Gas Price at Rego Park on July 15, 2022
Gas Sale station at 68-29 Woodhaven Blvd. Normally, the lowest priced station in the area.
Inflation
At 9.06% in June 2022, inflation is at its highest since November 1981. You need to be older than 40 to remember those days. I do.
How to control inflation? (1) watch the price of crude oil/energy; (2) cut down criminal theft and property damages; and (3) reduce government’s need for more money from honest taxpayers. CPI June 2020.
Republicans are to stop and kill congestion pricing!
Passed April 1, 2019 in Albany’s budget bill (same bill as Bail Reform), drivers are expected to pay an additional toll between $9 and $23 below 60th Street or $14 to $35 by mail starting 2021. Thanks to COVID, implementation has been delayed. Update: July 1, 2022. MTA announced it was ready to implement the … Read more
Age 80, no family; $777 fixed income paying $1,585 rent
The tenant qualifies for Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE), but owner, Irason LLC, would not help. Landlord has multiple building violations.
NJ Transit shut service earlier on Friday, June 17 – Happy Fathers Day weekend
The nations’s third largest provider of bus, rail and light rail transit ended its 11-rail-line service between 7:15 pm and 8:15 pm instead of the usual midnight. NJ Transit should have planned backup while union negotiation continues. Innocent customers should NEVER be treated this way. PERIOD.
Gas tax suspension? Gas price at Ridgewood on June 16, 2022
Shell Station at 90-05 Myrtle Avenue. Albany suspended certain gas taxes from June 1 until December 31. Does it make a dent?
8.6% inflation in May 2022. How many of you remember when Jimmy Carter was the President?
Historical inflation rate from 1914 to 2022. CPI May 2022.
I thought the “World Class” Moynihan Station (LIRR and Amtrak) opened January 2021 was part of Penn Station modernization?
Putting New Yorkers first? The Moynihan Station was estimated to cost $315m in 1992, and grew to $1.6b upon opening. To cover the shortfall, MTA (The Empire State Development Corp.) is selling the air rights over the Farley Post Office Building. Not New Yorkers first, the project is covering and continuing MTA waste spending first. … Read more
Organized theft ring takedown reported on May 24! Not reported, Bloomingdales hit again on June 6!
NY Attorney General Letitia James and NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced stopping an organized crime ring on May 24, 2022. The same stores have been hit repeatedly since. What is the use of reporting it? Since bail reform allows shoplifters off without spending any time in jail, why not go bigger? Theft is another reason … Read more