It’s time to end absolute immunity.

So that NIMBY legislators and NYC Council members can be sued personally for blocking new developments and infringing on the housing rights of New Yorkers.

End judicial immunity, so that the judge can be sued personally for infringing the constitutional housing rights of New Yorkers.

I see more reporters than protesters

On the topic of police violence, remember that not every representative in NYC voted in favor of the "Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022".

These were the votes against the bill by the representatives from NYC:

• Malliotakis (R)
• Ocasio-Cortez (D)
• Zeldin (R)

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022525

>[...] the experience was unpleasant.

I hope you're okay.

I assume from the tone of your message that 'unpleasant' was an understatement.

This both gruesome and remarkable.

He had more regard about not committing shoplifting than committing robbery and murder.

>After the robbery, he made his way to a nearby bodega, where he was caught on camera purchasing twine, lighter fluid and a lighter, they added.

Asylum seekers should have the right to work while their cases are pending.

Instead of being a burden, they could be employed and be net contributors from day 1.

Then, cities with labor shortages would compete for them, rather than trying to bus them elsewhere.

In the US, we still have almost 2 job openings for each unemployed person. No matter how you look at it, the labor shortage will fuel inflation due to supply side constraints.

If an asylum seeker in working conditions doesn't have savings to sustain him/herself, the government should provide housing/food conditional on them performing work (perhaps public service work).

Got it. That would be a problem for the individual running afoul the immigration laws.

If they work for their own LLC company, who them offer services, does that violate any law?

Why doesn’t the city hire those migrants to build their own shelters?

Maybe someone will correct me, but I believe it’s not illegal if they are hired as independent contractors.

Edit: it’s legal to hire an independent contractor, but the contractor doing the work may be violating the immigration laws and suffer negative immigration consequences because of that.

Fair.

A combination of recidivism during the pre-trial period and a measure of loss in the deterrence effect would be a better way of measuring the impact of the bail reform and the other related reforms (automatic discovery, raise the age, etc).

It’s only possible to say the bail laws are not a factor if we had 13750 car thieves, with each of them only stealing one car and never reoffending.

But that would require NYC to have 13750 car thieves, which is an absurd number (more than 170 per 100,000).

But let’s them keep driving the stolen cars, shall we?

A stolen vehicle is 150 to 200x more likely to be involved in a car accident. So at least we have that going.

Harvey Weinstein is not the best poster child for pre-trial rights...

The main issue is that the judge in NY can only set bail to ensure his appearance in court. They set to $2M and he did appear in court.

The problem is that the NY laws (incorrectly IMO) makes pre-trial detention be unrelated to public safety and the likelihood to re-offend. And that needs to change.

Under a public safety standard, the sheer amount of victims ought to convince any judge that he is a threat to the public, no matter how much money he has to pay.

You can believe, without any evidence, that car thieves drive stolen cars as safely as everyone else. That's up to you.

Anyone who can set ideology aside for a minute can apply some common sense here.

Probably the most impactful thing the bail reform did to traffic safety was making auto theft not-bail eligible.

Color me skeptic, but I don't believe drivers fleeing with stolen cars care if the car gets damaged. Let alone caring about traffic safety.

• 2019: 5,430 GLA (GRAND LARCENY AUTO)
• 2020: 9,037 GLA
• 2021: 10,415 GLA
• 2022: 13,750 GLA

How many of those fatalities were cause by criminals driving stolen cars, or criminals using cars as a weapon?

Are we surprise the numbers are ticking up since 2020?

The bail reform left murders bail-eligible, but the reform practically made homicides using vehicles not-bail eligible.

We have lots of unused empty space in the sky.

Free money and jobs when constructing, free money with transfer taxes, free money when they pay property taxes.

And when they visit the NYC once or twice a year, let them spend money here too. Billionaires can go anywhere in the world. NYC is one of the few cities in the world positioned to capture their consumption money by the shovels.

>also packing so much density in a single area would be bad for community resources in the area.

Unless the extra height is used to build a few more ultra-luxury penthouses in the sky.

In which case, they will sit mostly empty (some out-of-town billionaire who is not consuming any resources in the city) while paying taxes. Which almost anyone who puts ideology aside can see as net win for the city.

A lot of those commercial properties have mortgages that require them to be rented at prices that are out of line with the current market.

So it’s really the landlord sucking it up and paying a mortgage on something that is not generating revenue and hoping the economy gets better.

If they are right, the economy will get better and someone will rent them. But if they are wrong, they will go bankrupt and the property will be taken over by the banks, who won’t be forced to ask the unrealistic rents anymore.

The problem is that both scenarios can take a long time to resolve.

Until then, the city could at least require those business properties to not be an eye sore showing disrepair, with trash accumulating on the side walk, etc.

Just waiting for the ultimate switcheroo that he was secretly a Democrat all along.

Unless I’m missing something, the cop has to stop the vehicle to write a summons.

But if the driver refuses to stop, they can’t be chased according to their rules.

So here’s the loophole to never get a moving violation infraction ticket in NYC: never stop for a cop.

I still remember when cops were chasing a stolen dirt bike.

Then the criminal caused an accident and died.

Who was at fault? The cops, because they are not suppose to chase.

>Wasted on 242nd Street. This is a typical example of how New York does not do transited-oriented development. Adjacent to the last stop on the 1 train is a string of one-story retail buildings. These lots should contain mixed-use mid-rise apartment buildings.

If I'm understanding Hochul's housing compact correctly, that will address this exact kind of problem by up-zoning lots that are close to mass transit.

NYC spends disproportionately little on policing relative to other American cities. And given the crimes trends, this is a dangerous decision.

In 2020, that was about 8%. We are down to 5% now.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/08/the-blue-budget-what-major-cities-spend-on-police/

>The agreement is between the New York City Department of Homeless Services and the Hotel Association for as much as $55,000 per migrant, according to The New York Post, which first reported the deal.

For a private room with a private bathroom?

That expensive as fuck, but on an emergency situation, that could've been worse.

In contrast, the city pays on a regular basis (not emergency) practically the same amount every year for each homeless shelter bed packed in a giant room, with shared bathroom facilities and little security and privacy. If you haven't seem how that looks like, do a Google image search.