Bail reform and Congestion Pricing was passed in 2019 when State Senate was controlled by Democrats.
How was New York when the State Senate was controlled by Republicans?
Inflation
Consumer Price Index for July 2022 at 8.5%
CPI. Do you have the financial cushion to take price-increase hits? What are the adjustments you have made to cope? How long can you go on? How close are you to your breaking point?
MTA Customer Service is getting more inconvenient, worse in waiting and less friendly.
Before COVID, token booth clerks could take cash purchases, transfer card values, and be of service helping straphangers. My mother got a new MTA Reduced-Fare MetroCard. The expiring one has money in it, so I asked my token booth clerk to help. No luck. I could mail it in for a refund or visit a … Read more
Inflation as told by one bakery.
Flour up 75%; Coconut oil, 140%; Chicken, 130%. Polystyrene foam is banned statewide as of January 1, 2022. The cost to buy paper for on- and off-premise consumption went from $13 per 500 units to $43 per 250 units, a hit of 550%! Adding in DEP tickets, taxes, electricity… how can one stay in business … Read more
$50 DEP sanitation tickets are unfairly issued
Most store owners do clean the streets in front of their storefront when opening in the morning. DEP would come around noon and issue fines irregardless of how the piece of trash got to the store. (1) Tickets should be dismissed should there be a video of cleaning done the same day before ticket was … Read more
Commercial tenants too have avoided paying rent! One pictured here did not pay for 3 years!
New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) so far paid 178,855 residential tenants a total of $2.9 billion federal fund as of July 28, 2022 to help their landlord. ERAP does not cover commercial landlords, and owners use the same New York State court process for eviction. One reason for high rent is bad … Read more
Food to help the needy is in short supply; Even the pastor’s car was broken into.
Pastor Dan Shafer does his best to serve the Woodhaven community. Food Pantry is running low. He also faces personally crime in the neighborhood. Can we give him a hand?
