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well it's a NY thing, where

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:51:25 +0000

well it's a NY thing, where like $500 million is squat start up, nobody expects anything to actually happen from that amount.I.E. So now that all these jobs are set up and bureaucracy fed, Chirlane finally has time to go OIC, we got a seriously mentally ill problem here! that's something we could do, maybe, as long as it doesn't cut into managing the yoga classes and the teams designing the think positive today advertising for the subway...

hey thanks for the link, I had no idea the NYPD was cutting into what was always considered the Sheriff's booty. Maybe turf war coming soon

Kept looking for the

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:36:07 +0000

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Kept looking for the "successes" section.

Also, noticed this one - cloud databases r tuff:

https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/nypd-stalls-on-sharing-property-seizure-info...

NEW: After spending $555

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:55:36 +0000

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NEW: After spending $555 million over four years, ThriveNYC, the mental health effort launched by @NYCFirstLady, is being overhauled.https://t.co/iNk3O1DCLc
— THE CITY (@THECITYNY) March 3, 2020

You should all drop what you

artappraiser — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:53:20 +0000

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You should all drop what you're doing and read every word of this @ABarnardNYT piece on NYC's private hauling companies. I can't even choose one paragraph to quote—this city can be such a cesspool.https://t.co/tEZrg9Wiqe
— Travis R. Eby (@travis_robert) February 16, 2020

Hyperloopy.

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 23:21:43 +0000

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Hyperloopy.

Because we spend tax dollars

artappraiser — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 22:49:11 +0000

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Because we spend tax dollars on teaching Hasidic cult kids how to read the Torah and collect welfare for large families and little else:

“It’s of particular importance that those yeshivas be named not only as a matter of accountability to parents but to the public, since millions of dollars of taxpayer funds go to these schools.” https://t.co/896fQSnUgH
— Errol Louis (@errollouis) January 28, 2020

Why do we do that instead of demanding that if they get tax dollars, they are also taught the three R's + basic science? We do that because their rebbes deliver block votes to the candidates who make sure the yeshivas get tax dollars. The rebbes can do that because: the flock is not educated to be able to vote independently using their own mind.

Don't get me wrong: we have freedom to be stupid in this country and I will defend it. I just don't like paying for this personal choice. You are free to be stupid and uneducated, but you have to pay for it yourself!

City officials accuse a

artappraiser — Sat, 01 Feb 2020 21:43:47 +0000

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City officials accuse a homeless services provider that’s reaped hundreds of millions of dollars from city contracts with alleged fraud and bid-rigging.https://t.co/4Pey9CMI4c
— THE CITY (@THECITYNY) February 1, 2020

Huh, possible corruption in

artappraiser — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:17:52 +0000

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Huh, possible corruption in the Construction Fraud Tax Force, who'd thunk it? What a surprise!

EXCLUSIVE Head of @ManhattanDA's Construction Fraud Task Force steps down after accusations of hiding evidence in multiple bribery cases @THECITYNY https://t.co/0Nv2GCFC4o
— GregBSmith (@Gregbsmithnyc) January 24, 2020

Eric Adams calls the presence

artappraiser — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 06:06:44 +0000

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Eric Adams calls the presence of affordable housing for LGBT seniors making <$40k per year, 77% of whom are people of color, "disruptive" to NYCHA residents. https://t.co/3aAmPvXgVZ
— David J. Meyer (@dahvnyc) December 25, 2019

But would we have nice things

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:31:09 +0000

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But would we have nice things if we could? Would we go for an ethical Facebook (MySpace?)? Would we pay for a better NY metro? Would we make the sacrifices that good healthcare systems require to deliver? Or are we stuck with our own counterintuitive preferences?