“After another fire in the city Friday that officials say was caused by a lithium-ion battery, FDNY and sheriff's office officials inspected five Manhattan bike shops and other locations and found improper storage and charging of hundreds of batteries and dozens of e-mobility devices that violated fire codes.”

You’d think “progressives” would see how dire of an issue this is. Their silence is complicity.

This has to do with the legalities of being categorized as a “shelter” as opposed to a “drop in center”. Tho obviously it’s the right thing to do, we need to decide whether we want there to continue to be regulations regarding what can be considered a shelter or a “youth center” or “drop in center”

Bloomberg was a special case.

No different than de Blasios appointees in “thriveNYC” and previous Mayors various “officials”.

Amazon is quickly transfering their fleet to EVs, so they’re already significantly decreasing costs. I’ve been seeing their rivian based vans all over the place.

Correct

I was being ironic because people would actually suggest that and be serious.

In London, if you live in the congestion zone you don’t have to pay. (Or pay very little) There is no such proposal here.

Why not do your deliveries by bike?

It’s even more unrealistic than I thought. Trying to dig a tunnel through the densest part of Brooklyn would displace many people as well a ruin their quality of life for decades. Not to mention has the feasibility of this been studied with subway tunnels also being in those areas?

That’s where the raised portion of the BQE begins? Regardless any neighborhood that would be impacted by this construction that will likely take decades is probably going to push against it.

Typo thanks

Not to mention the inevitable significant pushback from the residents of bay ridge/sunset park and beyond when the hear about the constant jackhammering digging that will be taking place for 20+ years.

The BQE has no viable alternative and is part of the interstate highway system(I-278) It also is major commercial thoroughfare for the entire city, so no.

“One area the city will continue to spend is on schools, after a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul last year mandating fewer kids per classroom across the five boroughs will boost Department of Education spending by at least $1.3 billion annually, according to DiNapoli.

The state’s class reduction goal will also require the DOE to hire 7,000 extra teachers, despite staffing shortages and lower student enrollment numbers.”

But reddit told me that the DoE was “defunded”.

Does this budget include the money that we send to foreign ally’s?

Don’t they do this in third world countries?

Yup, correct. Ask any EMS worker how many of their 911 transports are truly emergencies. People treat ambulances like taxis, and it’s the people who do the right thing that eat the cost. Granted, most of the “frequent flyers” have Medicaid (they pay nothing regardless) so this may be a way for the city to try to get Medicaid reimbursements up from these people.

Paramedics definitely don’t.

Edit: Paramedics literally don’t make minimum wage.

https://www.joinfdny.com/careers/ems/

This is publicly accessible information.

The point is they try to go viral, and some do. That’s a big reason why many do these stunts and put them on social media.

Except they get hundreds of thousands of views on tiktok…

Yea, but they do it for internet clout now.