>This is obviously a smear campaign against a person who embellished on his resume.

That's the takeaway about George Santos? Whew the bar is through the floor for Republicans these days.

BuT MuH dE bLaSiO.

Focus. It's going to be OK. This is about George Santos, a current congressman.

The state and feds find the MTA. They aren't a city agency.

Well it goes counter to Eric Adams doomer "we're poor! We must seek private companies to " donate" services to us in exchange for influence!" stance, that's for sure. Also not going to help him with union negotiations when he's been feigning poverty to deny cost of living adjustments after 4-5 years of city workers not receiving them.

He isn't entitled to use city staff and city attorneys to appear on his behalf at these hearings in an attempt to intimidate enforcement. Which is a thing he actually did.

Eric Adams won't accept that excuse from the pitiable citizens in this city as he does his Rat Crusade. So why would we accept it from him?

>And it should go to MTA

How many times do we have to mention that NYC doesn't control or find the MTA.

They've been letting homeless kids rest on cots for years there. There's no point in having these spaces open overnight if they refuse to let these kids rest. The city could easily fix the issue and refuse to.

They could. They have a super majority of Democrats. The problem is most of them are feckless sellouts who bent the knee to Adams and refuse to use their power for anything other than creating task forces.

This is disgusting and cruel. No justification for this.

>Runaway and homeless youth who visit any of New York City’s overnight drop-in centers are now prohibited from “resting” there — and the providers have been ordered to remove any cots or resting places, THE CITY has learned. 

All you have to do is walk around the 2-3 block radius surrounding your local police precinct and you'll get plenty of pictures to send over. I see these everywhere, especially the covers that obscure the plate from certain angles.

I have never defended NYCHA or anyone at ACS other than the overburdened underpaid staff. You're just making things up or you're confusing me with someone else. Nice try though!

...I criticize government agencies quite often. What are you even talking about?

They hiked fares when they had the highest ridership year after year. There is zero real connection between how much revenue MTA makes and now much riders pay. It's a deeply corrupt and horribly run agency.

Exactly. For stuff like this, the meaning is really just in the reflection. Letting people interact with art (and see themselves in it) is a good thing. You want people to do that.

I hate the "Fearless Girl" statue (I think it's ugly as hell), but it's incredibly successful public art. I think that's because of people's desire to pose next to her in the same stance, whatever that defiant pose means for them. There's nothing a well read art critic can say to change that.

You mean an outdoor public artwork is covered in dirt from being outside? No way! Burn it!

Oh well you didn't blog about it so obviously it's a failure.

Okie dokie.

Gee I wonder why people would be mad that they abandoned a project in Brooklyn for one in Manhattan.

Community boards never spoke for the community. They speak for a very small subset of older, more conservative, folks (usually white, usually car owners) who vote in each other and do nothing but try to stop younger people from changing communities in even the smallest ways. They are one of the worst things the city could have thought up to speak for communities. Make them elected positions or dissolve them already.

The people who are mining for clicks about how much they hate this need to pull their head out of their asses.

Whether you or I like it or not, I guarantee you this will be a successful piece of public art. And who do I say that? People will seek it out and take pictures in front of it. Any piece of public art that garners sustained public attention is a success.

I think part of the reason the Professional Art Critics dislike it is because they know it'll be popular and remembered. If something is too accessible it becomes an issue for a very loud subset of snobs.

Just let people enjoy the stupid bean.

>On Tuesday, EDC’s executive committee voted to modify the 2017 agreement so that instead of having to spend the $15 million to improve the pier and install new passenger boarding bridges, Ports America is required only to spend $120,000, primarily to install WiFi in the terminal.

EDC shouldn't exist. Why are we funneling city money to a non-city agency "non profit" and allowing them to manage the funds for MASSIVE developments?

I think that too. Hybrid will be the trade off for little to no raises. Honestly, having the extra time and flexibility a huge perk. And save a little $$ on public transit and office lunches.