Out of state car (Georgia) with expired tags could not get towed or ticketed at Cooper Avenue
The car owner just does not care where he parks knowing NYPD could not do much about it.
Safety
Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School would not fix a broken gate.
The main entrance and exit is on 91-30 Metropolitan Ave. It has a back exit into 70 Road and the GallopNYC horse stable. Teachers park on the street at the back door. Students enter and exit since it is closer walking to the school building. There is no guard or supervision at this location. Neighbors … Read more
Bus lane not used by buses is penalizing Crossbay Boulevard merchants! It needs to be removed!
The southbound bus lane painted 3 years ago starting mid-block between 107 and Sutter Avenues until Gold Street are not being used by buses. The signs say no parking anytime Monday through Friday 7 am until 10 am, then again from 4 pm until 7 pm. 2 hour meter parking is permitted between 10 am … Read more
Who’s on first? Jackie Robinson (April 15, 1947); Moses Fleetwood Walker (May 1, 1884)
At age 28, Jackie Robinson stepped onto Ebbets Field to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. On May 1, 1884, Moses Fleetwood Walker, 26, debuted in a Major League Baseball game with the Toledo Blue Stockings as a barehanded catcher.
MTA hiring hundreds to clean cars. Why not just open the restrooms at 76 stations?
Subway restrooms have shuttered since mid 2020. Where do people go if they have to go? What is MTA’s solution? Hire more cleaners.
12.5% of the entire African-American population according to the 1860 census were “free”.
Most people assume that every black American who lived in the US before 1870 was a slave. That is simply not true thanks to Dennis Richmond, Jr. who researched his family history. In 1860, three years before the Emancipation Proclamation, The United States Federal Census Schedule reported 488,070 free black Americans. True, many might say quasi-free, since these African Americans … Read more
3 types of self defense laws: “Stand Your Ground”; “Castle Doctrine”; and “Duty to Retreat”
When using force in self-defense, New York State does not allow use of deadly force by ordinary citizens even when in his or her own home or business. Duty to retreat is required. As evidenced by video of Jose Alba, he retreated yet he is criminalized. “Duty to Retreat” must be removed to stop wrong … Read more
S8202 Statewide Database of Voting and Election Data needs to go further.
Modernize and standardize. Allow full spelling of middle name, hypen, apostrophe, caps, case-sensitivity, nickname, and 2-byte names. Also, voters should be able to self-correct address changes and party registration online. Update: July 6, 2022. Judicial Watch sues New York after New York City Board of Elections failed to clean voter rolls for years.
Why? Parkside 11375 Post Office terminals broken. Police cannot do anything about the vandals.
Manhattan DA Alan Bragg’s memo. Queens DA Melinda Katz should have her directives made public.
Break ins, stolen catalytic converter, pot holes at 110 Street and 64 Road
This section of Forest Hills has been good and quiet, but crime is creeping in as well as decaying attention of city services. Just because cancer (CBS News Crime Without Punishment) is growing in the city, does not mean the residents everywhere must accept it!