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fattythrow2020 t1_jbde0xg wrote

Reply to The Fight Over Penn Station and Madison Square Garden by jadebenn

I like how the seasoned architect and former Dept of City Planning official who also oversaw the Moynihan development and who has actual common sense (there should be high office density around mass transit, Penn station is a transit station first and foremost, the city probably can’t afford to buy out and tear down an office building that literally just got rebuilt) got booed at a planning event by actual adults just because they didn’t like what he said lol

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NewYorker0 t1_jbd5uij wrote

Reply to NYC comptroller says city’s approach to migrant crisis is financially unsustainable by Grass8989

New Yorkers pay the highest tax in the country for mediocre service and the people who just came here gets 5 star hotel in Manhattan, we voted for it and we deserve it. Our infrastructures are broken, Medicaid isn’t good, education is hot garbage and nothing ever gets fixed because voters are stupid enough to vote for these corrupt, incompetent and self serving politicians.

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alias_impossible t1_jbcx1x3 wrote

Reply to comment by spoil_of_the_cities in Council to Adams: there’s more money to be found by exgalactic

I agree. I find IBO's estimates at yesterday's hearing to be most accurate, and and they said that while this year could tolerate more spending without issues, in two years it would be an issue with current estimates because of the risk of recession and higher interest rates on debt.

Just saying that Council Finance is actually pretty conservative based on my interactions, they're just more transparent than the Mayor's office because their documents have to be written to any council member's understanding. Whereas OMB really is wonky. Not bad! I respect OMB staff I've worked with. Just, not inherently transparent.

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spoil_of_the_cities t1_jbcwjb6 wrote

Reply to comment by alias_impossible in Council to Adams: there’s more money to be found by exgalactic

I have a generally low opinion of the City Council. I actually knew one of them back in the day and can make 1/51 of that judgment from direct personal interactions!

I hold the city's various agencies generally in higher esteem than the Council.

So I figure the bureaucracy's team is probably a bit better than the Council's team, but more importantly, less likely to manipulate things in favor of the Mayor than the Council's team would be likely to manipulate things in favor of the Council.

> Is it that you just want a smaller budget due to fiscal conservatism?

The number under discussion is an estimate of a future fact - it is better to have a more accurate estimate.

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alias_impossible t1_jbcteix wrote

Reply to comment by oreosfly in Police arrest suspect in rape of woman on the Upper West Side by dosmey

2020 reforms for fairness to stop issues like Kalief Browder included Speedy Trial, Bail Reform, and Discovery reform. All at once. What it didn't include? More money. More money to comply with the new standards. To hire relevant staff. To invest in the Alternatives to Incarceration that work, and report people who stop adhering to their ATI mandate while in community.

That doesn't excuse what happened, but it does make it more understandable in knowing that the learning curve to so many changes would be a rough one.

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