This isn't a very good way to tell. Most of the new dedicated illegal shops do not sell tobacco products either.

And yet the SAS carries more people daily than live in SI.

This, every politician in office is salivating on earmarking that money for ‘schools’ and taking the press but in reality trading it for favors

For like 5-10 sisters in a failing order. The Catholic Church sure knows how to piss away funds.

Ding ding ding. New York parishes filing bankruptcy and closing churches and schools left and right. But sure, blame Brooklyn residents for the systemic sexual abuse of kids and parishioners by priests for decades upon decades. Deflect!

Wait what?!

>Meanwhile, the sisters have ambitious plans for their permanent home, which will include a Spanish-style monastery, a barn and a caretaker’s house, estimated to cost about $25 million. They should be able to move into a modular cloister of about 3,500 square feet on the donated land by year-end, Mr. Pfaff said.

$25m to build a monastery in the woods near Scranton?

From Bloomberg News reporter Fola Akinnibi:

The New York City Police Department has exceeded its overtime budget by almost $100 million and it is on pace to break a 10-year high for spending on extra hours for officers.

Before taking office, Mayor Eric Adams pledged to reduce the NYPD’s overtime spending by half in his first year by deploying officers more efficiently and reducing the number on duty at parades and other events.

Yet, the NYPD has spent $472 million on officer overtime through February, exceeding its budget by $98 million, according to a report from New York City Comptroller Brad Lander. The final tally will be much higher because the fiscal year ends June 30. Lander’s office said the department is on pace to spend $740 million, which would be the most in a decade.

“If New York City had unlimited cash, it would be lovely to allow teachers unlimited overtime to stay afterschool to help every kid learn to read, or social workers unlimited shifts to help counsel New Yorkers struggling with mental illness,” Lander said in a statement. “But other agencies aren’t allowed to show total disregard for their overtime budget, and we can’t afford for the NYPD to do so year after year.”

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Sounds like most European cities.

And if you do replace a building legally you need to fit the location. Which may mean (gasp) spending money on ascetics and staying within a size envelope. Tourists may not even realize what’s old or new in some places. In most cities it can be hard to tell.

Astoria

I still assume it’s because all the ppl who wanted to open weed shops paid off Coumo’s people and now they have to go through the whole process again and pay off Hochul’s people.

My law - designed to piss off developers - would be that no landmark building that is demolished may be replaced by one that does not mimic the original structure. You can also eventually expand that to include non-landmarks in the outer boroughs (esp Queens) which are replaced with monstrosities built by people with no taste.

The State hasn't figured out to milk that cow dry yet. They all want a cut of what is surely to a be lucrative stream of revenue.

It’s not just this, it’s everything. The city requires a permit for almost everything but most take an actual eternity to process. I’ve had permit requests sit for MONTHS before anyone got back to me, for something so simple that would take me a half-day to do. I mean if NYC wants tax money, I would imagine they should be processing permits a lot faster, so people can start buying and start paying the taxes.

So why are y’all still burying the crime thread results? Is it because the top mod doesn’t personally like the results of the vote, or want to admit they messed up running the vote? We were told 3+ months ago results would be released and acted on and you’re yet to publicly even admit (oh right you responded to one comment and got chewed out for misrepresenting the truth in it) that you need to redo the vote….. who cares about the actual thread at this point but leaderships inability to actually follow up with anything they claim they’ll do is embarrassing. That and the utter lack of accountability.

Can't speak particularly for Williamsburg, but you can try with New York Cares:

newyorkcares.org/volunteering/volunteering-made-easy

Equity!

10%?

Yeesh. Is it under Section 8? City doesn't allow rent to be raised that high for existing tenants.

Well, there are a dozen legal medical dispensaries, too, but they’ll let you know you can’t buy anything without a card.

Love that spot, what did ya sing?

Edit - Sorry this wasn’t meant to be a reply

Over the course of many years the owner failed to maintain it. It was in danger of collapse so it was removed. Buildings don't last forever. Progress marches on.

Or the fact that there are currently only three open.

Licensed weed is trash in ny. I been in the legacy market since 2000 drop some names and locations where I can get the best the city has to offer

Agreed

And a relic of why they're associated so much with city dwellers. You're part of a NYC historic tradition!