I support charities helping migrants and asylum seekers, but not entitlements doled out by the City government! News of freebies are already encouraging more migrants to come. Democrats are expanding the cost of “sanctuary city” on my dime. New York already has crime, housing and homeless crisis that it has not fixed.
A handsome man (in red t-shirt carrying a Target bag) on Queens Boulevard by a Subway store near 67 Avenue walked up to me asking for money. He does not look homeless. It was not too long ago when the begging rate was a quarter or a dollar. When I said no, he asked me … Read more
Neighbors tried asking and reasoning… they were ignored. One guy introduced himself as John.
How was New York when the State Senate was controlled by Republicans?
Community board and the neighborhood voted against the bike lanes in May 2016, but ex-Mayor de Blasio pushed ahead the stretch from 74th Street and Eliot Avenue until Union Turnpike. Six years later, has the death and accident count changed? Has the business along the bike lane stretch benefited from the bike lane? If not, … Read more
Other sections of Jamaica Avenue street milled at the same time has been paved back, but not this 3-block stretch. Why?
Yes, property owners are responsible, but what if the lifting is caused by the vibration of the elevated J Train on Jamaica Avenue?
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
Merchants and neighbors complained about late night noise, public urination and defecation, gun shots that damaged properties… What are the rules and consequences to open certain shops and when those shops become a nuisance or detriment to the neighborhood?
Is NOT waiting a few seconds more for the light to turn green worth endangering gas customers?