MarkMNYC

Clearly a snowflake, then. I live in NYC, have walked home from the subway as late at 3:30 AM this spring....

Laid off first.

So much winning!

TACO

Board of Elections Certified Dead People’s Votes, Says It Had No Choice Just 16 votes gave a Brooklyn Council primary win to MAGA candidate George Sarantopolous over Brooklyn GOP chair Richie Barsamian, even as evidence of fraudulent ballots mounts.

Just 16 votes gave a Brooklyn Council primary win to MAGA candidate George Sarantopolous over Brooklyn GOP chair Richie Barsamian, even as evidence of fraudulent ballots mounts.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/30/b...

Subway Fare Hike to $3 Planned for New Year, MTA Says Transit officials on Wednesday proposed a 10-cent bump for single bus and subway rides, as well as increases for tolls and commuter rails, set to kick in on Jan. 4.

Fare hike on its way.

Since the wholesale price is above that....

The price of 1 lb of ground beef is now higher than the federal minimum hourly wage…

CBS: “.. A government source familiar with the investigation says the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice inspector general are all in possession of a copy of the video that does not cut ..”

@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...

Not what he was straining to get out.

Campaign Board Voided $1 in Every $3 Eric Adams Submitted for Matching Funds Rampant irregularities and evidence of possibly phony donations prompted reviewers to reject more than $200,000 in small-donor contributions, as the reelection campaign and board battle over whether t...

The Adams campaign kept on shoveling in donations quite clearly made in other people's names and seeking $8-to-$1 public matching funds after the related criminal case evaporated, documents newly obtained by @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social show.

Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season

Glad I don't live in the hurricane belt. michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/navy-set-t...

Ignorance is no excuse for the law.

BUT,

Ignorance is an excuse when making law.

Exactly!

“.. The news on Israel’s main TV channel had just finished a segment on how hunger in Gaza is portrayed around the world when the anchor looked up and said: ‘Maybe it’s finally time to acknowledge that this isn’t a public relations failure, but a moral one.’”

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Joe, more gun laws on that type of weapon nationwide may have made this less tragic for all involved.

When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.

www.npr.org/sections/the...

Here's another reason.

Has he forgotten his first term?

The housing problem cannot be solved by zoning/ULURP alone. Not even close. It needs a holistic approach; it needs funding from government (that doesn't take years to finalize); it needs more infrastructure in remote areas (inc. transit); it needs to be easier to remove bad tenants.
It needs a lot.

That's not even touching on the argument some make that rent regulations on some properties force other rents higher; that water and sewer rates add significant annual; some local laws (good laws, for safety) nevertheless add costs.

cont.

that's about $5psf of land per year in land taxes (BK and Queens.) That 1000 sf apartment, that adds $500 in costs per year. Then, building taxes start to kick in, and that number goes way up.

That's just some of the other reasons affordable housing is challenging in NYC. (cont)

As development potential increases, those baked in costs will increase.

Property taxes - even with incentives, those are based on the new construction costs, and typically do not reduce existing taxes. Land is assessed as well as the improvement; even at 20%AV (lower than target), (cont)

Brooklyn & Queens are still at about $200-300 psf - when development potential increases, cost of land goes up. But, take $250 psf & a 10 story full lot coverage building. That still adds $25 psf of building to costs. A 1000sf apartment, that's $25k built in to the cost before construction. (cont)

There's not a lot of room to stage materials, which means things have to come in almost daily. That adds costs, including idle time as laborers wait for materials that haven't arrived. Adds costs.
Land is expensive here. It's in limited supply, and when for sale, is priced high. (cont)

There are many other reasons affordable housing is challenging in NYC. And, that housing can't be developed quickly enough to keep supply up with demand.
But, first, only about ten percent of development requires ULURP. Ninety percent is as-of-right.
Construction staging is challenging here. (cont)

The reason it will crash at some point is the belief that you can never be wrong. Many of your points are correct (you are going to say that's what you meant by fundamentally), but you don't believe you can be wrong. Even I can be wrong.

So, South Park is safe?

That makes the statement true. It is at 4.1% because of his leadership. Would have been lower without his "leadership".

RIP Hulk Hogan