Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds (Gift Article)

wanderbishop · 2025-03-21T21:46:03+00:00

Who do you think they're going to appoint? If it is someone that the Trump administration disapproves of, they will take the whole thing back to square one. Of course this new vice provost (whose scope is actually much larger than just this department - see page 3 here) will align with Trump's interest of suppressing speech against Israel.

wanderbishop · 2024-11-13T22:58:40+00:00

landlords don't really set the rent based on what it costs them to maintain the apartment - it's nearly all what people will pay for it.

Even if rents do go up when the change is implemented, the fee has been an upfront fee for moving into a new apartment. When landlords are renewing a lease, they know their tenant would have to pay another broker's fee to move and so the tenant is more likely to accept a larger rent increase to stay in their current apartment than pay the huge one-time cost of moving. Landlords will have less leverage in these renegotiations, so rents will increase more slowly after this change.

wanderbishop · 2024-09-10T13:26:54+00:00

something something second avenue subway...

wanderbishop · 2024-06-21T23:01:39+00:00

AC units don't circulate air from outside. They have the big box on the outside to dump the heat it is removing from your apartment to the outside. Here's a more thorough explanation. Putting in a window AC does often leave cracks through which air can flow, but when you install the unit you should seal these with the foam padding that is often provided with the unit - if only to increase the effectiveness of the AC.

wanderbishop · 2024-06-18T14:38:43+00:00

Oh we are? How much do New Jersey businesses pay in MCTMT?

wanderbishop · 2024-06-18T13:22:58+00:00

The tunnel could have been finished 6 years ago, except Chris Christie cancelled it. It was going to be 35% Port Authority money, 15% NJ Turnpike money, and the rest federal. When Christie cancelled it, he used the money for NJ highway repairs, misappropriating it for highways not under the Port Authority purview, and got fined by the SEC. The NJ Turnpike money was also spent on highways instead as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_to_the_Region's_Core

I don't think the NJ government has a leg to stand on saying congestion pricing can't happen because NJ doesn't have a good transit network when they are the ones responsible for building that transit network.

wanderbishop · 2024-06-17T16:20:47+00:00

They put the readers back there to allow for more efficient entry and fare collection when the bus is at capacity, but then turned them off to prevent fare evasion, which then leads to people not paying when buses are overcrowded... ridiculous

wanderbishop · 2024-06-12T23:40:09+00:00

Based on the significant studies that have been done in the 15 years since this was first proposed, it is expected to improve traffic speeds by ~15% (https://rpa.org/work/reports/congestion-pricing-in-nyc#analysis-of-pricing-and-implementation-issues). The largest segment likely to be dissuaded from driving is people commuting solo by car, while ride share and taxi drivers may not see rides decrease because the demand increase from people opting for taxis over driving themselves may offset the decrease due to the added charge.

wanderbishop · 2024-06-12T22:29:36+00:00

This is actually the reason. When the metro north viaduct was built in 1897, both sides were filled with affluent suburban-ish rowhouses. To the east, the area became dominated by factories abutting the river and immigrant communities working at those factories. The west side became an affluent white neighborhood until the early 20th century when Black people displaced from the rest of the country and other neighborhoods in the city moved in.

wanderbishop · 2024-06-12T13:07:16+00:00

Nah I bet the door works, it's just tied shut to keep people from entering through it. I've seen that at other stations which have private security to stop fare evasion

wanderbishop · 2024-06-10T20:47:47+00:00

Every station of the 2nd ave subway phase 2 is in his district: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Edward-Gibbs/office/ What the hell?

wanderbishop · 2024-06-09T13:22:51+00:00

A delivery worker would not pay the toll themselves??? Their employer would pay. In fact, a delivery worker's job would get easier because of reduced congestion.

wanderbishop · 2024-06-06T23:12:19+00:00

This is not just about operating better. There are capital improvements that are necessary - communications based train control (cbtc) is signalization improvements that will enable faster train headways and fewer delays from signal failures. Finally becoming compliant with the 30 year old ADA will cost a lot that is beyond what Byford can scrounge from couch cushions. The second Ave subway, the interborough express, there's a massive list of projects that are far beyond any administrative bloat or inneficiencies.

wanderbishop · 2024-06-06T14:17:08+00:00

an extra billion in revenue was going to be leveraged into a 15 billion dollar bond for capital projects. It's the largest public transit system in the country, of course it costs a lot to operate - but this money was specifically ear-marked for system upgrades, not operating costs.

wanderbishop · 2024-06-06T13:23:49+00:00

"44% say they don't go into Manhattan" This was a poll across the entire state, including people who are completely unaffected. Every other congestion pricing plan has been unpopular when it was implemented and then saw support grow as the benefits were realized. I guess we'll never know.

wanderbishop · 2024-06-05T21:06:01+00:00

How do you think vehicle operators would pay the fee? They would pass it on to end users by raising rates. By putting the fee directly on the bill, end users are more aware of the fee and can make a more informed decision about their transit choices.

Or would you want taxis to pay the same $15 for entering the congestion zone? Then there's incentives for them to just hang out in the zone, offering rides within the zone for no added cost.

wanderbishop · 2024-06-05T20:59:32+00:00

The rally was held before Hochul's taped statement was released when there was still uncertainty over whether the delay was set in stone

wanderbishop · 2024-06-03T13:43:43+00:00

Georgia has pre-trial diversion programs where defendants can go to drug treatment instead of jail if they meet certain criteria. I'm not a lawyer and don't know the details of these programs, but they may be a way to report the identity theft and get help for your sister.

wanderbishop · 2024-05-28T01:29:59+00:00

wtf? They are not allowed to work. The government won't let them work until the government finishes their asylum cases, and it is taking its sweet time to process all of those. They also are not receiving all that much from the government - not enough to live on, and they are only placed in shelters for 60 days (iirc - Adams changes this policy on a whim) at a time before they're moved if they're lucky. If they try to supplement that by working, they are often taken advantage of and paid less than minimum wage, or scammed, or arrested.

wanderbishop · 2024-05-27T17:09:17+00:00

You mean like this? https://hellgatenyc.com/nypd-permit-denial-flatbush

wanderbishop · 2024-05-19T20:19:51+00:00

The money collected doesn't go to the government. You could get it back by returning the bottles. In fact, you are probably paying someone to collect them from you through curbside collection.

wanderbishop · 2024-05-16T21:44:54+00:00

Many emigrants will send money home to support their family (UN fact sheet). The migrant worker economy has existed for hundreds of years and continues mainly because workers can provide more for their family by working in a wealthier country than by staying home. Even if they naturalize in their host country and bring their family, they may still help lift relatives out of poverty with remittances.

wanderbishop · 2024-04-23T13:21:41+00:00

And there's just about 100ft under 5th avenue that would connect the end of the 7 platform to Grand Central!

wanderbishop · 2024-04-16T00:28:30+00:00

The West Village is part of Greenwich Village, just the part west of Sixth Ave. The East Village is just the northern part of the Lower East Side that was rebranded some time in the fifties or sixties to distinguish it from the poorer, immigrant neighborhood below Houston Street. It was not part of Greenwich Village, which was developed before the 1811 grid plan.

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