Bail reform and Congestion Pricing was passed in 2019 when State Senate was controlled by Democrats.
How was New York when the State Senate was controlled by Republicans?
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If you are not the Party’s candidate, fairness is not a given before the NYC Board of Elections.
It is a given that the Board of Elections is partisan. To protect party-favored candidates, creating unexpected rules and using lies and innuendos among 5 Republican and 5 Democrat Commissioners are to be expected. My Democrat opponent, Joseph P. Abbabbo, filed We The People independent nominating petition. The Queens Clerks concluded that Addabbo had 2,812 … 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.
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
Starting August 1, “School Zone” safety cameras are on 24/7, 365 until July 1, 2025
It started in 2013 with 20 mobile cameras. Governor Hochul expanded its hours on June 24, 2022. Now, cameras numbered 2,000+. Do you follow?
Republican candidate for Governor Lee Zeldin is to repeal cashless bail reform in his press conference.
It must go further. The entire set of laws must be repealed!
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.