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Karrick t1_jb4pd09 wrote

Reply to comment by kinovelo in While Many Wonder ‘Where’s the Plan?’ NYC Presses Medicare Advantage Fight With ‘Marching Orders’ in Hand — Work-Bites by exgalactic

As a public sectir union member it's infuriating to me that my union opposed universal healthcare. The union officers are constantly complaining about how expensive our benefits are to the union. Well guess what, jackasses? You wouldn't have to pay all that if there was universal healthcare. You wouldn't have to negotiate for it either.

DC37 needs a (lot of) change.

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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_jb4n5ni wrote

Reply to comment by signal_tower_product in SHOCKER: Mayor's private BQE meeting could divide Brooklyn politicians by psychothumbs

On highways, yes. GCP is off limits to trucks, too.

There's no other major roadway. Unless you're suggesting that trucks go through streets like Atlantic Avenue, Ft Hamilton Parkway, Kings Highway, the Conduit, etc. Sure there's the Van Wyk but you have to get access somehow and the last thing it needs is more trucks. Moreover, all those trucks in poorer areas with high asthma rates is "environmental racism".

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GVas22 t1_jb4mu9a wrote

Reply to Amazon to close eight Go convenience stores in cost-cutting move by geoxol

The tech was kind of neat but I didn't really see the point.

They're mostly located around office buildings rather than residential areas. Nobody was going in to grab a half gallon of milk during work hours, and their lunch selection was a bunch of pre-made refrigerated sandwiches and wraps.

Also, it's not like check out times are crazy long at a standard bodega and this was a solution.

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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_jb4lgw8 wrote

Reply to comment by George4Mayor86 in Bronx Defenders hit city, NYPD with two separate police misconduct lawsuits — Bronx Times by BronxTimes

That is a bad thing. Not all criminals are the same. Some are people who made bad choices. Others are repeat offenders with lengthy sheets. Fuck those guys.

Fighting to reduce punishment for someone like that is horrible when signs show they'll just do it again once they're out.

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sam_neil t1_jb4jtu0 wrote

Reply to comment by Dump_Bucket_Supreme in Woman found dead in Jeep full of noxious chemicals on Manhattan’s Sutton Place in bizarre suspected suicide by justthekoufax

It’s not common. Like a few dozen cases annually in the US. It’s worth remembering though, because of the insane danger it poses to responders or good samaritans trying to help.

It really got big in Japan in like 2007 or so and became “a thing” since then.

I can only think of it happening in NYC three times off the top of my head, over the course of my ten years working in EMS. Anyone who researches how to kill themselves can come up with way better methods, but this is the nuclear option so to speak.

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