> That number was higher in pre-pandemic years, with those under 18 accounting for 27% of robbery arrests in 2019 and 23% of those in 2018, according to the data.

So the number is lower than pre-pandemic, but it’s “spiraling out of control?”

Hey, they could also be very real. . . bought with a fraudulent check.

He might be the landlord - you never know.

I for one, applaud every time he makes a comment that's not how crime-ridden NYC is. I think it's hilarious that in this case, he's blaming the NY Times for not exposing a criminal quickly enough. Nothing about the criminal behavior itself. . .

I mean, it eventually did. The NY Times story had to have taken awhile to confirm all the facts that they did.

Raising taxes actually fights inflation. Putting in place a gas tax holiday does the opposite.

True, but for most of history slavery was very different to the race based chattel slavery practiced in the new world. Even slaves in the Muslim world were often not slaves for their entire lives and their children weren’t automatically slaves.

They don't care if it leads to more shooting deaths. They're more than willing to accept those sacrifices for their guns.

>“Overwhelmingly, the criminals are fare evaders, so if we do a decent job of discouraging fare evasion and stopping people who are engaged in it, we’re going to catch a lot of criminals,” MTA CEO Janno Lieber said in October.

Do they actually have a documented study on this, or is he talking out of his ass based on feelings?

Don't worry, with the recent Supreme Court ruling I imagine shooting deaths will comfortably rise above Traffic Deaths once again.

Yeah it’s a grift to kick the small businesses out and get the state to pay for some of the demo and construction.

Assuming the lady isn't grifting - the lawyer is suing everyone involved, including the city with the hopes that each one settles.

Adams is proving to be more disgusting than I had anticipated.

They've gotten away with it so far. And the publicity it's getting may be doing what Dolan intended for it to do - which is make lawyers question if they want to take on a case that sues MSG Entertainment.

By the way folks - THIS is the appropriate scenario to pull the emergency brake. If he saw her slip in between the cars, the FIRST thing he should have done was pull the emergency break, then attempt to help her.

Adams has to create the staffing crisis first before he can float filling it with a private contractor that just happens to be owned by a close friend.

And they make far less than the police officers in the surrounding counties.

I’m guessing he would have preferred to just get home that day. At least 1/3 of that money went to his lawyer. And I’d bet good money he’s had a hell of a time holding down a decent job between his record, depositions, and court appearances.

Adams has Bloomberg in his ear. He would rather replace city services with private contractors (and award his friends in the private sector) than pay for government workers. IMHO, it’s deliberate and it’s all grift with a side goal of slowly breaking the unions (with exception of the PBA and UFA which conservatives are fine with).

It’s Bragg, not Adams. You might disagree with Bragg politically and how he does his job, but there is no indication at all that he grifts like Adams.

People born and raised here are likely to have visited all 5 at some point. I imagine it’s going to be a lot less likely if you’re a transplant.

Even Staten Island has things to see. As a kid in Brooklyn (and I’m dating myself) the YMCA summer day camp used to take kids to a public pool walking distance from the Staten Island ferry. Not all the public pools in Brooklyn had been re-opened back then. My elementary school took us to Staten Island Zoo a couple of times as well as “Historic Richmond Town.”

Yeah, but that 30-45 minutes brings you to Yonkers - which isn’t exactly what people are thinking of.

A lot of people can't wrap their heads around the idea that sometimes punishment and penalties aren't the answer. I find it truly ironic that some of the people that are most ardent about punishment, from late fees to capital punishment, are devout Christians. I never heard of Jesus saying - hey, you go to Hell for a bit to pay for all of your sins before getting into Heaven. Yet, you'd think that with the way punishment is held up as the main corrective for any problem with the human condition among many Christians in the U.S..

It was sustainable pre-pandemic because a lot of infrastructure and services revolved around workers traveling into the office. If I stayed past 8pm at work, my job paid for my dinner and paid for a cab ride home. Obviously that wasn't them being generous. It was encouraging late hours onsite in the office.

Now I still may have to work way past 8pm - but I do so in my pajamas and raid my own fridge and I don't have to commute once I'm done - I shuffle over to my bed and fall asleep. The result of that though is a lot of places that might stay open late and employ delivery people in Manhattan, no longer do so if they're even still in business.

As a kid, you’re not really going to know. As a kid I thought Reagan was great - he was our president. Then I learned to read and grew up and realize he was more controversial than I would have been aware of at the time.