You’ll see a huge shift in the Asian and Jewish vote soon. They are tired of seeing criminals on the streets. Just watch

Is that really how it looks from there?

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Bail reform and discovery reforms have been and will continue to be the right ideas.

But writing a whole new legal system into place on a midnight deadline at 11:58 is never a good idea.

I worked at a DAs office, I dealt with bail reform, discovery reform and even FOIL.

It all doesn’t matter if the laws are poorly written at the last minute and involve massive staffing and technological advancement with NO MONEY to make it happen.

This is the problem that DAs have been screaming about. The legislature burdened the offices with discovery reforms that required significant staff and technology improvements and offered 0 dollars in assistance to implement it.

At least in dealing with the half where the lunatics now run the asylum.

I was a US Park Service Ranger, and I worked T the monument for a few years from 1998-2001. Your experience is not unusual. But I will say that for every person who visited the hot, small crown, queing up outside, and walking slowly up the entire pedestal and statue, who was unimpressed, at least 3 others thought it was the most amazing experience of their lives. I’ve been up there no less than a hundred times, and one time I was lucky enough to actually get to the torch. OP, you have taken a little “liberty” with your beautiful sketch, as the view from the crown points east, towards France, not to the he Manhattan skyline. Your artistic expression of your he view is astounding though. Amazing job.

I think people fail to realize the backlash against jails happened during covid. Sickness was spreading through the every correctional facility in the state and starting seeping into the police department, then the towns that were near them. NYS funding was being redirected from corrections to public health and people were suing the city and state. It became a legal issue and exposed all the cracks in already corrupt system. Prisons and jails were being closed down, prisoners, correction officers and legal staff were dying. It was a mess. I remember when they released thousands of criminals onto the streets they just didn't have the means to hold them. People would rather have this conversation because it diverts from the reality of mayhem that the pandemic caused.

Poll: New Yorkers back bail changes, millionaires tax

It's literally the same poll. U mad?

Thank you. I have nothing to add. You're right on the money here.

I would answer this but the person right below you (above this answer) answered what I would have said.

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people especially women dont like surprise beatings? could've fooled me

Construction costs definitely need to go down. One huge change would be having everything done in house rather than subcontract everything.

That being said, these improvements are typically very beneficial. There isn’t the same scrutiny made toward highway widenings and expansion.

Yep. A lot of people don't even know what bail is, especially that it's not punitive, and opportunistic politicians and media like the Post capitalize on that. You'll hear the same talking points - 'no consequences for criminals', 'they'll be out in a few hours', 'no consequences for crimes', 'soft on crime' etc but if you ask the people parroting those lines they're fed, how many of them could tell you what bail is, what its function is, what charges qualify, (and importantly under bail reform, the MANY charges that don't qualify for no bail)?

As well as the facts that arraigned suspects need to be tried, that they are legally innocent until proven guilty, that punishment comes after a conviction (or plea deal, because that's where 90%+ of convictions happen).

Too many people think that an arrest means guilty, when that's not how the legal system works, and also, the wrong people are sometimes arrested. The cops are among those saying this misinformation loudly, saying their hands are tied, can't do their jobs, etc when they often slack off and refuse to do their job (a local chain that has had theft can't rely on the cops coming to take their reports), and part of their job is working to provide the DA with enough evidence to prove their cases.

Crime as a whole rose nationally during COVID. It's disingenuous (and incorrect) to imply that the increase in crime here is solely because of bail reform when crime also increased in non-bail reform states/cities.

Wrong.

What do you think gaslighting means? This article is referencing a single poll. The same poll also indicated a majority of voters support a larger tax in millionaires. They're cherry picking the information they want.

The NIMBYism is a hard barrier in my eyes. There have been dozens of proposals for even private development that have been shot down for being too close to this, or being seen from that.

Even the most radical left is not surprised by this anymore.

Let’s see if the politicians will dig in and continue defending the status quo.

Only reason they care now, is the voters are fed up, and voting them out of office.

Thats pretty funny for him to say considering the MTA really has no idea how to estimate costs or schedules and relies on contractors and consultants.

The subculture of the MTA is that to be a top dog your ultimate desire is to manage managers. The priorities are NOT lower costs and efficient construction and removing bottlenecks.

The drawings provided to contractors to do the work ? They are literally illustrations and the contractor cannot build directly from them. Contractors have to make their own drawings and submit them for approval, so a 100 page set of contract drawings becomes many multiples of that. That submittal process? Could take months for something like a set of steel or piping or instrumentation drawings as you go back and forth. When the contractor is making these drawings and issues arise, it becomes an RFI. Then maybe a change order. Months and months are going by as these issues are being resolved. Why does a concrete mix need to be approved for (literally) the 100,000 time? Why isnt there a database of previously approved cctv vendors / manufacturers you can look at for purchasing?

Yes definitely an overly large station is going to cost more. But when the culture has largely accepted the slow pace of construction, managerial and consultant overhead add massive costs.

as a new yorker ……..ive never been.