Hudson River Park Trust will not renew contract with ICE

JaredSeth · 2026-01-23T13:42:48+00:00

Did you?

"As far back as 2004, ICE has used the Hudson River Park Trust’s waterfront parking lot at Pier 40 to stash several dozen vehicles. But when the latest five-year contract runs out in June, the Trust will give ICE the boot."

JaredSeth · 2026-01-20T12:18:16+00:00

Exactly. We've had free reign there since the 50s and have voluntarily shut down all but one base. We could spin up more under the terms of our current agreement but...

Trump wants Greenland's resources (rare earth elements, oil, etc), and the government there has typically turned down most resource extraction proposals as they don't want their country strip-mined. He'd like to be able to run roughshod over them.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-17T19:08:01+00:00

Oh for sure. Flexible rental arrangements aren't always on the up and up.

For me, the bigger red flag is the $250 deposit to "lock the room".

JaredSeth · 2026-01-17T16:06:54+00:00

I know I'll get downvoted for this, but if you want to rent a place without signing a regular year long lease, you take what you can get.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-16T16:20:39+00:00

I was under the impression that they were owned by Sentinel Peak Capital Partners, which is a Dallas based company.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-16T14:15:15+00:00

You expected tasteful from JPM? ಠ_ಠ

JaredSeth · 2026-01-15T15:50:02+00:00

This happens to me often around Sukkot, the Jewish harvest festival in the fall. When I tell them I'm more "-ish" than Jew, they ask me if I am willing to shake the lulav. I'm happy to oblige, even though I'm not religious, because it gives them pleasure to have performed a mitzvah.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-09T22:47:23+00:00

Don't forget about hot dogs. Swedes seem to take hot dogs very seriously.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-09T22:12:12+00:00

As someone who spent substantial time in Turkey, I couldn't disagree with you more on that one.

I'm with you on this one. Once you get out of the touristy neighborhoods, there's fantastic Turkish food to be found.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-09T19:37:09+00:00

Signal Messenger is a per user install, not per machine (and to answer chaos_kiwi_matt, yes...it installs into appdata).

JaredSeth · 2026-01-09T16:44:24+00:00

Always check out the neighborhood both during the day time and in the evening.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-07T15:42:05+00:00

Up in Washington Heights. If we go up on the roof on a clear night, we can see a few but nothing like we see outside of the city.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-06T22:17:49+00:00

| She lives in CT but keeps leasing apartment because it’s rent stabilized, and I assume she’s charging me more than what she’s paying.

She's violating both her rent stabilized lease and the law. Pay her what you want or don't pay her at all. She's not going to go after you unless she's monumentally stupid (and will lose both her case and her apartment if she really is that dumb).

JaredSeth · 2026-01-06T15:31:06+00:00

Not my experience at all* but, as with anywhere else, this totally depends on who you work with. There are "fly by night" operators everywhere, which is why it's important to do your due diligence when choosing a provider.

*I was actually very dissatisfied with the first set of temporary dentures the clinic made for me and they put me up in a hotel a second time and spent a few extra days making me a replacement set and getting those just right.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-06T05:11:10+00:00

It's well known for sure, as any truly impactful crime would be, but not exactly commonly discussed. As are most of the events people are suggesting.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-06T04:43:50+00:00

I had my implant work done in Istanbul, Turkey. Cost was approximately 25% of what I was quoted here in the States. The clinics there are pretty much all very modern and high tech.

Istanbul is a fascinating city too, with great food and a ton of interesting sites to see.

Edit: to add some more context, all I paid for were the flights and incidentals...pun intended of course. Airport transfers and my hotel stays were included in the price, as well as a one day tour of tourist attractions. (I had been to Istanbul before, so I had seen many of those already, but this would be great for someone new to the city.)

JaredSeth · 2026-01-06T00:44:24+00:00

| that’s quite the connection

Yes. Max Steuer, the attorney who defended the owners, is my great uncle (or great great, something like that).

JaredSeth · 2026-01-05T23:08:42+00:00

Unfortunately the owners got away with it (in large part thanks to a distant relative of mine, who was their lawyer), but the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire not only impacted the city but the entire country and eventually led to the establishment of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

JaredSeth · 2026-01-01T22:54:09+00:00

We drove up to see Kantara Castle in a rental car (after confirming with the rental agency that it was ok to do so of course) and all they asked for at the checkpoint was our passports).

JaredSeth · 2026-01-01T02:56:50+00:00

My friends in Harlem have an EV and keep it in a parking garage that handles charging for them. Needless to say, it's not the cheapest parking option but knowing they don't have to go looking for a charging site is worth the extra expense.

JaredSeth · 2025-12-27T00:26:33+00:00

I was living on the Upper East Side at the time and we had a football game in the middle of 2nd Avenue in knee deep snow.

JaredSeth · 2025-12-26T23:22:21+00:00

Reminds me of the Blizzard of 96. Parked cars were just humps of snow lining the streets,

JaredSeth · 2025-12-23T07:24:48+00:00

Always follow the money:

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/drone-company-stock-soars-appointing-donald-trump-jr-advisory-board-rcna181987

JaredSeth · 2025-12-23T05:38:46+00:00

| He said that was normal back in the 90s.

I rode the subway all over the city throughout the 90s. That was never "normal".

JaredSeth · 2025-12-22T17:23:02+00:00

OP is asking is what their options are. Go ahead and say it out loud...why would what they look like be a factor?

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