Street safety, housing, and democracy advocate. Fmr Housing committee chair, Manh CB6. Opinions mine. He/him. (richmintz bsky social)
Rose Hill, Manhattan
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lol imagine designing an enormous public destination so that it’s illegal and dangerous to walk to
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“Can I walk 3 blocks in the busiest part of Manhattan at 10pm with a teenage boy, with 500 police officers in the immediate vicinity, without being murdered” — woman from Michigan
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Injured by sharks in New York State in the past 180 years: 20
Injured by drivers in the congestion zone in the past 180 DAYS: 1,402
Congestion pricing now, you absolute fraud
With new shark drones and pilots to monitor our state beaches on Long Island, we’re going to take the bite out of shark attacks this summer 🦈
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I'm pretty far left, but every time someone makes the argument that substance users in the subway have no impact on the people around them (except an "aesthetic" one, sorry) I get nudged a tiny bit toward the right
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HOLY SHIT an actual ADA COMPLIANCE DEMAND LETTER from the U.S. Attorney’s Office
I have been wondering who would have standing to sue the cops for parking on the sidewalk but the SDNY definitely does lolllll
Just in: The feds are threatening to sue NYC if city vehicles do not stop parking on sidewalks and crosswalks in ways that "impede the access of people with disabilities to pedestrian pathways," if you want to talk about an actual ADA lawsuit.
PDF letter: justice.gov/d9/2024-04/lette…
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This is just …crime. This person is a criminal! They installed a product that conceals one character of their license plate and blocks photography from above and both sides.
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Here’s Curtis Sliwa confessing to a hate crime (orchestrating a gang assault on a man because he was speaking Spanish) to the Associated Press
On top of everything else, police have now confirmed the man roughed up by Guardian Angeles here is not, as Curtis Sliwa claimed, a “migrant.” apnews.com/article/guardian-…
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Am I understanding this correctly?
- company proposes tidy 12-story contextualized project they can build as of right
- NIMBYs revolt
- company: ok, guess we'll build this space shard* instead, since we can build that as of right too
* I like it fine
sfyimby.com/2023/04/exclusiv…
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This is the home of Betsy DeVos, one of the Michigan women leading the vandals who are destroying American public education.
Can we acknowledge that maybe economic circumstances play a role in radicalizing people?
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This is insane. This NYPD officer could easily have killed him. I’m a motorcycle rider who rides in the city every week and I’m pretty nimble and even I’m not sure I have the skills to stay alive if a cop tries to mash me into a jersey barrier at speed. What are we doing?
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My point isn’t that you should *have* to walk into MetLife Stadium. It’s that you should be *able* to. Hotels on two sides are less than 500 yards from the sports complex property and there’s enough consistent demand to walk there that lawyers made this one put up this sign!
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It’s hard to imagine this happening in almost any other country. I’m here googling for a stadium anywhere in Europe or Australia that is surrounded by a sea of parking and hard to walk into and so far I haven’t found one. Lotta dumb Americans though!
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You could house 100 families on this lot without even exceeding the heights of the adjacent buildings
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I think we need to shut down tourism from the UK until we figure out what’s going on
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You just condemned every kid in New York City to a generation-long spiral of tax increases, disintegrating infrastructure, choking traffic, and mounting environmental consequences, but sure, make your little videos
Congestion pricing now, you liar
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I don’t think the “We’ll boycott Manhattan, you’ll be sorry” contingent understands what a teeny tiny fraction of the economy is driven by people who make voluntary and avoidable car trips into the congestion zone, or how replaceable they are
Let’s have a moment of silence for businesses that will be impacted by this asinine tax. People who otherwise wouldn’t care about the $9 will avoid the congestion area simply not to be taken for fools by the arrogant and ignorant politicians responsible for this. Watch
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Ghost car (Dodge Charger apparently), no plates, no registration, blacked out windows, parked in front of the literal fire hydrant that will save me from a fire in my apartment.
Do I call 911, which is the correct procedure, or do I do nothing?
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Wearing an MTA shirt three weeks after crippling the MTA is Kyrsten Sinema-level bad faith bullshit, just appalling
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The Chief of Patrol is using his public position to run essentially a fascist propaganda operation, not just free of consequences but with Adams’ approval. It’s not an exaggeration to say the NYPD is effectively no longer under civilian control, which is extremely dangerous.
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The #1 cause of increasing extreme heat is vehicle exhaust. Kathy Hochul unilaterally stalled one of the biggest emissions reductions programs ever proposed in New York, which is still required by law, three weeks before launch.
Unserious. A fraud. Congestion pricing now.
Next week’s heat wave is no joke: Areas throughout New York are expected to hit record high temperatures.
Extreme heat is the number-one weather-related cause of death in the U.S. Make sure you’re prepared: dhses.ny.gov/heat-safety-tip…
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See also: it is impossible to walk into Newark Airport even though the AirTrain is immediately adjacent to a city neighborhood
Port Authority: we support bicycling as part of the regionwide multimobility sustainable bla bla bla
Also Port Authority: if you dare to bring your bicycle to our busiest passenger facility we will take you directly to prison
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Hi 👋 I chair the Housing and serve on the Land Use committee of a Manhattan community board (but am speaking here for myself only) and here’s my take: caring about supertalls is like being mad about Taylor Swift’s carbon footprint, a distraction from real problems
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Nah, the supertalls are great. Physical proof of vitality in New York City, despite everything working against it. There's a spot in Central Park where people literally line up to take photos with them.
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Having a lot of parking near MetLife and American Dream is understandable (I realize it’s in the Meadowlands and most people will drive). But it’s in the interest of all parties to make local circulation on foot within the complex *possible*.
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Regarding the lawyer who got arrested for touching a license plate that a criminal had concealed so they could keep doing crimes: I don’t think people outside NYC (or many in it) understand how proudly corrupt and ungovernable and self-serving the contemporary NYPD has become
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(1) lol
(2) if your business can’t figure out how to afford a $15 fee on a $6,000+ revenue job, you are incompetent; maybe consider raising your price to $6,015?
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The 35-year-old NYPD detective who took my report this month makes $170,000 (3x median income for the 5 boroughs) *before* benefits, which include a better health plan than I can get, and a pension, something most private sector employees haven’t been offered in decades
We need to stop grouping cops and firefighters into the definition of ‘struggling middle class’ when they make $200k a year and have pretty much free health insurance for them and their entire families and a bunch of other perks
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The Carter years were wild — anti-driving ads on TV, produced by the Department of Energy, and they were good!
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Lol for those saying some version of “who needs a sidewalk there, nobody walks half a mile” — that’s less than the distance from the Empire State Building to Grand Central, plenty of us in NYC (whose putative home teams play in that stadium) walk further every single day
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And to forestall the objection: yes, as a matter of fact I do think letting 200,000 people use a public space over 4 years for a payment of at least $5 each is better than letting 5,000 much wealthier people use it over that period for free
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It's not just an "aesthetic preference" to want public spaces that are free of people using drugs, causing disruption, or visibly suffering without social support, and saying that is not equivalent to saying that people like that should be "disappeared" from society
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You personally blew up one of the most meaningful and symbolically important climate emissions reductions programs in New York history but sure, fly around the world at public expense lying to the Pope and winking at the Aspen crowd, you absolute fraud
Proud to join @USACEHQ, @SenSchumer and @gillibrandny to announce $52 million for emergency shoreline repairs on Fire Island.
New York is meeting the challenge of climate change head on to protect our infrastructure, our homes and our people.
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Hey, Long Island “swing voters”: beach day!
Hey, New York City: literally go fuck yourselves
The next few days it’s going to be hotter than hell across New York — so we’re making admission and parking free at all our State Parks, pools, and beaches tomorrow and Thursday!
Take your families to beat the heat, and enjoy it on us ☀️🌊
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Nice try. Democrats have LITERALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. You have a majority! Want a CR? Put one on the floor and rally your votes.
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Oh my god I’m gonna file these every day
Did you know there’s a @nyc311 category to file a complaint about a privately owned public space (POPS) not operating during posted hours ? 311-19003283
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I am playing co-host this week to two visiting teenagers, a boy and a girl, extended family from a sheltered background in the exurbs of a small Midwestern city, and let me tell you, NYC’s still got it, and it’s so much fun to watch them fall in love with the city
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I agree, this is terrible, if you’re riding around Midtown in an Uber during a weekday, the MTA should get at least $6
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OK I read the congestion pricing lawsuits! Here’s a short summary:
There are two separate suits. If either one succeeds, congestion pricing should begin immediately.
The suits are filed by different parties and make different arguments why the Gov’s action is illegal.
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I asked this fellow in the 26th St bike lane if I could take a picture of his backpack and he said “yes, and aren’t you Rich? I follow you on Twitter”
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Oh another bit from CB6 last night: someone got up and said “think of the poor delivery trucks, you will pay more for food” and one of our committee chairs got the mic next and said “wellactually I’m a grocery store manager and CP would save us a FORTUNE”
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Hey @nytimes — this is a car crash in which a van driver killed a child on a bike, and what’s more, the child was riding a bike that was speed-limited to 20mph — unlike an ordinary bike, which can go much faster
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Dude stopped in the bike lane (E 13 St, I think), put on his flashers, went into a store, and this guy immediately gave him a summons
Hero
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This fraud unilaterally suspended a law passed by two houses of the legislature and signed by the governor
End her career
Happy Independence Day, New York!
As we gather with friends and family today, let’s recommit ourselves to our nation’s founding principles – freedom, equality, and justice for all. We must never stop fighting for those ideals and for a more perfect union. 🇺🇸
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I’m in a FB group for UK tourists to NYC and EVERY WEEK it’s the same:
Q: Which parts of Manhattan are safe?
A: All of them
Q: Is (hotel surrounded by $3M apts) in a safe location?
A: Yes duh
Q: Is it safe to walk from MSG to GCT at 10pm?
A: Lol what is WRONG with you
You are a random person in Ohio contemplating a summer trip to NYC. You see on Google somewhere there are *literal military troops* in the subway system. You genuinely wonder if it's save to even try to visit. This is the stuff doom loops are made of.
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She killed the biggest enormous emissions reduction AND vehicle miles reduction initiative in decades, after lying to the Pope about her climate record, does she think we forgot
In May, New York became the first state to offer home energy rebates thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act 🗽
From free tax filing to lower health care costs & more, it's clear: In two years, @POTUS' Inflation Reduction Act has already changed millions of lives for the better!
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fellas does it “push out working class NYers” to let 2 cars park in a space where half a million people had a beer over four years
Sidewalk sheds were a haven for rats, homeless and fire hazards. Only outside diners are you smug liberals who pushed out working class NYers. This ain’t Europe
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Well, would you look at that. They got 6 bus lane violations in two months, with escalating fines, and then they just… hid their plate. Problem solved! (There’s one in judgment from 4 months ago.)
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Don’t rank Andrew Cuomo under any circumstances, he is a snake
The cost to live in NYC has become a daily struggle for too many. I have a plan to make our city more affordable with targeted tax cuts that will end city tax on tips for service workers, bring relief to homeowners, and eliminate city income tax for lower income New Yorkers.
andrewcuomo.com/involved
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People really have no understanding that without the NYC transit system the entire metro economy would collapse, do they?
It’s not just that those “bus riders” are the foundation of every job sector, it’s that if you tried to fit them on the roads, life would cease to function
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The only reason this car isn’t immediately swarmed by officers, inspected, and then removed for public safety — like NYPD did when I called in a plateless car in Boerum Hill in 2010 - is that this corruption is now near-universal within the NYPD and they all do it themselves
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Cameras save lives, they’re the least discriminatory type of safety enforcement, and the program generates a tiny amount of revenue, you’ve been reading too much New York Post
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this is unhinged, have you not noticed the 50,000 perfectly boring-looking people walking into and out of the subway in front of your face in the last 24 hours
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This truck is
1) way bigger than needed to deliver donuts and paper cups
2) illegal on all NYC streets at all times
3) utterly absurd to take down a street like this
How did it even get here? Every possible turn onto 13th east of here (3rd Av) is hard or impossible for a truck.
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I think a lot of people who don’t live in the congestion zone simply don’t understand the level of betrayal those of us who do are feeling today, and the degree to which our white-hot anger will motivate us to destroy careers
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Today in imaginary guys: guy who drives in from Long Island, heads straight to the famously-easy-to-park-in UES, circles for 20 min trying to find a space that isn’t illegal or occupied, walks 10 min from 1st Av to the subway, then takes it downtown to work
Residents who live above 60th Street in Manhattan worry commuters will try to avoid the congestion toll by parking in their neighborhoods and taking the subway.
specne.ws/WPmLjP
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If Long Island can’t afford the cost of cleaning up a small part of what it shits all over my neighborhood every day, perhaps Long Island should go fuck itself
The entitlement of the small share of New York-area suburban commuters who drive into the CBD is astonishing
This is a welcomed step in the right direction. As I’ve said from the start, congestion pricing would be yet another tax on middle class workers and commuters, and Long Island simply can’t afford it— especially now.
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This guy: *starts to turn into the 11th Av bike lane*
Me, loudly, trying to physically block with my motorcycle: Get the fuck out of there!
Him: *ignores me, zooms ahead*
Cop waiting on the corner: Oh no you fucking don’t*
*not verbatim
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The last two weeks have really solidified public understanding that if we don’t have the transit we deserve it’s not because the MTA isn’t trying, it’s because its leaders’ attempts to navigate toward a better future are systematically sabotaged from upstate (hi @GovKathyHochul!)
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I haven’t heard anyone call @GovKathyHochul incompetent for a few hours, so: she abandoned a tolling system that cost $500M of your money, in order to save — hold on, I’m getting an update — (listens to earpiece) — sorry, in order to *lose* $15BN in federal and private funding
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Commuters who take transit, who are significantly less affluent than those who drive, deserve a transit system that costs less to ride than driving does. Even at a $15 toll, they wouldn’t have gotten one.
Commuters who take transit deserve a system they can rely on.
Commuters who drive deserve a toll that won't break the bank.
That's what congestion pricing will deliver.
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I know that when I’m preparing to do violent crime in the subway, I always pick the big station with the football jocks with machine guns that hasn’t had any violent crime but that everyone on Long Island has heard of, and I stop at the table so the nice boy can take my gun away
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98 speed camera tickets jfc
I’m sure this law abiding citizen has a perfectly good reason for a @defacedplateNYC! Let me give them a hand just in case. @HowsMyDrivingNY NY:HSC9391
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Hey @NYPDTransit: stop parking BEHIND THE SAFETY BARRIER in the Columbus Circle bike infrastructure like it’s the Employee of the Month space. We’re not going to stop until this ends.
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She blew up the MTA and now it’s just one pandering photo op after another. But she can’t change the subject no matter how she tries. Unserious, financially incompetent, unfit to govern.
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If one person drove into Manhattan this week in order to go to the Pershing Square, a vastly overpriced nostalgia-trap mediocrity directly on top of Grand Central Terminal in a neighborhood where parking costs $20 a half hour, I will pay them a thousand dollars
In case you didn’t make it through Kathy Hochul’s address, one of the diners she is worried about people visiting is Pershing Square, the bistro in Grand Central.
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Honestly I did not think Gillibrand was stupid enough to say “we can fix NYC emissions by building parking lots,” another completely unserious person
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you: congestion pricing is good in so many ways, bring it on
this superior intellect: lol you dork, you only support this because you don’t want to get run over and killed
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I went to a bar I go to 4x/month and the bar seats were full and after about 5 min the host came up and offered me the big back booth and he asked for my drink order and as I opened my mouth to say “rye Manhattan” the bartender reached around him and handed me one
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What is with these people? I have lived in NYC for 20 years. I pay a mortgage and NYC taxes and everything. I chair a community board committee. I can assure you I am a real person, and I absolutely give a shit about police corruption, malfeasance, and antisocial behavior.
You are all so pathetic. Real people in this city do not give a shit where the NYPD park, so long as they respond in a timely fashion to their calls and fulfill their public safety function -something none of you have even the foggiest of what that entails. There are real problems facing this city, focus on them or get out of the way of those who are trying to focus on them.
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Reminder that Kathy Hochul lied to the Pope’s face at the Vatican four weeks ago about her commitment to fighting climate change
Severe storms, heat, and humidity will pose a health risk for vulnerable New Yorkers starting tomorrow.
Take precautions to stay safe:
🌧️ Monitor your local forecast
🚰 Stay hydrated
☀️ Limit time outdoors
📲 Sign up for emergency alerts: alert.ny.gov
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So based on the replies (which are not pretty):
- they are now stuffing “recommended content” (Elon worship, GOP racists, etc.) into your algorithmic feed whether you want it or not
- you cannot opt out
- your only alternative is to choose the chronological timeline
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To state this plainly: one person has had ten thousand 311 requests fraudulently closed by the NYPD — ten thousand prosecutable crimes by city employees
Today @NYPDnews falsely closed our 10,000th illegal parking 311 service request.
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