FHVs are a big factor. Like taxis, they spend lots of time idle (meaning they are single occupant) and circling blocks for fares. It is similar how in some areas, the congestion is simply due to too many people circling for parking. It should be noted that if you, let's say, removed all 100k FHVs tomorrow, we would eventually yet again reach a new equilibrium where congestion will be as bad as it is today, as 100k private veh will simply replace the FHVs. Congestion will never go away and it cannot totally be solved. Instead, the effort should be on keeping the streets safe and usable by people.

You're gonna compare legal crosswalks, meant for people to use, over people getting pushed in front of trains? What? I cannot follow your logic lmao. There are crosswalks in this city with over 1,000 crossings PER HOUR but you're gonna compare that to maybe a few dozen encounters of people on tracks a year? Please try to understand the context idk what else to say.

Too bad I guess, the law was passed and is here to stay. If you hate it so bad you may enjoy southwestern rural communities that do not have pedestrians such that you need to slow down at all. Actually not even that far, LI and NJ too

Do pedestrians cross in front of subways regularly? Even you must understand why that is a bogus comparison come on man.

This is about AI in job recruiting, not identification purposes.

The speed limit is based on science and engineering, not feelings, you can read more about this research based approach here: https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2011PedestrianRiskVsSpeed.pdf

25 mph is somewhat of a sweet spot to reduce the risk of death down to 10%.
> The average adjusted, standardized risk of death reached 10% at an impact speed of 23 mph, 25% at 32 mph, 50% at 42 mph, 75% at 50 mph, and 90% at 58 mph

> A spokesperson for the elected official said she only uses the car “occasionally.”

Are they basically trying to claim ignorance that they don't know who amongst the council member's crew is using this vehicle...? What a joke

Folks also underestimate what improving street safety can do for vulnerable users (i.e. wheelchair/stroller moms). The entitled believe parking on sidewalks or blocking crosswalks is a "non issue" or a "mind your own business" kind of thing, but they have real impacts on people who need the ADA ramps, who need accessible crossings, who need more assistance just to move around the city, something we all take for granted.

The Manhattan Bridge moved more people each day across the East River in 1939 then it did in 1989 when most of it was converted into vehicle lanes. The Brooklyn Bridge as well, peaked at 426,000 people per day in 1907 when it had trolleys, versus 178k per day in 1989 when it was then 6 motor vehicle lanes. In fact, all four bridges had more people per day before they had conversions of trolley and rail tracks into car lanes. Old article but the graphic source can be found here

I mentioned pay as well for that reason. Personally I think I'd rather be in the private sector making more net income but paying for benefits. When you are young your risk factor is very low, you don't need a fancy insurance plan. We have a marketplace system at my company and bronze plans are between $10-$40 per pay check, very cheap, yet I'm not burdened by PS vesting rules and hiring practices in the event I want to change jobs. I do not believe that in the current system, the PS can possibly beat the income you'd gain by changing jobs every 3-5 years which is becoming more common now vs. stay at one company for life.

I would argue the public sector needs to move more like private: better pay, 401k match for retirement, and decent benefits. Pensions are/were a financial disaster and not good for the taxpayer. It is archaic rules holding the PS back, young hires want flexibility not "you must be here for X years", weird seniority rules, and "its gonna take us 8 months before you actually start". And I can't forget the 5 day in office rule by Adams being a major roadblock right now.

I think it's about aesthetics too. Some folks favor the more old timey/posh interiors, others want clean, sleek and modern. For me it'd largely come down to amenities, if a new building is setup for washer/dryer in units, fiber optic internet, of course I will pick that over a unit I may need to gut renovate over 3 years to come close to that same level. I've been inside some older buildings in Tudor City for example, you can really see the differences, you might enter a super modern renovated unit, but the hallway looks straight out of the 80s and you can see things crumbling. If I was wealthy I don't personally think I could be bothered to deal with co-op boards it sounds nightmarish and full of power tripping egoists ruling their little fiefdom.

TLDR: No actual policy was announced, Hochul agrees we need more housing but we will need to wait for her State of the State on January 10th to see if any actual specific policies are proposed.

The public sector needs an entire re-do. It is too archaic and slow moving. My company can onboard someone in a week (assuming no visa requirements). Why does it take literally months to year+ to get hired at DOT for example? Hybrid work force, higher pay, ditch antiquated and stupid pension systems and move to simple 401k match. If you emulate more efficient and flexible private business, your young workers will be more attracted to the public sector. The technical agencies like DOT can't be affording to lose brain power and not be able to get a new generation of engineers and planners.

This is a really exciting project. Re-activating stations seems like a no brainer, we have the tracks, let's connect the people to them. My only other wish for this project was if it would have been possible to add another station or 2 along the embankment in Queens, this would create the first direct rail connection between our two boros and give Queens riders another route to Manhattan. It's unlucky these tracks join the mainline after Woodside where you have a lot of possible transfers to LIRR lines and the 7.

We need our own (former) Kowloon Walled City too

> New York, for instance, doesn’t allow more than three unrelated people to live in the same unit.

I honestly had no idea given the number of guys I know/knew who at one point or another lived in a 4BR with 3 other roommates. That seems pretty arbitrary to me.

It is not uncommon for city job candidates to take another job while you wait, the process can take THAT long it's ridiculous. You might even find something better in the mean time lol..

They ought to just have banned listings, period, that would be simpler and cheaper to enforce because it requires AirBNB to do most of the work and geofence listings out of the region.

I mean compare this to Penn (pre current renovations) or any unremodeled subway station and it's stunning to me lol. I like the brightness and white flooring over the grey they use at some other newer station remodels too

Sounds like Siemens should be threatened with being blacklisted by the MTA and banned from future contracts. CBTC has existed in real world uses since 2003, there's zero excuses it is taking us so long to apply it. Just two lines so far... that's a scandal itself

The whole case is ridiculous. Officers use discretion all the time, like give a driver a warning for speeding, how these officers took this seriously, over pennies worth of plastic, that was removed and not even damaged afaik, is crazy to me. If I responded to this I would have laughed, asked the driver are they okay? And left. Cops do not even respond to potential multi-thousand dollar damage fender benders anymore unless someone was imaged, but this driver got them to the scene in record time, okay...

There were reports by Streetsblog if I recall of 311s getting closed in minutes while the complainant was still watching the offending vehicles. I suspect both cases happen, officers close a case without doing any action (such as observing), and they are so delayed they do drive by at some point and the original issue is gone.

I don't believe it matters under the law. As the other responder alluded to, if a minor said (even if they do not understand) that they consented to sex with an adult, that's still against the law as it's implied a minor cannot consent, same as how someone imprisoned cannot truly give consent due to the power dynamic and often under duress

What do you mean without? Maybe it changed but I used to be in that station almost daily maybe about 4-5 years ago and there was plenty of them. I never encountered any as crazy as the ones in Penn but there were certainly plenty of folks sleeping in there on the benches. But yeah maybe it has changed in more recent history