I can't take anyone's political opinion seriously when they don't think it's important whether their candidate of choice has ever voted.

>To my immigrant ears,

Oh give me a fucking break with this. There are immigrant politicians in this city who have always voted and participated in elections. And they went on to get elected and fight like hell for their community. Yang has no excuse. He never showed any interest in this city or in his own neighborhood. That's the reason many people didn't even know he lived here - he was a non entity in local politics and policy. It's embarrassing you can't see him for the phony he is.

Yang came in 4th place. Despite beginning the race with the most name recognition. He was a bad candidate. The first time he ever voted in a NYC mayoral primary and election was for himself despite living here almost two decades. He never once participated in local politics or elections. I don't know how anyone could take him seriously.

...is this comment satire?

But, she "clapped back" after she was "slammed"! Inquiring minds need to know!

Am I surprised that a hand picked goon appointed by an elected official doesn't understand what "defamation" is? No.

But you'll never see Eric Adams waving the bloody flag over it. Hype up less common crimes and ignore the crisis of car deaths and injuries that we deal with all the damn time.

Maybe in 2024 we can ask NYPD to do their jobs and enforce traffic laws?

You think people should be strong armed and beaten for "theft" of $2.75 in transportation cost? Ok, Javert.

It's...always crowded. It's painfully full of people, rich and poor. What are you even talking about?

Seeing some homeless people who make you feel icky isn't the same thing as being blighted. It's one of the wealthiest areas of the city. Skyscrapers all around. It's nowhere near "blighted."

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>The congested, chaotic section of Manhattan near Pennsylvania Station, which teems with tourists, commuters and shoppers, is undeniably drab. Does that make it blighted?

>New York State has decreed that it is, and Gov. Kathy Hochul has recently likened the Penn Station area to “a Skid Row neighborhood.” She was defending the controversial plan to allow developers to build 10 towers around the decrepit train station — the busiest transit hub in the nation — in exchange for some of the $7 billion the state needs to renovate it.

>If New York State officials deem an urban area to be “blighted,” blocks can be bulldozed and people and businesses can be forced to relocate. And new towers — unbound by limits on size and height as defined by the city’s normal planning rules — can rise.

>The state’s authority to make such a determination and move forward with redevelopment is nearly impossible to contest.

>Its ability to intervene was meant to ensure that neglected areas do not languish. But critics say that officials have long abused the power to pry private properties away from their owners, and they accuse Ms. Hochul of continuing the practice with the Penn Station redevelopment project.

You can call Penn Station area a lot of things, but anyone who thinks that area is actually "blighted" is writing that from Ohio.

Oh get bent. You are driving a 2 ton death machine that hurts and kills more people (including drivers) than anything else in this city. If you don't want to lose any money, slow down. It's so easy.

For real. Journalists love a "Dems in disarray" story, even when it's for sh*t like this.

Ari Kagan switched parties so he didn't have to run in a primary against Justin Brannan and lose in his newly drawn district. That's about it.

No. They live in their districts and travel to Albany. This isn't like federal legislators. They drive or take the train. They'll crash in Albany sometimes but that's it.

Libertarian big brain over here.

Remember when Libertarians tried to create their own town and it was overrun by bears because they don't know how society works? Hehe

What? Democrats have a super majority.

>This is how you get another Trump, dipshits.

Lol what? You say this as if Trump was actually a champion of the under class and demanded they get paid fairly. Republicans do this exact same shit, the difference is they never even bother to show an ounce of compassion for anyone in the middle class or lower

You think a Republican would pretend to be gay when he isn't to become more popular within his party?

It's correct to complain when the salaries for state and city workers haven't gone up at all since 2019. City workers haven't had a single cost of living increase since 2019.

City workers haven't had a single cost of living increase, not even 1%, since 2019. I imagine state workers similarly haven't seen increases in years.

This is a stupid take. He's gay. He just hasn't been out and proud, as he said, for as long as he said.

There appears to not be a single aspect of his life that he didn't lie about.

You're seriously suggesting it's "PROBLEMATIC" to indicate that a gay council member had anti-gay hate speech written outside his home and office by an anti-gay hate group?!

Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Needed Care, Federal Report Finds

This has been pretty widely reported for awhile. Medicare Advantage notoriously denies coverage for things covered under Medicare and it's harder for patients to find doctors in network.