Stewart McDonald

I dismount and walk my citibike whenever I pass by, and I feel that if drivers had to do that, we’d see change within the day.

Do you think he has strong views on whether this includes Slovenes or Romanians?

Poll: Republicans shoulder more shutdown blame, as signs of voter irritation with both parties pile up A new national NBC News poll finds 52% of voters blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the ongoing shutdown, while 42% blame Democrats in Congress.

Only Democrats surrender while they’re ahead:

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Yet another reason to end the filibuster: why support a tool only the other side is willing wield?

Guess his healthcare platform is just “no fat chicks”

Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault

“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause injury.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Wait, have we ever been the tie-breaking vote before?

www.cnn.com/election/202...

underreported that while his apology lunch didn't hurt, Hochul is likely to be very friendly towards Mamdani because he staked the vampire for her

If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.

Zohran’s voting yes on them too!

And I think tenants’ reactions to wealthier households’ living in rent-stabilized apartments is more a combo of “it’s a brutal market; ya gotta get what’s yours; I don’t want to get evicted if I make it financially” than contempt. People with crazy rent deals are local legends, not objects of scorn.

We *should* break the Dem machine's stranglehold on local politics. But such low voter turnout further strengthens party bosses’ ability to dictate anti-democratic outcomes (and elevate handpicked candidates). It’s easier to dislodge entrenched interests if they control a smaller share of voters!

Focusing on local issues to disentangle local concerns from national trends is a worthy goal, but it’s fatally undermined when only a third (or fewer) of voters are doing the focusing!

We’re number 49! NYC ranks second-to-last in voter turnout for big cities The city's low presidential election turnout was still more than double that in the most recent mayoral election.

Yes, but the differences in turnout are stark. Turnout in NYC was 54% in 2024; 38% in the 2022 midterms; and an anemic 13% (7% in the primaries) in the 2023 local elections.

Sources:

'24: gothamist.com/news/new-yor...
'23: www.nyccfb.info/media/report...
'22: www.nyccfb.info/media/press-...

In NYC, recess sometimes looks like preschoolers excitedly waiting for the Franklin Avenue Shuttle to pass underneath them.

Op-ed | When it comes to fines, one size does not fit all | amNewYork If you leave your trash out too early, fail to shovel after a snowstorm, or get cited for a noise complaint, you can end up with a ticket from the city. These

@justinbrannan.bsky.social and @cmrestler.bsky.social: Do you have a source for below? My googling skills fail me.

“A small-scale pilot in Staten Island tested income-adjusted sanitation fines and found that more people paid on time, and repeat violations went down.”

www.amny.com/oped/op-ed-n...

Today in American urbanism: Just watched my suburban #Dallas grandmother tipsily drive 20 yards to puff a Marboro light because smoking’s banned in her “Senior living” apartment complex 🍷🚬🌆

Man after mine own heart

I use them biking to/from work, and I often find it easier to zip into the main road.

BBC report that police are focussing on a 'ladder placed against the side of the Louvre' while investigation a recent theft from the art gallery.

It's very trendy for the woke left to mock the police these days, but this is the kind of thing that you and I might miss.

Yes, but at least Dallas got a little cinematic love

Thanks! ((Current maintenance needs + saved future maintenance costs by constructing a new building) < the cost of building a new building now) is sufficient reason to me not to demolish it.

And it is an icon! So is Robocop.

For those of us for whom Dallas politics are a distant memory, why not tear it down? It gives such “dystopian 80s movie” vibes that Paul Verhoeven chose it for the exterior of the evil corporation in Robocop.

"Law & Order" Cry Wolf (TV Episode 2004) ⭐ 7.3 | Crime, Drama, Mystery 43m | TV-14

Law & Order did a Curtis Silwa episode (it's a Dennis Farina one, though): www.imdb.com/title/tt0629...

Perhaps the most disappointing part of that debate is that the public intellectual they discussed was...Hasan Piker.

At long last, it's over. I can't believe I wasted an evening watching that tripe. And I can't believe I'm going to waste another evening next week doing the same.

"The Mayor should be going to all parades." Sliwa is the true heir to Eric Adams.

I'm slow, is the "would you boycott any parades" thing just a veiled BDS question? Or is it also a NYPD at Pride question too?

"Every parade has the right to exist in New York City" could be merely another dumb Sliwa comment.

To Sliwa's credit, he's first politician I've heard berate Cuomo (for good reason) for closing Indian Point