Shouldn't it be "South Brooklyn" then? Either way...where? Real estate is too expensive. You could in Red Hook but the trucks have to get out and about, no? And they'll be....on the BQE.

Well, I like to eat and our food has to be brought in, so....

Real estate is hugely expensive. The only places are along Sunset Park's 1st and 2nd Avenues and the trucks would have to take the BQE to get to much of the rest of Brooklyn and/or Queens.

The Christian and Jewish God (as modernly interpreted) gave people free will. The Islamic God requires submission.

I can't think if a more different approach: freedom or submission.

That's your upbringing. Some of us were raised that it's better to be killed than to surrender. The crooks know that. They sense it. So they choose their victims carefully.

Between the subway lines, the water being Brough in from the Catskills, and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, I don't see how it's done without being astronomically expensive.

Yeah..and..? If they went for the farebeater they'd be accused of "over policing".

The financing and after that the cost is what concerns me. We're paying over $10 to cross the Verrazano and GW Bridges each way. The Verrazano is 60 years old. Surely it's paid for itself by now.

As to the Big Dig...The original estimated cost was $2.8 billion. The final project cost was $14.6 billion. The Boston Globe estimates the Big Dig will ultimately cost $22 billion (with interest) and that it won't be paid for until 2038. With inflation being what is is, I can't imagine that in current dollars.

I never said anything about welcoming anyone. You shouldn't talk about gaslighting, Comrade.

I said that in a multicultural society, there's people from all races, ethnicities, social classes, religions and political persuasions. I also celebrate diversity. So should you!

You don't want diversity. You advocate making him unwelcome. That's intolerance. Intolerance is the opposite of celebrating diversity.

Oh! I though that "diversity" included religious, philosophical, ideological and political diversity? Does it not?

Where do I say that I support anyone or anything other than Diversity?

Not all of LI is the Hamptons. Go to East Rockaway, Babylon, Amitville, Levittown, Hicksville, Melville etc and there's some very middle class areas- waay cheaper than Astoria. And since SALT taxes get washed out, the tax burden isn't a crusher.

Shame on you! Diversity is our strength! Celebrate diversity!

In America, people are free to go where they want, say what they want and do what they want (as long as it isn't illegal). He can go any place he wants and say whatever he wants. You can protest if you want. God Bless America!

I've been saying that for so long that I've given up.

Between the racists and the Reds I only care about getting, keeping, and passing along my piece of the pie to my family.

Almost half of the NYPD lives in the 5 bores. The other half in NY suburbs.

Where do you expect them to live on a cops salary? UWS? Park Slope? Astoria?

They're not losing Congressional seats. New York State is. It resulted in the hochul-mander if your memory news a jolt.

Maybe. But I'll take that over Rachel Levine or Sam Brinton any day. Just sayin'.

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That was an FBI setup, as demonstrated by an article from a liberal news source.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/08/michigan-whitmer-verdict-governor/

Adjusting the tax rate to all income instead of just the portion in excess of the cap is dirty business. It seems like the middle class- because making $225,000 per couple in this city is middle class- gets hit every which way.

NYC is a sanctuary city, a melting pot where people from all walks of life, from many cultural, ethnic, religious, political, philosophical, sexual and racial backgrounds mingle. Diversity is our strength! Celebrate diversity!

Of course there have been LGBTQ Irish Americans. No one is keeping them from marching.

What does being a member of the LGBTQ community have to do with celebrating the Irish American contribution (political, governmental, military, community, cultural) to NYC or America? Is it somehow entwined? Why a separate banner?

I'd like to legally do mine and set up my kid in it. Keep the rent in the family, have an extra set of hands around, and have the community stable by having the young people stay on (where I grew up the young couldn't afford, they moved out and we demographically were replaced).

I'm not saying that what you're describing is necessarily bad. However, zoning to allow it- in other words, making the law reflect the reality and not be a guideline- is preferable. The fact is that illegal conversions are often not to code (causing risk of fire, floods, etc.) and can be a danger to emergency workers who think that they know how many people are inside, and think that they know the basic floorpan.

Hopefully you'll agree.