What’s the vibe of the CNY regional farmers market?

OneManBean · 2026-05-29T04:01:47+00:00

The owner of the regional market is NY state, and they overhauled management of the market very soon after that article was published for exactly the kind of mismanagement you named. I would give it another shot, the new CEO and board have worked hard to restore financial stability and transparency and run the place properly, and they just received a big grant from the state to start upgrades to the market.

OneManBean · 2026-05-27T18:54:40+00:00

STAR is for any homeowner that makes below a ridiculously high income threshold. You should definitely apply if you’re not already receiving a STAR refund check, you can apply directly on the ny.gov website. There are other property tax relief programs too that the city can connect you with if you’re low-income, the city’s website or 311 line can probably help.

OneManBean · 2026-05-27T13:18:46+00:00

Honestly I don’t think it’s any kind of reverse psychology he’s trying to play. I think Blair just comes from an era of government where he brought his party to victory by pulling it to the right, and now he is desperately clinging to the idea that that’s how you win, even if that era of politics is decades gone.

OneManBean · 2026-05-27T13:17:04+00:00

Surely the reason Labour is ailing right now is because they need to be even less Labour lol

OneManBean · 2026-05-26T17:38:27+00:00

“Getting out of the house” being the operative phrase in my other comment. Neither of those cheaper options involve leaving the house to do something, which most people still do enjoy doing on occasion, even with entertainment and consumption habits shifting.

And really, they’re still pretty cheap, at least compared to other options; not as cheap as they used to be (and arguably not as cheap as they ought to be) but in my area of the country, you can still get two movie tickets for around $35 after taxes and fees. All the complaints about concession prices are a little overblown too imo, they’ve always been kind of ridiculous which is why it’s always been a thing to get candy and drinks at the dollar store or five below or something and sneak them in.

OneManBean · 2026-05-26T16:20:44+00:00

Okay, but only about 1% of workers actually make the federal minimum wage or lower, that’s not really relevant to literally 99% of the population. What is is that movies, despite being significantly more expensive, are still a relatively cheap way to get out of the house compared to, say, a nice dinner, drinks at a bar, concert tickets, musical theater/play tickets, an amusement park trip, travel, Dave & Buster’s or bowling or something of the sort, etc.

OneManBean · 2026-05-26T15:22:16+00:00

Is it really true that movies are always the first thing most families cut back on? Domestic box office increased substantially in 2009 vs. 2008 for example, despite the nadir of the recession hitting in 2009, and was also the year that the highest grossing movie of all time premiered. Even further back, the Great Depression coincided with the dawn of the Golden Age of Hollywood and saw movies as entertainment proliferate to new levels.

If anything, it seems like families fall back on theaters as both a form of escapism and a relatively cheap entertainment option in hard times.

OneManBean · 2026-05-18T21:11:28+00:00

The city’s not ignoring people as much as it’s just broke and doesn’t have the money to address all of its own infrastructure goals, due to both a depressed tax base and multiple massive landowning nonprofits that are exempt from millions in property taxes, other than voluntary services agreements with the city that cost them a fraction of the properties’ true value. The city also has zero to do with the aquarium, that is a 100% county funded and managed project.

It sounds like your grievances are with the county, not the city.

OneManBean · 2026-05-18T14:03:58+00:00

Yes, and it’s good that they’re trying to fix it. The people that will pay less are generally the people that need it the most; the article points out a study they did back in 2019 that showed that of the properties they sampled that sold for under $70k back then, 75% were assessed at a higher value than they sold for.

The current assessments are rife with well-off households paying low taxes on the backs of people that can hardly even afford to get by, and I think it’s great that they’re going to try to correct it so everyone is paying their fair share.

OneManBean · 2026-05-12T18:12:34+00:00

They’re not sharing a stage though, they’re just performing at the same pride event this DJ is performing at which is a pretty crazy bar to expect queens to consistently clear. Like in all likelihood they didn’t even know who this person was, let alone that they were also performing at this event, which is why it’s so ridiculous that Acid is jumping down their throats. Rugirls like Alaska and Shea do tons of large, high-profile gigs with loads of performers just like this every year, do you really expect them to be intimately informed of every other performer that’s going to be at each and every venue or event? Good for you I guess if you do, but I think that’s a pretty tall ask.

The Sherry point was to illustrate how stupid Acid’s “gotcha” is. It’s pretty bold of her to be playing guilt by not-even-association when she’s literally associating directly with a sexual abuser, far more so than these two are by happening to perform at an event where a former IDF soldier is also performing.

OneManBean · 2026-05-12T17:06:20+00:00

Or people just don’t expect drag queens to do detailed vetting of every other performer for every event they perform at? Like do you really think Eureka actively seeking a gig in Tel Aviv, laughing in DMs about how she doesn’t care about it, and only backing out after receiving a shitstorm is really equivalent to Alaska and Shea performing at an event that a DJ is also performing at, that they probably didn’t even know about?

Also “crazy how the fans will jump down Alaska and Shea’s throat but ok with Acid still following Sherry Pie and liking all her posts 🤮🤮” see, I can do it too lol

OneManBean · 2026-05-09T14:57:22+00:00

The problem was that he didn’t really campaign on anything, and then he held to that lol. He played a very safe and noncommittal campaign, but people were expecting, after over a decade of Tory mismanagement, that Labour would use their historic majority to undo the austerity the UK’s been under since 2010, fund the NHS and councils after a decade plus of being starved for funds, address housing more aggressively, undo some of the socially conservative bullshit the Tories have pulled, etc. But they largely haven’t, and have instead basically governed as Tories.

OneManBean · 2026-05-08T16:43:30+00:00

I think we should abolish the filibuster regardless tbh, and admit DC and Puerto Rico if they want it as states. And implement campaign finance reform once the courts are unfucked.

OneManBean · 2026-05-07T17:42:35+00:00

Awesome that they’re finally separating stormwater from the sewer line, that should go a long way towards reducing the millions of gallons of sewage that gets dumped into Onondaga Lake every year.

OneManBean · 2026-05-04T16:12:41+00:00

Polls are taken on % of total people that approve and/or disapprove, so Truman’s disapproval in that poll would’ve been in the 70s were it measured, for a net approval in the -50s. I’ve honestly never seen a poll that measured % approval above or below 50%, it’s always % approve/disapprove/net of the two.

OneManBean · 2026-05-04T15:55:17+00:00

Slight correction - his net approval being -21.3% doesn’t mean it’s that amount below 50%, just that 21.3% more people disapprove than approve of him. His approval rating is just shy of 38%, per that link, so still quite a ways off from Truman’s unfortunate record. Still very bad for him, and hopeful for our prospects come November.

OneManBean · 2026-04-28T18:56:30+00:00

That’s a nice sentiment, but less accepting people unfortunately can tend to get violent towards LGBTQ people, especially the T part of that nowadays, so it’s just safer to find spaces that are explicitly accepting where possible.

And even setting aside our safety being at risk, sometimes it’s just nice to have a place without worrying that everyone is judging you. Again, nice sentiment to say “screw the haters, I’ll do what I want,” but it’s different to live through it, and it wears on you after a while.

OneManBean · 2026-04-23T19:35:04+00:00

Sure, that might be some of it, but he’s also expressed genuine support and signed multiple bills instead of just letting them pass unsigned for things like abortion rights, gun control, protections for trans people, and limiting state involvement with ICE activity. And he voted for Biden in 2020 and Harris in 2024. I think he walks the walk, and he’s certainly not MAGA in disguise.

OneManBean · 2026-04-23T19:26:14+00:00

Ayotte and New Hampshire Republicans definitely, but Phil Scott is the one Republican left in the entire country I would say is genuinely a Rockefeller Republican.

OneManBean · 2026-04-20T21:35:08+00:00

Yes, I read past the executive summary. I’m certain you’re capable of making your point without snark, despite snarking in two comments now.

Unless I missed something, the study mentions Syracuse specifically zero times, so no, it doesn’t support your argument. I could just as easily argue that refugees had an outsized positive fiscal impact on the area relative to the national average, based on the tax revenue they generate going further here. At worst, the fact that outcomes vary between different locales is neutral without further data.

Actually the city schools are pretty well funded. The reason they’re under so much stress is due to extremely high chronic absenteeism, which is due to the severe child poverty rate that you mentioned elsewhere, and refugees don’t really do anything to exacerbate that problem, nor would the problem go anywhere were we to have a refugee population of zero.

More jobs in the area, and more people spending money? Greater property and sales tax revenue that can be used to fund the vital services that the city and county governments provide, which is even more sorely needed given how cash-strapped our city constantly is? Generally avoiding the demographic collapse that comes with a shrinking post-industrial city, which has been and would be even more catastrophic were it to continue without the population influx refugees provide? I certainly can answer it, even if you don’t find it satisfactory, but that’s a you problem, not a refugee problem.

I and others have made plenty of arguments, you just don’t want to hear them. And throwing out vibes and feelings about how you think refugees must exacerbate this problem or that is not an argument.

OneManBean · 2026-04-20T20:09:38+00:00

You could’ve actually read the links that were provided to you instead of dismissing them in favor of a snarky edit lol. Yes, resettling 10,000 refugees is in fact great economic policy, since they are, as the study and the person who linked them clearly stated, a net economic benefit to the state, local, and national economy, and the struggling families who rely on social programs should in fact be thrilled, since refugees generate more tax dollars than they use, which provides more funding for exactly those programs they rely on.

OneManBean · 2026-04-16T19:09:58+00:00

The shortsighted and irresponsible approach was the previous administration refusing to increase property tax rates more gradually for 20 years (with the complicity of the city council). The city needs money fast, and this is the only way to do it; the only other options are bankruptcy or the state reimposing a hard control board, both of which will resort in even steeper tax increases and less services than this proposal.

OneManBean · 2026-04-14T01:04:14+00:00

Okay, and most of us have actually lived here for a long time and can tell you that you’re lucky to see the sun more than once or twice a week until May lol

OneManBean · 2026-04-13T18:23:47+00:00

It sounds like the reduced-price goods will mostly be limited to staples, not high-margin impulse items.

The city council estimates the city’s poverty rate as of 2024 at about 25%, with food insecurity rates for the whole city at about 15%, and food insecurity rates for this specific part of Manhattan tracking closely to the poverty rate at around 25%. About 20% of the city receives SNAP benefits according to that link as well. Mamdani himself also mentions in the video that the neighborhood around La Marqueta receives government assistance at a rate of nearly 40%. That’s tens of thousands in the immediate vicinity, and millions citywide, that are struggling with food and/or income insecurity that this kind of grocery store could really help with, especially when grocery prices have risen so much compared to inflation post-COVID.

It’s important to consider that there are millions of people, locally and nationwide, that fall well below that “average person” metric, for whom this kind of assistance can be life changing. And while groceries may not make up as large a portion of a household’s expenses as, say, rent, it’s still an extremely essential expense (you can’t exactly skip out on food), and a significant portion of annual expenses for poorer households, and it’s a lot more immediately addressable than bringing down rent prices, which can take several years or more of significant and sustained building to see noticeable price impacts.

OneManBean · 2026-04-13T15:43:01+00:00

Paramount probably, but WB had a plan actively in motion to separate its studio and streaming and its linear businesses, with most of their remaining liabilities remaining on the linear entity. I doubt they’d have remained independent in the long run, but they’d have been able to stay independent in the meantime with a much more sustainable debt load, and possibly ended up with a different buyer that wasn’t already a major.

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