycle -- without lights -- on a major road on a dark winter night seems like an abuse of American good will to me.<br /><br /><i>Besides, important relevant details are left out of the story, like whether or not the limo driver had committed a hit and run or whether he had actually stopped to see whom or what he had hit.</i><br /><br />The limo driver stopped. It's that simple. But if he hadn't, there's no way the injured bicyclist would have been able to press the case. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-55022963907584928142013-07-10T08:18:36.902-04:002013-07-10T08:18:36.902-04:00Probably shouldn't have mentioned the mosquito...Probably shouldn't have mentioned the mosquito issue. Thought hard about middle class businesses & realized we have more than I thought (play kids, pet stores, kings county nurseries). It'd be great to have a trader joe's or fairway, but more exciting than that for me would be a really great Y--not a dinky outpost but a 92nd St. Y for Brooklyn. Also a museum dedicated to the history of Flatbush. Not a dull place no one wants to go or a token acknowledgment of the past, but a kick ass cultural institution that creates a greater sense of what this community used to be and in many new and interesting ways still is about beyond 99 cent stores, drive by hooliganism, and guys like me whining on message boards about coffee shops. As for what Empire Blvd could be I don't have a very clear idea but one of my fave big commercial streets is the stretch of Atlantic Ave between Flatbush and the BQE. But lets try to remember in this thread that the main point is to come up with questions for Saundra.Dan Freedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412738552914173590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-18385759977254126992013-07-10T08:15:22.152-04:002013-07-10T08:15:22.152-04:00disco princess writes:
The comment makes it seems...disco princess writes:<br /><br /><i>The comment makes it seems like the adult child just moves in when mom and/or dad is about to die, when legally the adult child has to establish residency for at least a year before claiming succession rights.</i><br /><br />In fact, what you described is EXACTLY what happened in a case I know well. About three months ago, the adult daughter moved into her mother's rent-stabilized apartment literally days before her mother died. <br /><br />The daughter now has legal possession of the apartment. I'll spare you the details, but none of this is in question. The building is a 48-unit structure in the Kips Bay section of Manhattan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-72220983377514101872013-07-10T05:39:56.952-04:002013-07-10T05:39:56.952-04:00http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bac...http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.backyardcity.com/Images/WTI/2009-Screen-Enclosure-Large.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.backyardcity.com/Umbrellas/WTI-Mosquito-Net-A-SE.htm&h=500&w=500&sz=58&tbnid=FDmaBLj-1qjhaM:&tbnh=105&tbnw=105&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmosquito%2Bnetting%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=mosquito+netting&usg=__msPFs0Jon0rkBWnc3mkjBQDci5Q=&docid=hhI7NB0i48hCzM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qSvdUfDWDJel4AOemIGoDw&sqi=2&ved=0CIABEPUBMAc&dur=2734ElizabethChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316599865446371061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-33222496139210683692013-07-10T05:38:04.668-04:002013-07-10T05:38:04.668-04:00Seriously...mosquitos in your back yard? That'...Seriously...mosquitos in your back yard? That's a quality of life issue? Dude, must be nice to HAVE A BACK YARD.<br />Also not living near a huge park with a lake would help.<br /><br />Also, what is a business that caters to "the middle class"? Are we taking fancy groceries again?ElizabethChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316599865446371061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-52501759101896822942013-07-10T00:30:15.698-04:002013-07-10T00:30:15.698-04:00Hi, Dan,
Re: "--ugliness & uselessness o...Hi, Dan,<br /><br />Re: "--ugliness & uselessness of empire blvd."<br /><br />What is your vision for Empire Boulevard? (I can see wanting to get rid of Western Beef and that yet-to-be-opened Checkers <i>is</i> utterly useless, but) what else?<br /><br />What kind of businesses do you want to see that "cater to middle-class people"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-35123405654055193292013-07-09T23:53:21.954-04:002013-07-09T23:53:21.954-04:00Hi Dan,
I have no idea, but I think that the mosq...Hi Dan,<br /><br />I have no idea, but I think that the mosquito issue is a borough wide problem (although it is important for people to remember that ANY STANDING WATER CAN AND DOES ACT AS A MOSQUITO BREEDING GROUND so tip it out.) <br /><br />Personally, I kind of want to know whether to candidates will keep the citibike program and expand bikes lanes. Hopefully along with this expansion will come more enforcement of bicyclists who break the law. But I think that the police may look the other way when it comes to deliverymen as it's a lot of under the table work and their immigration status maybe questionable. Also, the deliverymen are the least able to afford the fines, but there's no way to send any fines onto the restaurants which are encouraging them to break the law. <br /><br />As for businesses that cater to middle class people, I would be interested in what you think those are. I consider myself middle class, but the kinds of businesses I would enjoy seeing more of aren't necessary the kinds that most would want to see in the neighborhood. It's more curiosity than criticism here. ducky k.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-54755795823851904462013-07-09T23:14:17.683-04:002013-07-09T23:14:17.683-04:00What are we missing out on by having Eugene as our...What are we missing out on by having Eugene as our councilman? I suspect its a lot, but I'm not clear what it is.<br /><br />What will Saundra Thomas do about (in no particular order)<br /><br />--mediocre (at best) schools<br />--very few businesses that cater to middle class people<br />--mosquitos in my backyard. I'm serious. Do they have to deal with this in Park Slope? it feels frivolous but i swear it is my #1 quality of life complaint<br />--thugs<br />--food deliverymen who one day will run me over driving the wrong way down the street or on the sidewalk<br />--really loud parties (hasn't been a problem this summer but i suspect its just dumb luck)<br />--trash<br />--threat of too many too-tall buildings when developers get going<br />--ugliness of parkside ave b/w flatbush & the park<br />--chaos of flatbush traffic<br />--ugliness & uselessness of empire blvd.<br />Dan Freedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412738552914173590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-56160227331614570302013-07-09T22:54:51.531-04:002013-07-09T22:54:51.531-04:00Anonymous at 10:34 pm, thank you for your eloquent...Anonymous at 10:34 pm, thank you for your eloquent comments. I was thinking of taking this guy to task over that.<br /><br />The fact that the man hit by the car did not speak English is not relevant to whether or not he "cheated the system" and the inclusion of that tidbit is borderline offensive and it undermines the argument. NB: This country does not have an official language.<br /><br />Besides, important <i>relevant</i> details are left out of the story, like whether or not the limo driver had committed a hit and run or whether he had actually stopped to see whom or what he had hit.<br />Re: "The problem with you Anon is you're all brain and no heart. A human being needs both. This is actual empathy I'm feeling for you. You should try it sometime."<br /><br /><br />That is apparent from comments like this: "<i>Rents in stabilized units are still capped each year. However, if were no longer possible for people to keep rent stabilized units forever, handing them down to adult children who move back to the nest when the parent is at death's door, a lot of the one-million stabilized units would leave the program and it would be possible to build other free-market units.</i>"<br /><br />Hey, no hate for adult children who inherit a rent-stabilized apartment from dear old mom and or dad. It is one of the few remaining benefits of being a native in a city with a very high cost of living and is rapidly becoming more unaffordable. The comment makes it seems like the adult child just moves in when mom and/or dad is about to die, when legally the adult child has to establish residency for at least a year before claiming succession rights. Plus, he hasn't proven that the depletion of rent-stabilized apartments will directly lead to construction of new units.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-23305163806610885922013-07-09T22:41:29.152-04:002013-07-09T22:41:29.152-04:00Btw if it were only non-voters against stop and fr...Btw if it were only non-voters against stop and frisk, how is it that a majority of the council voted to reign it in? If S&F were so crucial to voters, wouldn't that be electoral suicide?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-50021528956569602342013-07-09T22:34:20.863-04:002013-07-09T22:34:20.863-04:00Now that the Q's resident racist has taking ov...Now that the Q's resident racist has taking over the comment section, we get treated to this classic:<br /><br />"I was on a jury deciding a lawsuit case involving an illegal alien riding a bicycle on Ocean Parkway at 9 pm in January -- well after dark. He was clipped by a car-service limo, fell and broke his arm, which prevented him from doing his off-the-books job as a day-laborer.<br /><br />He was Guatemalan and living with a woman who was also from Guatemala, but legally in the US. They had at least one child together. She was receiving rent subsidy, Medicaid and food stamps, and he was along for the ride.<br /><br />His lawsuit prevailed and he won a settlement, though I don't know how much because the lawyers settled on a figure while we, the jury, were at lunch. Personally, I would have given him an amount that would have approximated his lost earnings. Oh, and he had to have a court-appointed interpreter because he spoke only Spanish.<br /><br />Soooo, when it comes to abusing taxpayers, well, the list of abuses is long, long, long."<br /><br />He was a day laborer, which means he was most likely working for some tax evading citizens too cheap to hire legally. If they didn't hire, he wouldn't have had work. Follow?<br /><br />He was working, meaning he was helping support his family.<br /><br />He was a father, who was working, and supporting his family best he could, and he was, according to you "along for the ride."<br /><br />He didn't speak English well enough for an American court. Apparently this is some sort of tax travesty.<br /><br />He was riding a bike, "well after dark," and "in January" which apparently is relevant to the story because he was at fault somehow for making those outrageous decisions?<br /><br />The problem with you Anon is you're all brain and no heart. A human being needs both. This is actual empathy I'm feeling for you. You should try it sometime.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-50005802165041407192013-07-09T20:48:21.941-04:002013-07-09T20:48:21.941-04:00babs,
Rents in NY City are always rising. Have th...babs,<br /><br />Rents in NY City are always rising. Have they risen a greater percentage during Bloomberg's three terms compared with Koch's three terms? Not likely. <br /><br />Rents in stabilized units are still capped each year. However, if were no longer possible for people to keep rent stabilized units forever, handing them down to adult children who move back to the nest when the parent is at death's door, a lot of the one-million stabilized units would leave the program and it would be possible to build other free-market units.<br /><br />If construction were to keep up with demand, we'd see a leveling or rents with the high-end locating itself in the best parts of each borough while Manhattan below 96th would be most expensive. <br /><br />A normalizing process would occur, with the rent expense becoming a function of distance from Manhattan and quality of the local elementary school, and crime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-29672369575736970412013-07-09T20:32:16.649-04:002013-07-09T20:32:16.649-04:00disco princess,
The Samantha Rosenbaum story is c...disco princess,<br /><br />The Samantha Rosenbaum story is catchy, and if events transpired as she said they did, then she's got the basis for a lawsuit against the city.<br /><br />However, for reasons not apparent, you seem willing to believe, without question, a person who has no reason to tell the truth in this circumstance.<br /><br />Has she left out an important part of the story? Who knows? There's no penalty for lying to the NY Post. And there's no penalty for filing a lawsuit against the NYPD, even if the case gets tossed out of court. Or maybe she'll net herself some cash. <br /><br />Drunks have fallen on subway tracks, been injured by trains roaring into stations, and juries have awarded them substantial sums.<br /><br />I was on a jury deciding a lawsuit case involving an illegal alien riding a bicycle on Ocean Parkway at 9 pm in January -- well after dark. He was clipped by a car-service limo, fell and broke his arm, which prevented him from doing his off-the-books job as a day-laborer.<br /><br />He was Guatemalan and living with a woman who was also from Guatemala, but legally in the US. They had at least one child together. She was receiving rent subsidy, Medicaid and food stamps, and he was along for the ride.<br /><br />His lawsuit prevailed and he won a settlement, though I don't know how much because the lawyers settled on a figure while we, the jury, were at lunch. Personally, I would have given him an amount that would have approximated his lost earnings. Oh, and he had to have a court-appointed interpreter because he spoke only Spanish. <br /><br />Soooo, when it comes to abusing taxpayers, well, the list of abuses is long, long, long.<br /><br />You wanted to know if I've known anyone who's been a shooting victim in NY City? Yes.<br /><br />The number grows if we include people with whom I've come in contact for commerce. One example -- Josh Rubin, briefly the owner/operator of a coffee shop on Newkirk Ave.<br /><br />And, sad to say, in a couple other cities too. Some brutal killings.<br /><br />A couple of years ago, after having a lengthy talk with a fellow who struck up a conversation with me at convenience store, he shortly thereafter went out and murdered -- shot to death -- a liquor store clerk in Midwood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-87800773860641578962013-07-09T19:50:56.894-04:002013-07-09T19:50:56.894-04:00SouthAsia07,
Saundra Thomas will respond to NONE ...SouthAsia07,<br /><br />Saundra Thomas will respond to NONE of those questions with a straight answer. I'm sure you know that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com