Commercial tenants too have avoided paying rent! One pictured here did not pay for 3 years!

New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) so far paid 178,855 residential tenants a total of $2.9 billion federal fund as of July 28, 2022 to help their landlord. ERAP does not cover commercial landlords, and owners use the same New York State court process for eviction. One reason for high rent is bad … Read more

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