Are merchants responsible for lifting sidewalk?
Yes, property owners are responsible, but what if the lifting is caused by the vibration of the elevated J Train on Jamaica Avenue?
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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
“The Constitution does not prohibit legislatures from enacting stupid laws.”
Quote from Chief Justice John Paul Stevens recalling remark from Justice Thurgood Marshall in the New York State Board of Elections, et. al., PETITIONERS v. Margarita Lopez Torres et al. 552 U.S. (2008) case. 15 years later, stupid laws in nominating candidates for open seats in the Supreme Court continues.
Trash piling up for weeks in front of 125-17 Liberty Avenue has been ignored by Department of Sanitation after numerous 311 calls.
According to local merchants, the pile of trash pictured has been there since mid-July. What is the procedure to request a sanitation waste basket at the street corner of 126 Street?
Hookah bars on Liberty Avenue bring unwelcomed noise trash and people from outside of the neighborhood.
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?
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
NYC Mayor Eric Adams welcomed 14 immigrants arriving from Texas early Sunday morning. What’s wrong with this picture?
A total of about 50 have arrived under order of Texas Governor Greg Abbott since the first bus on Friday, August 5th. For those who lived and worked hard in the City all their life, does the mayor or any elected official ever thanked them or give them bags of goodies and welcoming package? Tell … Read more
Temporary Traffic Signal box needs to be made permanent at Jamaica Ave and 106 Street.
The box appears to power the traffic light at this corner. Trash is stuffed inside, wiring is exposed, and it has been left unfinished for over a year.
$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