Or you have people who was paying $1500+ a year in fares and don’t see any benefit to it when they’re constantly running late, having service issues etc so you no longer tolerate their b.s

Our right wing lackey closet Repiublican eric a. far down the rabbit hole mixing Church and State. Mind you he never absorbed civics lessons or played hooky. Now with endless delusions galore:

‘I walk with God': Mayor Eric Adams is comfortable mixing religion and politics. Not all New Yorkers feel the same way. During an interfaith event on Tuesday, Adams appeared to criticize the separation of church and state.

By Elizabeth Kim Published Feb 28, 2023 at 4:28 p.m. Modified Feb 28, 2023 at 4:59 p.m.

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In a city struggling economically the sales taxes they generate are very helpful.

NY already has a Ferris wheel down in Coney Island. Isn’t that enough?

Kathy Hochul is proposing giving the MTA an extra $1.3 billion a year via higher payroll taxes on downstate businesses and revenue from new casinos.

From our reporter Jimmy Vielkind:

>The MTA proposals would generate enough cash to help cover a budget gap caused by a loss in fare revenue from lower ridership since the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, officials said. The new funding also would help foot the bill for additional police patrols on the subway system that started in October amid concerns about crime.
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>MTA Chairman and Chief Executive Janno Lieber, who has been lobbying lawmakers for additional funding, said in an interview that the governor’s proposal would allow the authority to avoid service cuts but not a 5.5% fare hike that the MTA assumed in its 2023 budget.
...Under Ms. Hochul’s proposal, that tax would increase to 0.5%, generating around $800 million a year in additional revenue. For example, an employer would pay an additional $160 a year for each employee with a $100,000 annual salary.

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95% of them are rat infested. Work across the street from a very fancy restaurant & if you all only knew the rats that go in & out after closing

It’s the illegal dirt bike gangs swarming you or the two assholes in low-rider racers flying past you at 90mph swerving through traffic that really enhance the experience. Late night FDR is a blood-curdling danger zone.

No way to enforce this. None, unless you make them register the bike and somehow tag the battery.

Oh hell no, cyclists were assholes way before these battery powered bikes.

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Debawhat?

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That analogy doesn't work. They are still physically going into work. That quite literally is not remote...

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But isn't compensation supposed to factor in cost of living for employees to make the wage competitive? You're not gonna find an 85K/yr administrative office job working in Tuscaloosa. But you can find a company paying that kind of money in NYC.

I think you guys are really delusional if you expect companies to continue to pay NYC-COL wages to workers living small town USA. Those with niche skills thus they have the bargaining advantage, sure. But your average employee? Lol.

China doesn’t allow any American social media to operate in their country. their internet is essentially closed off to American companies.

Also, the US govt is not involved with American social media companies. the same cannot be said for the CCP in China, which is a dictatorship. not sure why you’re so vehement about defending tik Tok’s presence in the US

This is the character from Jenna Maroney's unauthorized race and gender swapped biopic.

I disagree. But at least your not a scalloped fan. Those guys are seriously messed up.

construction laborer.

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Pretty unsurprising that Slate would come out in defense of the ugly, bulky, rat-infested, eyesore dining sheds. They really can't be dismantled soon enough.

Now, adding a few tables outside isn't really hurting anything, as long as it doesn't take up too much of the pedestrian area of the sidewalk.

Why does your business supersede the input of the local community.

Then let's improve that process to make it easier.

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