If the Jamaica bound Q56 bus stop is moved up 30 feet more at 80 Street, there would be 3 more parking spots!
Currently, no parking is allowed in front of the bus stop sign. Why not use that space for the bus?
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Out of state car (Georgia) with expired tags could not get towed or ticketed at Cooper Avenue
The car owner just does not care where he parks knowing NYPD could not do much about it.
Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School would not fix a broken gate.
The main entrance and exit is on 91-30 Metropolitan Ave. It has a back exit into 70 Road and the GallopNYC horse stable. Teachers park on the street at the back door. Students enter and exit since it is closer walking to the school building. There is no guard or supervision at this location. Neighbors … 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
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.
July 4th Weekend in Chicago: 9 dead among 57 shot; NYC: at least 2 dead among 52 shot
NYC is not Chicago in crime… Chicago 2021 was statistically worse with 17 killed and 108 shot. NYC 2021 was the opposite with 1 dead among 26 shot. Compstat Police Reports should be made more public friendly and accessible to educate the public and affected communities. Contact me if you are interested in doing an … 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
Police charged Glenn Hirsch with murder of Zhiwen Yan (严志文) Great Wall deliveryman killed on April 30, 2022
Update: August 29, 2022. Glenn Hirsch shot himself on August 5. His suicide note was revealed. Update: June 28, 2022. Even readers in Hong Kong were shocked that his lawyer said the ‘duck saucer killer’ did not do it! June 2, 2022. His wife Kunying Zhao is angry that the police could not tell her … Read more