Comments on: Principals Union Sues After City Refuses to Reinstate Parking Perks

By: BicyclesOnly

BicyclesOnly — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:08:28 +0000

Car-free in NYC since ’96.

By: Kaja

Kaja — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:33:51 +0000

> demonstrating your own ignorance.

he’s not demonstrating his ignorance, he’s trolling. Streetsbloggers are fairly earnest and thus easily trolled; try not to take the bait. (Also, be less earnest.)

By: MrManhattan

MrManhattan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:40:22 +0000

Except for 2 1/2 years in the third world, I haven’t had a car since ’81.

By: Mark Walker

Mark Walker — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:25:05 +0000

Jared: “Noone ( not even the treehugging Prius owners ) wants to take a subway or a bus.”

Having been car-free all of my adult life, I love it when people tell me I don’t exist.

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:54:14 +0000

Noone ( not even the treehugging Prius owners ) wants to take a subway or a bus.

Please, speak for yourself, Jared. Unless you have some kind of poll data, you’re just demonstrating your own ignorance.

By: jared

jared — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:23:36 +0000

Noone ( not even the treehugging Prius owners ) wants to take a subway or a bus. A car is a luxury, the buses and subways are smelly, sweaty and overcrowded. Even when I go into Midtown I take my car 99% of the time and it is a 1993 Ford beater but it is more comfortable, and I can blast my music as loud as I want. What Bloomy who does drive around town should do is take away all the “Offical” vehicles reserved parking spots, its total BS and then they’re are about 50,000 spots reserved for the press. Its BS. But I will doublepark if I have to and if I get caught (maybe 5% of the time) I’ll pay the fine but it is worth it to have my car. And it may not be ecofriendly and green but when you make a subway car that is comfortable and uncrowded then I’ll reconsider.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:55:12 +0000

Your employer reports your taxable income, including fringe benefits, to the government in box 1 of your IRS W-2 form. I don’t think it’s up to the individual principal whether to report it or not.

By: Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:30:13 +0000

Of course they should pay their taxes if it in fact a taxable benefit, if its not, change that law.

But the Mayor’s flouting of this arbitration, not entirely unlike his position on the TWU arbitration, widely applauded by the right wing on this blog and others, shows how little law matters to Mr. Bloomberg particularly but not limited to his labor relations policies. I’m all for legislating more power to the executive for city wide planning but absent that legislation law has to count for something. If the law is to apply to jail Mr. Toussaint it certainly should apply regarding the implementation of arbitrators decisions.

By: W. K. Lis

W. K. Lis — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:22:27 +0000

They better make it known to them that “free parking” will now be a taxable benefit, equal to the total cost of the property tax and maintenance costs. To avoid the taxable benefit, then don’t park and take public transit or walk.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:42:34 +0000

If a binding arbitration ruled that the city should issue the placards, then the city should issue the placards. You don’t get to flout a ruling just because you don’t like it.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:40:55 +0000

I guess taking the bus or subway is to much of burden.

By: fdr

fdr — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:46:51 +0000

And is someone checking to make sure they are reporting this on their taxes?

By: Charles Siegel

Charles Siegel — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:36:43 +0000

It obviously doesn’t make sense that they need *free* parking to avoid wasting time cruising around looking for a space.

Make them pay for the parking placards. Then those who need them will still get them, and those who don’t really need them will have an incentive not to get them.