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

Dept of Education budget was $11.5B or $10.4k per student in 2000/1; now $31B or $34.9k for each kid. What’s wrong with this number?

120,000 students left the DoE public school system over the last 5 years while enrollment at public charter schools is up 9%. Students In 2021-22, there were 1,058,888 students in the NYC school system, the largest school district in the United States. Of those students: 13.9 percent of students were English Language Learners 20.6 percent … Read more

Who voted for “Bail Reform” in 2019? The same bill included “Congestion Pricing” in NYC.

———- Forwarded message ———From: Nicholas Giordano <giordan@sunysuffolk.edu>Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 5:37 PMSubject: Re: [EXTERNAL]RE: NY Post Hi Phil,  I broke it down by Senate and Assembly. Included everyone who voted “Aye” on the bill. Let me know if you need anything else or have any other questions.  NYS Senate bill S1059C. Here’s everyone who voted … 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.

Strengthening gun laws or weakening good citizens? US Supreme Court struck down New York’s 1911 Sullivan Act!

Sullivan Act has to do with small firearms, not rifle, shotgun, ammunition nor body armor in the legislation signed into law on July 1, 2022. Carrying licensed guns outside of home had been limited to government purposes instead of self-protection thus the NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOCIATION, INC., ET AL. v. BRUEN, SUPERINTENDENT … Read more

Republicans are to stop and kill congestion pricing!

Passed April 1, 2019 in Albany’s budget bill (same bill as Bail Reform), drivers are expected to pay an additional toll between $9 and $23 below 60th Street or $14 to $35 by mail starting 2021. Thanks to COVID, implementation has been delayed. Update: July 1, 2022. MTA announced it was ready to implement the … Read more