Open invitation to debate Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr.
Any citizen or organization within the 15th Senatorial District may make such request. Senator Addabbo and myself will do our best to participate.
Taxes
Democrat’s definition of fairness: $150 property tax rebate, while the same real estate tax goes up by more than $150.
Never mind that there is a $250,000 income limit for home, co-op and condo owners, how much do you think the paperwork and man-hours processing the rebate will cost? Can someone do an analysis of total rebate paid to total number of owners subtracted by cost to implement this City Council budget deal? Why do … Read more
President Biden’s $10K student loan forgiveness does not fix the cost of education cost problem created by the federal government itself.
Excerpts from A Look Into the History of Student Loans published on January 19, 2022 1958: Federal student loans are first offered under the National Defense Education Act to help the United States compete with other countries—namely the Soviet Union. High school students who showed promise in mathematics, science, engineering, or foreign language, or those who wanted to become … Read more
Congratulations Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. for winning the August 23, 2022 Democrat Primary.
I look forward to having debates and discourse on how to represent and unite not divide the people and neighborhoods of the 15th Senatorial District.
MTA got $15 billion of federal COVID aid. Where did it go?
Instead of restructuring the MTA for a post-COVID reality, it kept the same pre-COVID business model. Governor Kathy Hochul said no MTA fare hike until 2025 back in November 2021. MTA is already planning one right after the elections for March 2023. Left out of the report is Congestion Pricing.
There are hundreds of poll workers like Charlene Davis in every election cycle.
Early voting became law in 2019 made the “temporary inactive” designation even worse. Because a typical worker could make $2,000 to $5,000 for less than 10 days of work, loyalty has a higher price tag. It begs the question, has early voting increased voter turnout?
Cannabis NYC in NYS
Senate bill S854A legalized sale of marijuana on March 31, 2021 over 16 months ago. NYS Office of Cannabis Management is “(t)aking bold actions to encourage social justice, public health and economic development in the lives of all New Yorkers.” How do you quantify such statement by numbers and timeline to define success or failure? … Read more
It’s my tax dollars!
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.
NYC Health Department inspections should allow food establishments time to correct violations. Fines should only be issued for repeated and agreed-to violations.
Currently, fines are issued on the spot upon inspection. There is no chart or table of fines posted publicly. There is no grace period for violators to correct. Even the Business Owner’s Bill of Rights is biased to protect its own inspectors, not to help business owners.
Rite Aid at 109-07 101 Avenue in South Richmond Hill erected a fence to deter theft, but ignored a 4″ broken sidewalk pit.
The store management knows about it for quite sometimes, but nothing is being done. Not even placing a warning cone.