This happened to me recently too - I left my navy Bonobos jacket at a bar in Astoria, and when I came back to get it a few weeks later, it had somehow transformed into a black Banana Republic jacket. I'd like my jacket back, but I don't think the other person is likely to bring it back at this point - they had already gotten the choice of both and took mine, I have to assume!

Yes, they would be rented, but all else equal they would be less desirable than units with better floor plans. That means the sale and rental prices would be lower, which might make some of the projects unviable, especially given high interest rates right now.

It might not be financially viable, with either reduced sale prices or longer selling periods (to unload these terrible layout apartments), especially with interest rates being much much higher now (so construction loans are very expensive and mortgages are higher for would-be buyers).

It's a very difficult architectural task, depending on the floorplate. Lots of office buildings have way too few windows relative to their surface areas, and people don't want long skinny apartments with just one or two windows.

"Bob shot John with a handgun" versus "John was struck by bullets fired by a handgun"

Do people get shot by bullets, or shot by other people who use guns?

Well, if you're responsible you'll never have to pay for a stolen Citibike because you'll never leave it unattended...

So, in fairness, they theoretically could just tip up to that limit. Like if it was either a $120 meal or a $135 meal, they could tip so it's $199.99. But obviously not really trying to defend him.

It was released at 7:00 p.m. on a Friday night.

Like, 150-170 years too late for the UES!

I almost never sit on the subway even with clothes on, for exactly this reason...

Eh, it's not that weird. For the first time ever, it was very easy to coordinate anonymously with an unlimited number of strangers for free. In the past, if you had wanted to do that, you had to put up posters and take out ads on the radio, but the internet made it free. People were bound to experiment with it.

New York is a far more important city than any city in any of those other countries, so it makes sense.

>For one, I don't think blue, orange, and white are very compelling or locally relevant colors.

They're very locally relevant. Those are the colors of William of Orange, the Dutch ruler whose dynasty first established the city as New Amsterdam. He was a member of the House of Nassau, which is why Nassau County is so named. Those colors are used for the Mets, Islanders, and Knicks (who are named after the Knickerbockers, which was also a name for the Dutch settlers of New York).

All of that said, you're not wrong that those other flags look nicer than ours, but it's not clear to me what a better replacement would look like. The Statue of Liberty is probably our most iconic symbol, and nothing else really comes all that close, so I'd be open to seeing a design that incorporated it. The current seal on the flag should remain as the city seal, but it doesn't need to be on the flag (too small and detailed.)

Those still don't get added until very late though. I was pretty nervous taking the Acela a few weeks ago - it didn't update until about 3 minutes before the scheduled departure time (app and screens updated at the same time).

Are there? Does someone track the number of minutes each news topic or policy issue is mentioned by Fox News 24/7?

What's your source on that? Is there some metric by which it can be measured that FNC no longer covers crime? Or do you personally claim to watch enough of that channel to be sure of your own evaluation?

The Brooklyn Tower too

They're also trying to kill the bigger, more functional project that NYS is already planning (the one Hochul talks about). This group is basically trying to say "that project is too modern, so let's just do this historic restoration version instead - pay no attention to how much smaller and less useful it is!"