>"Lawmakers are searching for other ways to close the agency's financial gaps.”

We all know what our NY legislative wants:

• Pretend fare evasion ($500 million per year loss) is not a problem.
• Cut costs by reducing train frequency and skimping on maintenance.
• Extract money from drivers.

Overall Airbnb should have been treated tax wise and zoning wise similar to the second home rule etc

You can rent your primary for 14 days tax free a year.

Airbnb rented over 30 days a year should have required proper zoning and permits

Or certificates of occupancy

I wish this was a big enough offense to get him out of office.

This seems like landlords signing up in the official registry. That implies they've already banned Airbnb on an individual basis. This isn't freeing up any rental stock in the short term. It can lead to more signups or better enforcement if a tenant is secretly trying to run an Airbnb.

Awwww, did I trigger you with my comments?

The MTA needs money. Everyone agrees on that. So where's it going to come from? Fares? Congestion pricing? Toll enforcement? Magically from Uncle Joe? It seems like there will have to be some grand bargain here where all of the pro/against special interest groups negotiate a settlement and cough up something.

Also, obligatory: it's silly that Albany gets to vote on the MTA, New York is a mismanaged meme state.

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What are you, the mayor of your block? Anyway, I don't believe you for a minute.

I live in Queens, the most diverse county in America. My block has people from all over the world, so I don't know what you're implying about "exactly like me". The Chinese, Korean, Azerbaijani, Indian, Russian and Secular Jewish families nearby aren't much like me, never mind "exactly" like me, but yeah, man.

You're the duke of diversity, the maharajah of multifariousness... /s

Really enforcing the EZPass tolls would help but they never really do that. Taking the free, orange EZPass tags from friends and family would also help.

The apartments getting built here come with parking and are garden-style, so still plenty of light. I also know apartment dwellers’ names too! Amazing how that works when you get to know people who might not be exactly like you. Don’t be such a snob.

Apartments block light, create density (less street parking, more anonymous neighbors in buildings, more garbage on curbs). I know every person on my block by name. I know their cars. There's no strangers. It's safe. I enjoy the familiarity. Swathes of buildings destroy that. And I paid dearly for a house that has those features. Fundamentally altering my community would rob me of what I paid for and do nothing to benefit or improve me in any way. You bet I'd be against it- regardless of who moves in to the buildings.

Same. Garcia would have been amazing. We need a mayor who is just boring, competent, and hardworking. Not a flashy asshole with no substance who thinks the mayoralty is just a stepping stone to higher office.

The study was conducted by John Jay College of Criminal Justice and like all studies conducted by such institutions you can just...read the results they published.

I live in one too. I also live near apartments where middle class people live too. We happily co-exist.

Why do you think people who live in apartments aren’t middle-class? If you need the help, understand that “middle class” is often code for “white.” This guy thinks he’s being punished because some apartments might be built near his precious house.

You can't help because you have nothing to show me. I'm not asking for your help and I want nothing from you, thanks.

I see nothing wrong with favoring single family homes. I live in one. Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers do as well. There are entire communities built around the idea of low density housing.

I especially see no racial overtones or dog whistles.

Douglaston's City Council Rep is Vickie Palladino (R). The Congressional Rep is George Santos (R). John Lie and Toby Nizic rep on the state level and aren't exactly DSA firebrands.

Hochul could have started by focusing on any number of places, yet she chose one of the few places in NYC with considerable Republican representation.

I’m not looking for that either. If you can’t see why it’s a problematic statement, I can’t help you.

I hear no "dog whistle" but then I'm not looking to be offended, judge, or be holier-than-thou.

“Single-family homes are so critically important to the culture of a neighborhood,” said Stefano Forte, who unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2022, on Friday. “They want to change our middle-class community that we have here and, frankly, they want to punish us.”

Someone needs to tell this guy middle-class people can and do live in multi-family homes and apartments too, but the dog whistle is strong in this comment.

Oh sure they could hire him, but he keeps doing it for free.

“New York state legislators are telling the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that they will not support fare hikes for riders.

The MTA says it is dealing with fiscal issues after running out of over $15 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Lawmakers are searching for other ways to close the agency's financial gaps.”

——- LoL, sure they are.

That might have been the same guy. It happen in the 90s, and I think he may have done it more that once. The MTA would have hired him except for the fact that he stole the train.

Sounds like the victim jumped other kids himself many other times in the past so it's just karma that this happened to him. Street Justice

lmfaoo

You think?