If we had more Stop 'n Frisk Tessa Majors, the Bronx Bodega people, and others might still be alive today.
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Recycling’s rules are so confusing. This article clarifies some. Also, property managers should do more to help with the logistic of waste management.
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I’d like a clear answer on why sidewalk recycling bins are disappearing steadily, especially in Brooklyn. In Carroll Gardens & Cobble Hill, there used to be recycling bins nearly every other block on Court & Smith Streets. Now they’re almost completely gone and I’ve not been able to find out why from researching. Anyone know?
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Regarding the mention that e-bikes are now permitted....the NY Daily News is reporting the death of a woman who was struck by an e-scooter on Tuesday.
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Your article doesn't mention curbside organics recycling which is available now in many parts of the city. See "Neighborhoods Receiving Curbside Composting" at:
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/services/food-scraps-and-yard-waste-page/residents/current-organics-rollout
Get your Brown Bin now!!!
I think this is a pivotal moment for NYC. NYC's blue addiction(democratic addiction) isn't without problems. We've seen more crime, by people who should have never been released from prison(4 homeless people murdered), and children today are becoming more brazen in their petulant stupidity.
If we as NYers want to continue to enjoy the freedoms and efficiency we have in this city, we must maintain justice and safety. Having a teenager sentenced(so long as the evidence is substantial and quality), marks a precedence now which should reverse the problems created by well meaning but unintelligent policies/people.
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The Tessa Majors murder is a tragedy and we were all sorry to have read about it when it occurred. RIP Tessa.
However we do not believe that it has the legs---the social ramifications or a need for institutional changes---to remain a leading story. There is very little that is new to report, and little need to relive all the crime details..
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A 14-year old being interrogated and confessing to a seasoned Police Detective, does not seem fair or right to me.
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I read, although that doesn’t make it true, that his parents were present. Which begs the question why didn’t they demand legal representation...
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@Mike A
The NYPD no doubt has a water-tight case against the adolescents charged. Details not included in this article were 1) a bite mark on the hand of one that matched the earlier confession of another teen that the boy who stabbed Ms. Majors was bitten 2) video that corroborated the first teens confession that they had first tailed another man and then went after Ms Majors 3) one 14 year-old had on him the phone of someone who had been robbed in the same spot the night before 4) Video showing a teen in a striped coat robbing the man of his phone. 5) That same teen in a striped coat was shown in the video the night Ms. Majors was stabbed 6) DNA from the teen in the striped coat with the stolen phone on Ms. Majors.
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And the police also had a water -tight case against five black teens who spent 15 years in jail for a crime they did not commit. I cannot forget those young men and I cannot trust the NYPD (full disclosure: I am a little old white lady).
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There are too many specific dos and don’ts in recycling rules. I was told paper cups could NOT be recycled because of the waxy lining. And why in the world are tissues and napkins not okay? Maybe we need THREE recycle bins: one for glass and plastic, one for paper, and one for ?????
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"When Did Bloomberg Turn Against Stop-and-Frisk? When He Ran for President."
There always has been a theory that a lawmaker’s role is to follow the opinion of the people they represent rather than their own feelings. In Mike Bloomberg’s case, this theory would mean that whatever his own feelings about the value fo “Stop and frisk,” his role if elected President in 2019-20 would be different than as a NYC mayor in 2005."
This is by the author of “1776,’" an at-times under-appreciated master class on humanizing legislators:
The Georgia legislator Dr .Lyman Hall:
“Mr. President, Georgia seems to be split right down the middle on this issue - the people are against it, and I'm for it.
[laughter] However, I'm afraid I'm not quite certain whether representing the people means relying on their judgment or on my own. In all fairness, until I can figure that out, I'd better lean a little on their side. Georgia says nay.”
Then later, the Georgia legislator with the small role literally stops the show, stopping a frantic John Adams meltdown with:
“I’m sorry if I startled you. I couldn't sleep. In trying to resolve my dilemma I remembered something I'd once read, "that a representative owes the People not only his industry, but his judgment, and he betrays them if he sacrifices it to their opinion...
[He changes his 'nay' vote to 'yea' on independence]”
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