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

Train tressel between Bessemer Babbage is an ideal cover…

The section below is not paved. And there is a throughway where the 13′-5″ Clearance sign is. Due to its out-of-sight location, illegal activities have been observed by nearby neighbors such as opening of stolen Amazon packages, drug selling, and other undesirable activities. A suggestion is to enforce ticketing of cars parked underneath or to … Read more

84 Avenue should either be one-way again or allow parking on one side only

A traffic light was installed at Park Lane South and 115th Street. In the mornings, long line of cars back up on 115 Street and 84 Avenue waiting for the light to change. While waiting, residents exiting their driveway are blocked in. To allow more room for traffic, DoT could (1) lengthen the green light … Read more

Trash left at bus stops, sewage not cleared, tall trees not trimmed, homeowner sidewalk repairs reimbursement

Homeowners on this stretch of Metropolitan Avenue between 74 Avenue and Union Turnpike felt neglected by city services. Unlicensed street mango sellers, flooded basements, healthy but large branches that could break off when windy, threat of liability should pedestrians trip off uneven sidewalk caused by tree roots… If homeowner did sidewalk repairs at his or … Read more