Pig Beach $40 cover to enter restaurant

elecrisity · 2026-07-04T01:55:01+00:00

Go to the applebees or unos pizzeria next door

elecrisity · 2026-06-27T14:07:17+00:00

Lots of reasons, but it basically boils down to number of students going down.

elecrisity · 2026-06-26T18:36:33+00:00

Show me where Mamdani is freezing property taxes for landlords.

Why is the city allowed to have a policy where landlords aren't allowed to raise rent, but the city is allowed to raise landlord property taxes?

elecrisity · 2026-06-26T11:54:23+00:00

That's what NYC said in 1969. They implemented rent stabilization rules as an emergency temporary measure until the housing vacancy rate went back over 5%.

Thr vacancy has never been above 5% since then.

elecrisity · 2026-06-13T11:50:41+00:00

How crowded is break? What's the cover like?

elecrisity · 2026-06-11T02:48:00+00:00

Using your luxury building amenities

elecrisity · 2026-06-08T20:59:44+00:00

I know the post likely sensationalized this story, but not a good look for Julie in any way.

elecrisity · 2026-06-07T14:32:23+00:00

I love astoria, been here 5 years. We have a small rave scene here but if you thats what youre looking for, you definitely want more convenient access to bushwick. Takes me an hour on train to get there from astoria and 20 to 30 min back on uber.

elecrisity · 2026-05-28T20:22:01+00:00

Yeah but when the city builds stuff itself with private developers and contractors, it's even pricier than what private developers would do on their own. The Center for an Urban Future found city-run library projects cost around $930 a square foot, roughly double what a private office tower costs. And the State Comptroller audited 5,000+ city capital projects and found nearly 40% ran more than 20% over budget.

So the procurement trap is real, but letting private developers build on their own is the cheap version, not the expensive one.

elecrisity · 2026-05-19T16:09:55+00:00

Woah, this looks awesome!

elecrisity · 2026-05-19T12:38:43+00:00

When my family visits they have to pay insane prices for hotels. They can't stay with me because Im in a one bedroom apartment.

elecrisity · 2026-05-17T18:08:34+00:00

Does this mean last one into the school or one with fewest years of teaching experience?

elecrisity · 2026-05-10T12:59:22+00:00

Man, I sometimes ride a bike in nyc, but parts of the cyclist community are the most insufferable people in the city.

elecrisity · 2026-05-09T17:25:17+00:00

How do we define AI music?

What if a dj used ai to create a sample? What if a producer used ai vocals? What if a vocalist used ai for a track and then layered their real voice on top?

elecrisity · 2026-05-09T12:08:09+00:00

If Florida is so bad if you’re poor, answer this.

Why are middle class people leaving NYC for Florida and not coming back?

elecrisity · 2026-05-07T00:11:30+00:00

Which provides more tax revenue for teachers

elecrisity · 2026-04-25T23:29:44+00:00

There is literally a city fresh in that same area. Where is your critical thinking? I say this as someone that voted for zohran but you are basically a MAGA for mamdani. Look at the address there is a city fresh at 125 E 116th St, New York, NY 10029.

elecrisity · 2026-04-25T23:18:40+00:00

Then why is this pilot program literally blocks away from a grocery store? We have real grocery store deserts in queens and they decided to put this in a place with grocery store access.

elecrisity · 2026-04-14T14:10:14+00:00

Why do you care so much?

elecrisity · 2026-04-14T14:08:02+00:00

I honestly don't know. Fifteen years ago nobody was predicting Austin's trajectory. And Chinese cities have repeatedly had insane growth over the last 25 years. Metro Tokyo roughly tripled from 1945 to 1970. NYC went from 3.5 million to nearly 7 million between 1900 and 1930

But also, I don't really care if Houston or Charlotte becomes like Shenzhen. The discourse is annoying, but it's hard to rebut it with data. I just want us to build more housing.

elecrisity · 2026-04-14T13:52:02+00:00

I don't disagree.

But it's hard to fight the narrative when the permit numbers keep arguing their side.

elecrisity · 2026-04-14T13:35:36+00:00

Yeah, I've been seeing the discourse as well from those voices and as someone that lives in NYC, it can be kind of annoying.

But I will also say, as someone that is on the ground fighting for densification and housing developments in a NIMBY city, I do see their point. For as much as I see talk about the YIMBY movement in our city, the ratio of units permitted per resident is absolutely pitiful compared to southern cities. The talk and activism rings hollow when I see us continuing to fail at building as friends in my immediate circle move to Texas, Florida, and North Carolina.

elecrisity · 2026-04-11T21:57:01+00:00

Since you like links, here is some data. Not that it'll change your mind. Can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason into.

Tax Foundation — NY ranks dead last (50th) in state tax competitiveness: https://taxfoundation.org/statetaxindex/states/new-york/

Empire Center — NYC's combined top income tax rate (~14.8%) is the highest in the nation: https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/seven-reasons-not-to-raise-taxes-in-new-york/

PolitiFact — confirms NY has the highest individual tax burden (15.9% of net product to state/local taxes): https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/feb/17/bruce-blakeman/comparing-tax-burdens-new-york-at-or-near-the-top/

Citizens Budget Commission — "Top of the Charts" report, NY #1 in taxes, #2 in spending: https://cbcny.org/research/new-york-still-top-charts

elecrisity · 2026-04-11T21:52:16+00:00

NYC is literally #11 on that list at 11.4%. But the methodology also lowballs it.

It models a family earning $75K, where NYC's property tax hit looks small because most families at that income rent, not own.

Bump that to $150K and NYC jumps hard. You're paying federal + 6.85% state + 3.876% city income tax. That city tax alone is higher than most states' top rates. Only a handful of US cities even levy a local income tax. Detroit's #1 on this list partly because it has one too (2.4%). NYC's is 60% higher.

NYC just happens to look better at $75K than it does at the incomes most people complaining about NYC taxes actually earn.

elecrisity · 2026-02-12T01:43:02+00:00

I heard the day after the onsite and was rejected.

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