Comments on: Today’s Headlines

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:37:34 +0000

I loved the elder Benepe story. How can this city be seriously considering congestion pricing when the parks still aren’t car-free? Give us Prospect and Central Parks 24-7. It’s overdue or it’s right on time. Either way, it’s the right small step to make forward for newyorkind. Let us breathe in that good oxygen provided by those great trees in the parks while we sweat it out doing our laps, whether on foot or on wheels or skateboards or wheelchairs. Give us the parks.

By: Plaque

Plaque — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:25:48 +0000

I’ll see it as progress when they bust Hasidim for fraudulent placards.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:20:52 +0000

It’s pretty funny the Onion video is sponsored by BMW…

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:30:55 +0000

And speaking of civil servant placard abuse, getting cars out of the parks and out-of-state registration of in-state vehicles . . . here are the two Connecticut-plated vehicles of retired Parks Department Deputy Commissioner Alan Moss that have been parked 24/7 smack in the middle of Central Park for months. Why on earth does the Parks Dep’t give out these free passes to retired administrators who use them to park their personal vehicles in the Park?

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/647

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/648

By: ddartley

ddartley — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:25:49 +0000

Can’t help adding to my Placard/jail comment above:

The maintenance guy apologizes and says it was a big mistake.

What do officials with placards say? “die,” “go to hell,” “lib jerks,” “we won’t do our jobs if you take our placards…”

By: ddartley

ddartley — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:23:32 +0000

Jail for the Placard guy:

Great. This one maintenance guy does what he sees HUNDREDS of law enforcement officials in uniform do, and the city threatens him with jail. The people who do it systemically continue on without consequences.
Ain’t that just the world.

By: JM

JM — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:14:00 +0000

Two pedestrians killed by retard drivers on two of the worst roads in NYC. When was the last time cyclists on sidewalks had a daily bodycount like that?

By: drose

drose — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:53:15 +0000

The first two articles make me think Roberts probably was spoken to after his comments on Monday about Subway crowding.

I think the issue is now perfectly framed for Shelly: pass congestion pricing and you will have lower fare increases, improvement to mass transit throughout the region and a far better chance of getting your full Second Avenue Subway line. Thwart congestion pricing and you will get massive fare increases, no Second Avenue Subway down to your Lower East Side district, permanent crowding on regional mass transit and delayed repair of the system.

Pretty simple for him to understand, and I hope Spitzer, Bloomberg, Lee Sander and Bruno can convince him to push his caucus to approve this.