It could not have just been resolved with a concrete wall along the water. Unless you and the other Manhattan NIMBYs would be happy with a 10 foot concrete barrier blocking the water view you feel so entitled to. I suspect you wouldn't be happy with that.

The funniest thing to me about the NIMBY response to the East Side Coastal Resiliency is this idea that we need to give a shit about trees that will be replanted. The trees will be DESTROYED by storm surge without the flood wall. These aren't "historical" trees in these parks. Wagner is only 30 years old. Almost all of the waterfront in lower Manhattan is man made, not natural habitat. We are 30 years past the stage of environmentalism where trees can save us. Climate change is already here.

>passed on it.

He literally just spent more time gathering evidence and making a stronger case. And you're mad at it? K.

One thing I'll never understand is the MTAs insistence that we need to get back to where we were in 2019. Subways we're a fucking nightmare. Cars were packed, trains were insanely delayed by people packing in. I never want to go back to that. It is a terrible way to run a transit system. The goal shouldn't be sardining as many people as possible...

Success Academy isn't a public school. They're a charter school. Whatever extra kickbacks they get on the public dime doesn't mean anything. They aren't public and don't abide by the same rules.

>Success Link Charter Children Gold Zone New Project America 🇺🇸

We kid, but I swear to God every charter school has some dumb ass name like this.

It would be the best day if NYC public school stopped leasing spaces in our already crowded public schools to Super Eagle Success Leadership Striver Gold Star Elite Academy or whatever the fuck else Charter wanted to camp there. I'm tired of it.

Absolutely! And the kids stayed pretty calm and seemed to have a little fun when they got the "yell for help."

I highly recommend everyone listen to the 911 call linked to this article. It's the most Staten Island no-nonsense conversation I've ever heard. These kids are unphased and the operator is annoyed bordering on amused.

>Article doesn’t even mention why they went into the sewer. Just curious for the reason.

Have you ever met a 12 year old boy? Why would you even ask why they did a reckless thing.

No, actually. Cops are civil servants with weapons. I don't care how large or small an infraction is, they need to be held accountable for ALL OF IT. There is no such thing as a frivolous lawsuit against a defacto military force we allow to police and manhandle citizens. If your solution to the problem is to just let cops get away with bad behavior for free, you're not actually trying to solve anything.

Ah yes, because we all know Republicans love to hold cops accountable. /s

>What the fuck were they doing instead of working???

In my experience, what they were doing was trying to convince people not to report their sexual assaults because it's too much paperwork. I guess we can call "intimidating victims not to report crimes" to be a kind of work. It occupies their time, anyway

Or...NYPD could stop infringing on the civil rights of citizens? That sounds a lot easier than further infringing on the rights of NYC residents by "tossing" cases.

We know why they keep happening. We let the NYPD do whatever they want with no consequences. Remember the Civilian Review Board? We created it, I guess. But did we get them power? Did we free them from intimidation from the Thin Blue Line? No.

The NYPD should be under investigation by the Feds at this point. Dissolved and rebuilt. It's too rotten.

This is a real crime.

What, are you soft on crime or something?

Republicans: "Alvin Bragg, stop protecting criminals!"

Bragg: (Goes after a well documented unapologetic criminal)

Republicans: "NO, NOT LIKE THAT"

No.

For like 5-10 sisters in a failing order. The Catholic Church sure knows how to piss away funds.

Ding ding ding. New York parishes filing bankruptcy and closing churches and schools left and right. But sure, blame Brooklyn residents for the systemic sexual abuse of kids and parishioners by priests for decades upon decades. Deflect!

I have a commuter card from work, like many workers in this city. Can't use Cash App. Can't even use mobile pay.

I miss the bonus.

>well to do couple from well off families

Literally nothing in any article about them mentions this. The wife is an "editor" for low circulation web magazines mostly with her name attached to poorly written ads pretending to be articles about The Best Mascara. With a quick Google search, I'm left more convinced this is a scam than before.

Now compare it to how much the average salary has grown compared to inflation

Rodent violations are not evidence that they cook rats into food.