Nah they need more money for progressive think tanks that can recommend more of these name changes… don’t be a Nazi bro

Seems like a simple solution: don't allow cars on it (or heavily limit them).

>now Penn is mostly serving commuters.

Go to Penn Station at about 9 pm tonight and you'll see those some of those commuters sitting on the floors as they wait almost an hour for the next train on their line.

I bet it only took 2 years for a group of ten super woke people to come up with this proposal and they all celebrated at a steak house after and rimmed each other

Poliovirus has been eradicated from most of the world due to mass vaccination efforts of the World Health Organization and Global Polio Eradication Initiative in the latter half of the 20th century. However, polio remains endemic in a few areas of the world with fewer than 200 cases reported annually over the past five years. While still rare, vaccine-derived polio is more common than wild (naturally occurring) poliovirus infection, with 682 cases reported in 2021 compared to six cases of wild polio in the same year.

Bold claims require evidence. The Polio vaccine has been safely administered for over half a century now and if not for anti-vax sentiment and some politically unstable areas of the world, the disease would have been eliminated by now. Cities of old used to be full of shops that sold crutches and walking assists for the victims of the disease, prior to the vaccine.

Setts are often referred to as "cobblestones", although a sett is distinct from a cobblestone in that it is quarried or worked to a regular shape, whereas the latter is generally a small, naturally-rounded rock.

The building was built by a private citizen, owned by private citizens and auctioned off to another private citizen. The government never built or owned this place, don’t know what you’re complaining about it

They’re not discriminating against you on the basis of dog ownership. You can use the front door on your own or with another person. They’re discriminating based on whether you have a dog with you at that moment in time.

Heads up, a lot of places do this—or are you one of those schmucks that brings your dog into stores?

>The demolition of the Theater at MSG would free up substantial room for the train hub below, which is crowded with structural columns that disrupt the passage of commuters, said Elizabeth Goldstein, the president of the Municipal Art Society, a nonprofit preservation group that was briefed on the plans. The group supported a similar overhaul of the train station in 2014.

>But it would not solve all of the station’s problems, Ms. Goldstein said. The plan doesn’t add train capacity, nor does it address congestion issues on the Seventh Avenue side of the station, where pedestrians exit the subway, she said. Historically, most passengers have entered the station from the east, not the west, though redevelopment of Manhattan’s Far West Side may alter that.

Everyone talks about whether the arena should move but why not just get rid of two Penn Plaza? The office building takes up about a quarter of the block above the station. It's easier to put a value on the cost of buying an office building than the cost of buying the only large arena in Manhattan.

When Vornado wanted the land the governor and mayor supported spending somewhere between $7 billion and $10 billion to eminent domain entire blocks to work around both the MSG arena and 2 Penn Plaza.

If this proposal that can create some light and space on the 8th avenue side by tearing down the theater is not enough and light/space is also ended on the 7th avenue side then just tear down the single building that is on top of the 7th avenue side.

Rule 11.

Imagine if all 704,446 people here used this sub as their facebook wall.

This the "nice" part of the Heights. Gonna have to grind to move west of Broadway

I live in the neighborhood and no one wants this or needs it. We would love to see MSG go elsewhere if they need more room for commuters, which they do not.

Unfortunately, a road like this won't last very long under the weight of all those cars.

The Indian place near me is on it and they straight up give you whole normal dishes you’d pay full price for. I’ve been working late so picking up a full ass meal with usually enough for lunch the next day at like 8pm for $8? Yeah that’s hard to beat.

I had some great pick ups. But I've noticed that most places will give you croissants, bagels,breads typically heavy on carbs. There are a few grocery stores and I've gotten bags of produce for $10.

Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to solve New York City’s housing problem by forcing suburbs like Scarsdale to build 800,000 units over the next decade. She faces heavy resistance.
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, a Democrat who represents Scarsdale and other parts of Westchester County, said the “proposal would change the complexity of our county in a way that doesn’t make sense.”

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As I think I said in the initial post, many in this subreddit have insisted that passing Good Cause Eviction would make it harder for landlords to evict tenants for non-payment.

I am just trying to point out that this particular claim many pro-landlord people make is not true!

“Setts are often referred to as ‘cobblestones’”

I agree that price controls on rent need to be coupled with state-backed building construction projects and other policies directed at increasing gross unit supply. These are also major interests of the tenants rights groups pushing for this legislation, and it is also of course opposed by landlord lobbies — and therefore tricky to get political pressure behind, like Good Cause.

While it may be true that "the risk of a perpetual lease is higher than a 1 to 2 year lease," universal regulations like this will not materialize the kind of long-term harms to tenants that you're imagining. Landlords will continue to rent out the units they own given the choice between "perpetual leases" (I do not like this term) and no tenant at all. Because all landlords universally would face this minor increase in risk, competition in the market should maintain prices at there current levels.

I think six figures is a bit of an exaggeration as theres more affordable housing (or arrangements like room mates )further out from Manhattan. But big corps can find ways to fill the void like packaged food prepared off site or in ghost kitchens. McDonald's is researching robotics and already has self serve kiosks

Why not just present the argument that way if that’s how you feel? The entire post could be deleted and replaced with: “Support good cause eviction because it helps tenants. We shouldn’t care about property owners.” Your original post reads like your claiming the regulation will have a neutral impact on property owners.

So you need to separate two parts of the law. One is the inability to evict somebody without reason and a long legal fight. The other is price controls on rent.

I am not an economist, but it is pretty easy to see how price controls lower the incentive to create more rental units and could lead to making it uneconomic for landlords to maintain their property. Long term, this is terrible for both new renters and existing renters.

In the short term, it is boon to existing tenants and terrible for new tenants. Because the landlord is entering into a perpetual lease and it is harder to evict people, the bar to clear to get a place and the cost will go up. This is basic risk pricing. The risk of a perpetual lease is higher than a 1 to 2 year lease and that risk will be priced by the market.

Existing tenants should love it in the short term. You just got a perpetual lease renewal right and a price cap for free.

I can't remember the last time it wasn't covered in scaffolding, I'm not in that part of town that much but I don't think I've seen the bare structure in the last 5 years.

Howdy neighbor. This solved a lot of abandoned car issues. There was one on my block for three years. You will not be missed pontiac vibe.