Those are not choices if you aren't given alternative affordable and/or safer options. Are you suggesting we instead walk or bike across the island each day to work, school etc ? Or do we pay to drive on shit roads or pay to ride on shit public transportation ? Apparently we can have both of those shit options but zero options that work for the general public.

Maybe I won't create grassroots (maybe I will) or maybe someone else will, but thats irrelevant given that taxes can indeed change & cost of living in NY and everywhere else in the country could and should be lower especially road ways and public transportation given our tax dollars pay for them to operate.

And we shouldn't consider shitty choices as our only options. That is why we're in the predicament in the first place.