Active driveway blocked by ambulance service plate
It happens regularly in front of this homeowner at Beverly Road. I propose that all legally issued parking permits must have a phone number and license plate associated printed.
Taxes
DSA Zohran Mamdani’s solution for MTA fare freeze, increase the budget.
Assemblyman Mamdani is not asking MTA to fix itself. The $200 million he wants allotted in the budget to cover the increase cost could easily be saved (avoided) by not buying shiny new cars and buses! The new $27 million train that has already been vandalized is not the right way! MTA needs to have … Read more
Real Estate licensing did not require continuing education. Now reciprocity is lost because of it.
New York State Real Property Law On December 21, 2021, New York Real Property Law section 442-h (rules of the Secretary of State relating to real estate brokers and salespersons) was amended to require, in part, that real estate brokers “institute standardized operating procedures for the prerequisites prospective homebuyers must meet prior to receiving any … Read more
Residential Permit Parking – Albany’s style is wrong.
State Senator Michael Gianaris is focusing on money for the MTA instead of helping residents to fix time wasted problem.
Should Austin Street in Forest Hills be car free?
Pedro Rodriguez of “Neighbors for a Safer Austin Street” between Yellowstone Boulevard and Ascan Avenue submitted a petition before Community Board 6, which was adopted on February 23, 2023. President of the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce, Leslie Brown, believes it would interrupt and hurt businesses and their customers.
Another Albany bureaucracy: NYC Public Housing Preservation Trust
Another law that sounds great! Where is it one year later? How about the NYCHA repairs? Even the politicians don’t care about the laws they authored. The $515K NYCHA Chairperson Gregory Russ left. Statement from Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz or State Senator Julia Salazar?
Albany wants to change taxes on cannabis…
If it’s complicated, why legalized it? Do you think those 1,500 or so stores selling cannabis unlicensed, unregulated, crime-targets pay taxes, irregardless of whatever rules imposed by Albany? Unlike cigarettes and alcohol, why is there no “card” enforcement for those selling to people under the age of 21?
State Public Campaign Finance Program
Albany Democrats voted for it in 2020. Now that it started, the same Albany Democrats wants to delay it. Meaning, they want the formula changed to keep old habits. Definition of hypocricy?
It pays to rumble in the Bronx: $6M
Class action: June 4, 2020 George Floyd protest against curfew in the Bronx. Thank you Mayor di Blasio! Yes, rights of few may have been violated, but ALL of them gets a check from the City of New York!
