The ‘Double Whammy’ That Is Slowing New York City’s Job Growth

By artappraiser on Tue, 12/14/2021 - 5:12pm |

Leadership matters. ⁦@BilldeBlasio⁩ leaves office with NYC’s unemployment rate at double the national average. https://t.co/yztzdXIRAS
— howard wolfson (@howiewolf) December 14, 2021

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/nyregion/nyc-economy-jobless.html

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One sign that Adams knows what to do!

Keechant Sewell, the Nassau County chief of detectives, will become New York City's first female police commissioner. Her appointment was seen as one of the most important decisions for Eric Adams, the incoming mayor, as he fills out his administration. https://t.co/geRlhpYUlN pic.twitter.com/zUZuI4wZti
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 15, 2021

Here's another one:

Hallelujah!
“Balanced literacy has not worked for Black and Brown children,” Banks said. “We’re going back to a phonetic approach to teaching. We’re going to ensure that our kids can read by the third grade. That’s been a huge part of the dysfunction.”https://t.co/XmDPHkoEg3
— Robert Pondiscio (@rpondiscio) December 12, 2021

Buh bye BLM, your protests have no meaning here -fuggeaboutit- in a couple fell swoops he's trashed and coopted the political correctness narrative as even mattering, and moving on to getting criminals off the streets and making sure the children are literate despite all the guinea pig experiments woke teachers' unions want to do

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/15/2021 - 11:24am

'My shoes are laced up, I'm ready to get to work,' incoming NYC Police Commissioner Sewell says

By Eyewitness News, Dec. 15

text follows...

The really nice added touch of this appointment that New Yorkers git: Nassau County starts just past the Queens NYC line and is where lots of white NYPD officers live. It is very safe and family friendly...and she's currently the Chief of Detectives there...

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/15/2021 - 11:33am

many tourists come to big cities for the plethora of boutiques and interesting little specialty stores, let's hope she gets that too, that it's not just about threat to life and limb:

“We love you, Chicago, but something has to change.” That's the message from Heritage Bikes after a burglar smashed their Lakeview store's front window to steal a high-end bike. Video posted.https://t.co/CFfAQoz1s0
— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) December 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/17/2021 - 2:21pm

Not exactly "abolish prisons" -

.@ericadamsfornyc just said he’s bringing back solitary confinement on #rikers on January 1.
— Courtney Gross (@courtneycgross) December 16, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 11:14pm

More on that from @mattkatz00: https://t.co/O9H0WyRRb4
— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) December 16, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 11:16pm

She's talking about my subway, which goes along the Hudson River from the north Bronx to 125th (Harlem) to 42nd (Times Square/Broadway shows) to 34th (Macy's) to the southern tip of Manhattan (Statue of Liberty Ferry/Wall St.) and many other tourist attraction stops inbetween:

I take @MTA #1 train nearly every day. Almost invariably there is an ugly incident--threats, attacks, menacing. Yesterday a man gestured at a family to move from 4 seats, then lay down, opened his trousers, and went to sleep. https://t.co/vkqvnZ9UYe
— Julia Vitullo-Martin (@JuliaManhattan) December 17, 2021

That's why this old lady with some disabilities won't risk taking it all the way to Manhattan anymore unless absolutely necessary, I drive despite the tortuous traffic and the expensive parking. I certainly wouldn't advise tourists to use it currently unless they are looking for criminal-style excitement. The Yellow cab situation is not good, the fleet has been decimated by like 70%, so tourists could get stranded and Uber etc. is their only option, and within Manhattan that may take an exceedingly long time and be very expensive.

NYC just needs high security and tough policing to operate its main business successfully!!! That's just reality...

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/17/2021 - 1:42pm

That said, some large cities with less available mass transit are experiencing this other problem:

December carjackings are up 447% compared to 2019. In 3 hours yesterday evening:

Hijackers took a car from a woman and her 6-year-old outside UIC Hospital

2 armed carjackings in 15 minutes in Albany Park

Another hijacking in Wicker Parkhttps://t.co/dh5072e6rG
— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) December 17, 2021

"I'm trying all my best," man tells judge after prosecutors say he attacked and carjacked a real estate agent in Lincoln Park this week.

The judge was skeptical.https://t.co/qRj6vMHsON
— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) December 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/17/2021 - 2:17pm

This other mayor is betting that only bullshit gaslighting will work:

There's not a single word in this thread about arresting, prosecuting, and incarcerating violent offenders.

Not one. https://t.co/cjsV5SF79P
— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) December 16, 2021

... Unless the tabletop exercises she mentions TWICE are field strategies for ensnaring shooters, killers, and armed robbers, this thread is just word salad.
— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) December 16, 2021

How it started / How it's going#Chicago pic.twitter.com/Ne16DtFxWb
— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) December 16, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/17/2021 - 2:35pm

sigh, here we go again -

This just in: Radio City Christmas Spectacular canceled for the remainder of its 2021 run. That’s a big hit to RCMH and to a tourism industry struggling to regain its footing. That’s a 5,000 seat theatre with as many as four shows a day. *sigh*
— Howard Sherman (@HESherman) December 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/17/2021 - 10:02pm

The ‘Double Whammy’ That Is Slowing New York City’s Job Growth

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