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Shootings and murders are up

artappraiser — Thu, 21 May 2020 04:35:37 +0000

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Shootings and murders are up this year in NYC. Both month- and year-to-date. I did not expect that when the shutdown began. I was wrong. https://t.co/YdvOkrKymS
— Bad Hombre "LOSER!" Moskos (@PeterMoskos) May 21, 2020

This data is damning not just

artappraiser — Thu, 21 May 2020 03:55:20 +0000

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This data is damning not just for Trump, but also for de Blasio and Cuomo, in the human cost > https://t.co/CLMckO0abl
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 21, 2020

both De Blasio and Cuomo

artappraiser — Thu, 21 May 2020 03:22:30 +0000

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both De Blasio and Cuomo always behind the eight-ball, after many deaths:

Cuomo says that Ready Responders is going to increase the number of testing sites in NYC public housing from 8 to 40

Flashback to last week, when @THECITYNY’s analysis showed that new hospitalizations were coming from neighborhoods with NYCHA complexes.https://t.co/eDqM14CKVE
— Josefa Velásquez (@J__Velasquez) May 20, 2020

The mass exodus from NYC is

artappraiser — Wed, 20 May 2020 03:22:34 +0000

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The mass exodus from NYC is underway. My friends say their building elevators are full with people moving out (mostly out of state) and they aren’t planning on coming back.
— Ian Sigalow (@Sigalow) May 19, 2020

This struck a nerve.

I love the city and lived there for 15 yrs. Then had kids, realized kids need space, and moved 10 mi. north.

Some friends were “sticking it out” with kids. COVID changed those plans.

Home is where your friends are. If they move, you don’t want to return.
— Ian Sigalow (@Sigalow) May 20, 2020

with a selection of replies

I’ve been noticing this too. & what concerns me the most is that the most marginalized and affected people in NYC are unable to move on a whim due to a # of factors, mostly being financial. Many ppl are squeezed into small spaces during a pandemic w/ families & limited options
— God-is Rivera (@GodisRivera) May 20, 2020

Outside my building today pic.twitter.com/hm0JIydnlg
— david sitt (@dsitt_) May 19, 2020

40 percent of ues and uws have left. We have so many friends that said take what you want from our apt we aren’t coming back.
— wodnicki (@wodnicki) May 19, 2020

Also not sure why you would move into the city at this stage. It’s not like companies are opening up and coming back right now. Nyc was the place to be because you wanted to be close to work. But now with work from home as the norm.. dont think NYC recovers for a while.
— wodnicki (@wodnicki) May 19, 2020

420k people left NYC in the last few months. (Source: NYT) It is possible that # is undercounting and may continue to rise. I think Ian's use of "mass exodus" is therefore warranted, though the "exodus" is definitely unevenly distributed: pic.twitter.com/mczcooUMVC
— Rob Bailey (@RMB) May 20, 2020

Too many up and coming cities these days in the US. Cost of living must go down in nyc or it could turn into a mega Detroit. I know plenty of native New Yorkers wanting to get out to places like Austin, Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham to name a few.
— Neal Williams (@NealWil23514218) May 20, 2020

Spoiler alert: all of them.

artappraiser — Wed, 20 May 2020 03:11:40 +0000

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Spoiler alert: all of them. https://t.co/yL7It8HlWg
— Erin Durkin (@erinmdurkin) May 19, 2020

Heckuva a job, DeBlasio,

artappraiser — Wed, 20 May 2020 00:03:10 +0000

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Heckuva a job, DeBlasio, continued:

NYCHA residents account for a disproportionate share of the city’s coronavirus deaths, new data showhttps://t.co/ctQHHkHfvL
— THE CITY (@THECITYNY) May 20, 2020

Cross-links to threads with

artappraiser — Sat, 16 May 2020 18:34:51 +0000

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Cross-links to threads with similar reporting WITH EXTENSIVE EXCERPTS and with comments:

HE SAW ‘NO PROOF’ CLOSURES WOULD CURB VIRUS. NOW HE HAS DE BLASIO’S TRUST.

The head of New York City’s public hospitals pushed to keep the city open in early March. Now the mayor has put him in charge of contact tracing, deepening a rift with the Health Department.

(NYimes.com, 4 reporters) Thu, 05/14/2020 - 11:03pm)

NY FAIL: SEATTLE’S LEADERS LET SCIENTISTS TAKE THE LEAD. NEW YORK’S DID NOT

The initial coronavirus outbreaks on the East and West Coasts emerged at roughly the same time. But the danger was communicated very differently.

(NewYorker.com, Charles Duhigg, Sun, 04/26/2020 - 9:18am)

New York City still solid in

artappraiser — Sat, 16 May 2020 18:25:39 +0000

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New York City still solid in bond market amid coronavirus, Comptroller Stringer says

By Paul Burton @ BondBuyer.com, May 6

Even with two warning shots from bond rating agencies and gloomy scenarios amid the COVID-19 crisis, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said the city is in a strong position in the capital markets.

Stringer, in Tuesday's analysis of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $89.3 billion executive budget, projected an $8.7 billion revenue gap and possibly one in five residents losing their jobs by the end of June from the coronavirus.

“Obviously we are concerned. We want to make sure our ratings are as high as possible,” Stringer told reporters during a video conference. “I do think we are in a strong position despite this calamity."

"We’re constantly monitoring the bond markets. We’re constantly looking to see when that stabilizes. I am much more optimistic that we will get through this.”

Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings last month revised their outlooks on the city’s general obligation bonds to negative. Moody’s rates the city’s GOs Aa1, while S&P Global Ratings and Fitch rate them AA. S&P has a stable outlook for now.

While joining the call for further federal assistance, Stringer, a presumptive mayoral candidate in 2021, scolded the de Blasio administration for leaving the city with insufficient savings.

The mayor intends to cover the shortfall through a $4 billion withdrawal from reserves, $2 billion from the federal CARES Act rescue package, and $2.7 billion in departmental cuts through a so-called program to eliminate the gap, or PEG

The latter, according to Stringer, relies too much on stopgap measures, such as summer pool closings or suspending the summer youth employment program.

“These one-time cuts don’t translate into longer-term savings, and those recurring savings only represent a small fraction of the agency budgets,” said Stringer, who called on the administration to match a 4% cut for his own office. Such a move, he said, would save the city $1 billion.

The City Council, which must approve a spending plan by June 30, has scheduled a budget hearing for Wednesday [...]

All of de Blasio’s COVID-19

artappraiser — Sat, 16 May 2020 18:00:49 +0000

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All of de Blasio’s COVID-19 missteps

The mayor really doesn’t believe in leading by example.

By Jeff Cotlin @ cityandstateny.com, MARCH 31, 2020

Every day, you see a little

artappraiser — Sat, 16 May 2020 17:48:44 +0000

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Every day, you see a little more reporting about the truth. As I've said before, many times, there is no way to gather up facts about COVID-19 in New York and not find serious fault with Andrew Cuomo's response. Those who praised him in March and April should think again.
— Ross Barkan (@RossBarkan) May 16, 2020

I need to formally add @RossBarkan to my list of essential public media voices in this pandemic, joining @DDayen and @TheProspect; @MatthewStoller; and @KrystalBall and @esaagar of #Rising on @HillTVLive.

Subscribe to Ross's newsletter on Cuomo:https://t.co/CL3KTAGAVs
— Matt Zemek (@MattZemek) May 16, 2020