The first two years will be a financial loss for the office space owners. After two three years max they'd make a profit. They're just wineing to get some tax breaks.

Don't believe their hype. They'll make money off it In three years max

Exactly, in this case and the bodega one from last summer there’s this incredible over reaction to the charges that get downgraded quickly and that’s scary and betrays a district attorney’s office that’s either caving to public pressure or not doing sue diligence and both of those are troubling.

City sewers used to handle substantially more from industrial uses years ago.

Residential puts a fraction of the stress on water/sewer.

You’re sick

It can be a difficult engineering task. The sewer connection alone will probably require a hydraulic study to ensure the existing city sewer can handle the expected increase in waste from the building.

Honestly surprised it's that low

If there was a way to measure "under lease but effectively vacant" it'd probably be a lot higher

Also, why the rush to arrest Hernandez and charge him with murder only to significantly downgrade the charges like 12 hours later?

I understand upgrading/downgrading charges are a routine part of the justice system. I have no issue with that.

But arresting the guy less than 24 hours after the stabbing and then charging him with murder only to change it to assault the next day makes it clear the D.A.'s Office didn't have close to all the facts when they moved on him originally.

Why was there such an urgency to arrest this guy right away and charge him with the most serious charge possible?

The guy has a clean record and isn't a flight risk or a danger to the community. Why did the D.A.'s Office not do their due diligence before perp-walking him as an accused murderer?

With all these offices going vacant, anyone know where I can pick up a free ergonomic desk chair?

what?

I work in construction. The engineering itself will be a shitshow. Structural and MEP engineering cost will be skyhigh due to the headache.

Children, this is what happens to your brain when you orient everything in your life around cars.

> while New York Police Department (NYPD) officers stood by and watched. The few officers dispatched to a central area like this, where hundreds could be summoned almost immediately, indicates a deliberate leniency in relation to the far right.

Eh, I hate to defend the police, but I am curious as to what this writer wanted them to do with 12 protesters in front of a theater (the article does not indicate any illegal behavior), and if they'd expect the police to act differently if those protesters were advocating for a left-wing cause.

Absolutely, you’ll have people living there contributing to the tax base, shopping there locally, neighborhoods will thrive again.

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I posted this article because although I know the post is very trashy and sensational, this article is beyond comprehension, and I fear indicative of a major systemic shift in our perception of morality, safety, protection, cause and effect in our city.

If I understood correct; one of the brothers attempted to steal shrimp from a local fishery. The workers reacted aggressively by chasing the robber out and used some force to protect the property. The robber then went and got back up and came back with the intention of retaliating to his attempted robbery that went wrong. In other words, a person went to rob a business (morally and criminally wrong), didn't succeed and felt the need to go get revenge because he met resistance.

The workers were left with little recourse as this robber came back with back-up and had to react. Now, I understand the workers should've called the cops, but we know that robberies under $1000 arent really being taken seriously anymore by cops and DA's. So this small business is now more or less on its own to prevent theft.

Did the worker need to stab this guy? IDK, but the workers clearly felt scared at this point since this person escalated things by coming back to retaliate. I understand self-defense laws in our city mean that you have to reasonably make all efforts to flee, but does that apply to protection of property as well?

At this point what is the reasonable expectation of self-defense and property protection. For example, if I'm walking down the street, and some person comes up to me with a knife in their hands and demands my money, do I have to ask if they intend to use the knife to stab me if I don't handover the money before I make a decision to defend myself equitably (meaning do I flee, or if their hitting me do I hit back instead of using a knife myself if I have one?) because it seems like there is this weird interpretation of the law in this case and the bodega one where it wasn't clear if the robbers intended mortal harm as opposed to just a fight? but then is it realistic to expect someone to ask if the would be assailant intends to kill them or just punch them a few times and move on? this is where this is getting weird and really concerning to the average person.

These are split second decisions that may have very real legal consequences. Sure, charges get dropped but this worker has to come up with legal fees, which could wreck the worker for years. So moving forward what is the expectation for the average New Yorker? idk if any lawyers are on the sub but would love to know more.

You can file a case with the taxi and limousine commission. They regulate the for hire vehicle industry within the city.

I had a similar issue with Lyft a few years ago and after getting no where via email with them, I disputed the charge with my bank, got refunded, and never used Lyft again.

You put this comment in the wrong place I think

Sorry.

Also, the Fidi floorplans for converted apartmenuare shitty. I don't think I've ever seen a good one. So much wasted interior space

Plumbing, electrical, etc aren't set up for residential.

You can go for longer units. You can also do what has been done in other parts of the world and have commercial on the interior with its own elevators and walls separating. A doctors office or even retail on the same floor with separate elevators is totally possible.

This kind of stuff is already normal in parts of Asia. The US just has a fixation on residential being over anything else, not on the same level.

> people don't want long skinny apartments with just one or two windows.

But what if it's....... cheaper

"People don't want" is kind of an insane thing to say about housing in Manhattan. If the place has downsides, make it cheaper, ta-da people want it

The landlords are exaggerating how hard it is to convert these buildings. Bottom line, they just don’t want to lose money, which is what will happen.

Express bus is air conditioned