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The notion that crime has increased came came from two different liberal democrat friends of mine who live in Manhattan. They've reported anecdotally an increase number of muggings on the streets and on the subways. It's an apparent result of De Blasio releasing low level criminals from prison. One is a CFO of a small biotech start up and the other the CIO of a large law firm. The CIO has been living in Manhattan since 1978.

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We're in Jersey so I'll disregard NY handling of this but if you think trump has handled this well so far you are delusional.


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Because Obama did such a great job with the swine flu pandemic-not declaring a national
emergency till six months in. Cuomo, DeBlasio, and his health commissioner telling everyone to go out and about, attend the Chinese New Year parade, go to movies, restaurants, and clubs that led to NYC being the top killing zone in the US-b-b-b it’s our President’s fault?

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What is in that medical journal is what schools receive all the time in NYC. My principal would display NYC health department notices all the time where the teachers picked up their mail. I have been reading about this for years. People with immune problems are the ones at risk, but who cares about them? It is more important that the left push open the borders for potential voters down the road.

you love being an idiot, carry on!

No, I love showing the hypocrisy of people like you.

you don't know anything about me. so your statement shows how empty your head is.

carry on. we all need a clown to entertain us

I actually knew elderly people who have died from the complications of pneumonia because they were exposed to an influx of illegal immigrants in their neighborhood. These were new strains found in that population. So if this virus is contagious, they it is about time this government take a look at the illegal immigrants which who brings in health problems especially in crowded communities.

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Baloney about inflation, people ignore that Bush 43 and Obama, a total of 16 years, had flat economies. The fact that Social Security recipients did not receive increase under Obama is ignored. But the spending under both administrations went through the roof. At the end of 2000, the national debt was $5 trillion but at the end of the Obama Administration, it was $22 trillion. Both administrations spent through the roof.

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Tax revenue 27 billion, tax break generated from that 3 billion. AOC is as stupid about math as she is on everything else.

Why, because she doesn't think NYC should bend over backwards for a corporate behemoth?

This was not a free lunch. Amazon was not gifting NYC with billions in tax revenues. See post #153 above.

No, its because she stated she would rather spend "the capital" elsewhere. There is no capital, Amazon is the capital, and the tax breaks were future breaks that hinge on their job creation numbers. BU cum laude degree in economics apparently isn't worth all that much.

Hopefully she was a better bartender - she should go back to working for tips.

And I'm a liberal.

You also happen to be wrong.

There definitely was capital involved. In fact, $1.8 billion is NOT tax breaks, it is actual outlays from NYC and NY to Amazon:

Amazon will receive $897 million from the city’s Relocation and Employment Assistance Program (REAP) and $386 million from the Industrial & Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP). It will receive an additional $505 million in a capital grant and $1.2 billion in “Excelsior” credits if its job creation goals are met. That brings the total amount of public funds granted to $2.988 billion—in other words, the city and state will pay Amazon $48,000 per job.
https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/16/18098 ... ong-island-city-explained

And again, these grand plans have a way of not working out. Companies employ fewer people than promised, or the jobs aren't as good as promised, or they find ways to avoid paying taxes. Amazon even threatened to leave Seattle because it didn't want to pay a proposed tax.

Sounds like someone was paying attention....

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Tax revenue 27 billion, tax break generated from that 3 billion. AOC is as stupid about math as she is on everything else.

Why, because she doesn't think NYC should bend over backwards for a corporate behemoth?

This was not a free lunch. Amazon was not gifting NYC with billions in tax revenues. See post #153 above.

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Those monitors at Grove have been there for years.

i'm not talking about the tv monitors. it's a singular monitor that seems to be awaiting some type of signal input or something.

You’re not crazy. There are new ones they recently installed. I saw them putting in wires a week or so ago. Today, I noticed the LED screens were mounted, and operational. It was just a bunch of colors, but they were on.

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so how is jersey city doing with implementing bike lanes?

there are some nice green textured ones on a few blocks of lower Montgomery and part of Columbus.

there are some more stripped/painted ones, throughout the city. But, none (or few) are connected. there are none that go more than a few blocks east/west and none from uptown to downtown (up/down the hill.)

now with Citi Bike expansion, there should be a need for a connected bike lane system. and perhaps a trial protected bike lane.