Cool down with water mist at Queens Unisphere
Worth a trip! (July 26, 2023) One year later, out of commission after having spent $6.8 million makeover in 2020.
Like cigarettes, marijuana should be banned in public places!
Cigarettes are produced by a few major companies thus controllable, not marijuana. Consumers are buying varying degree of potency and contents that could be harmful and untraceable. Until firm oversight,…
Victims of the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
The law passed by Albany Democrats mandates carbon reduction. Bill 2019-S6599 The intention. The result. Con Edison bill up.
$1 Billion income from congestion pricing?
MTA’s Traffic Mobility Review Board heard over 100 exemption requests at its first meeting July 19. Many of them will be adopted. If projected income is less than cost of…
I have an idea! Ticket fare evaders?
MTA tweaking turnstiles. I am sure you remember those days, right? Another consequence of bail reform. Repeal it!
Capping NYC school class sizes when student population is dropping is to help… you guessed it.
Update July 12, 2023: Co-Sponsor of S9460 (2021-2022) Robert Jackson asked the Independent Budget Office to do an assessment of the bill. its “unintended consequences” is likely 17,700 new teachers…
USPS First Class mail 66¢ starting July 9, 2023
It look about 23 years for the postage price to double. It was 33¢ right before January 7, 2001.
How COVID Excelsior Pass $2.5M app became $64M. Need for a COVID Commission.
Excelsior Pass app will be discontinued on July 28, 2023 when according to my copy, it expired over a year ago! We need a COVID Commission to explore what went…
It’s not written, but New York State Senators can change their vote after the fact!
As reported by the Buffalo News. Unfortunately, voters could not tell by looking at the official record.
Our society is aging. How do we prepare?
With a median age of 48.4 years, Japan’s population is the world’s oldest. The government of Japan projects that there will be almost one elderly person for each person of working…