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Part of Albany’s budget deal is free bus rides starting in Bronx
Nearly a third of Bronx bus riders don’t pay their fare! Albany is again legalizing bad and illegal behavior.
To say “Glory to Ukraine” will cost you $500 in Russia
Same words taken out of context cost a 70-year-old Russian lady 40,000 rubles. How do you want to live your life? Will this happen in America?
New York v. New Jersey: 1953 Waterfront Commission Compact
The Supreme Court (9-0) allows New Jersey to withdraw from the compact. New York should closed down the outdated Commission.
New York took in nearly $3B more in taxes than expected!
That is the New York 1 headline. Sounds good? Actual SFY 2023 at $111.7 billion was $9.5 billion less than SFY 2022 $121.2 billion. Personal income tax dropped $12.2 billion. Sales and Use tax; business tax; and other taxes were up $1 billion; $900 million; and $600 million, respectively.
Woke in Federal Housing Finance Agency?
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac owns about 62% of all homebuyer conforming loans. FHFA founded and introduced it in 2008, Loan-Level Price Adjustment (LLPA) Matrix is used to calculate a higher rate for those with higher risk. Starting May 1, 2023, LLPA matrix is changed to give those with poor credit a better rate than … Read more
Propublica: Reopening that wasn’t
Paying more and more for less and less… Quality of New York City government services continues to go down.
Cost of Governor Hochul’s State of the State; $1 million per Speech
By Nicholas Fandos and Jay Root April 14, 2023Updated 8:48 p.m. ET The pledge that Gotham Ghostwriters makes to its clients is as simple as it is bold: “If you can dream it, we can write it.” So when Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York needed to dream up something exceptionally grand this year for the annual State of the State … Read more
“there is a powerful lobby within this city who actively promote squatting and nonpayment of rent.”
Yes, Ricky Liu (poster from Nextdoor), it’s call your elected officials. Where is the will? The good people pays for the deeds of bad people. Who’s being penalized?