What's happening in NYC today isn't a natural disaster or climate change.
This is a 175-year old sewer system that uses clay pipes that has been neglected for literally over a century.
As of 2014 - "The average age of New York City’s 6,400 miles of sewage mains is approximately
@GovKathyHochul
Cool. Crime is up 40% citywide and the unemployment rate is double that of the nation. 220k cases in housing court. Taxes at record highs. Leading nation in population loss. And we haven’t even officially hit the recession yet. But thanks for this.
NYC pension funds lost $35B last yr, single largest 1yr decline in history
NYC Comptroller is an anthropology major w no finance experience
Assistant Comp for Pensions is a religion major; also no finance experience
Office has a chief equity officer and chief climate officer
Passengers who were in the subway car when homeless man Jordan Neely launched into a maniacal rant described his words as “insanely threatening” — and said they hid and prayed until ex-Marine Daniel Penny stepped in and placed him in a chokehold
“As the car doors were closing,
Here are the current Democratic Socialists of America public officeholders in New York:
US House of representatives
Jamaal Bowman
@JamaalBowmanNY
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@aoc
New York Senate
Julia Salazar
@JuliaCarmel__
Jabari Brisport
@JabariBrisport
Kristen Gonzalez
@SenSchumer
@heidisteinberg
Charity begins at home Chuck. Protect the border of this sovereign nation.
Protect the tax dollars of your constituents. People in NYC are paying $12K+ per month per migrant household.
Funding for schools, police, sanitation, fire department, and the other 150+ agencies
How do you assault a cop in NYC twice in less than 4 months, biting the cop’s ear the 2nd time to the point where 20 stitches were required, and be released both times after missing one court date on the first arrest and a warrant had to be issued?
Six total arrests. 3 of them
NYC COP KILLER
Arrested in April of 2023, less than a year ago, for illegal gun possession
Twenty-one previous arrests
Released from prison in 2021
Released from prison in 2014
We don't have an epidemic of gun violence, we have a epidemic of politicians, DAs, and judges that
@MarkLevineNYC
@KeithPowersNYC
@LizKrueger
@bradhoylman
This guy’s borough is besieged 3x a week by Hamas’s satellite office in New York - Train stations, bus stations, offices, bridges, pediatric cancer wards. And Mark is silent so as not to offend. However, he jumps at opportunity to yell MAGA into space.
@MarkLevineNYC
Murder per square mile in 2022...
* Jacksonville FL: .19
* New York City: 1.38
New York is built on density and proximity and a pure 100K population comparison doesn't provide a full view of risk.
NEW YORK:
5.4% unemployment.
Taxes highest in the nation.
Largest outward migration in terms of population and income.
Record high commercial vacancies
Exodus of $1T in AUM on Wall Street
Violent crime at 20 year highs
RESPONSE (ACTUAL AND PROPOSED)
Double employer
Another person struck by a NYC subway train today and likely to die.
If this person perishes, this would be 5 people KILLED by NYC subway trains in the last 3 days.
If you'd like to avoid this by driving your own vehicle, the MTA seeks to extort you for $15 per day to borrow
Manhattan | E 42nd St and Lexington Ave.
Confirmed person struck by the train at Grand Central-42nd St station 4/5/6 line, aided transported in likely condition.
It's 2023.
@GovKathyHochul
just announced $55M investment to crackdown on car theft
She recommended using steering wheel locks, commonly known as "The Club", first used in 1920s - 100 years ago
There's never been a more scathing admission of how horrific bail reform is
Newly-authorized to work Venezuelan in NYC opens delivery biker accounts for Uber Eats, Seamless, and Doordash.
Venezuelan now 'leases' these accounts to ineligible Honduran and retains 50% of earnings from each.
Venezuelan now repeats this process for his wife with another 3
Hey
@NYCMayor
when do you plan on doing something about this traffic terrorism? It’s been several hours that this group has impeded the flow of traffic on the Manhattan bridge. You have a bunch of officers standing around, allowing this to happen.
You explicitly said this
@yuhline
How about we start by:
1. Repealing bail reform
2. Closing homeless hotels
3. Refunding NYPD
4. Holding criminals accountable for their actions w/o consideration of societal implications
5. Detaining mentally ill that are dangerous to others until treatment is successful
22-yr old burglarized retail store/stole $50K goods in Dec. Apprehended, 9th arrest. Manhattan DA Bragg sentenced him to 5 sessions w life coach
Individual robs 14-yr old in Jan. When caught ystrdy, has loaded gun.
He's gone to 0 coaching sessions
What's the lesson here?
NYC Subway today.
While there’s no physical attack, no one should have to play roulette like this on daily basis
MTA and govt must ensure subway is used for its primary purpose - transit rather than warehousing those suffering from every societal ill
@CMAmandaFarias
Hey Amanda - the NYPD has apprehended one of the attackers. Appears that yet again it is another recidivist that is allowed to roam our streets.
“I see more and more moderate Democrats coming out every day and saying they are going to vote for Zeldin. We had a great city under Giuliani and Bloomberg, but when De Blasio came on, it went downhill. I used to feel safe. And now I don’t feel that anymore.”
@ScooterCasterNY
Ironic that the first thing his accomplice did was to tell someone to call 911 while in the process of committing a crime. Not sure if that was blood; looks like it was paint from his backpack.
@ShahanaFromBK
Thank you to
@NYPDnews
for keeping the people of New York safe and enforcing the laws of the City and State. The people of New York are deeply appreciative even if our misguided, idealogical-driven politicians are not.
One of the individuals, Yorman Reveron, arrested for this mob beating of an NYPD officer was previously arrested on 11/30 for robbery 2 and 3 and then again arrested on 12/20 for assault 3, petit larceny, and harassment.
Both times, he/she/they was given non-monetary release.
As a New Yorker, I cannot tell you how exhausting it is spiritually to constantly have to ask the person at Walgreens to unlock the fridge in order to purchase ice cream.
It’s a good time to remember that when NYC’s budget crisis was brewing as a result of the migrant invasion, the progressive caucus of the NY City Council, a group that requires a radical indoctrination pledge for membership, was busy fixated on the following:
Banning ice cream
NYC Comptroller, Democratic Socialist since 1987, and ally to Linda Sarsour has lost $33.06B in NYC Pension assets since assuming the role.
This is how he spends his time at work.
THREE PEOPLE STRUCK BY A NYC SUBWAY TRAIN AND KILLED JUST TODAY
As long as public transit in NYC is treated as a de facto psychiatric ward, this will continue.
@KathyHochul
What will you do to address people in New York acting without any fear of consequences.
A sitting congressperson and candidate today.
A supreme court judge last month.
A mayoral candidate in February.
If these people can be attacked, what about everyday New Yorkers?
It’s a good time to remember that when two NYPD cops were shot and killed in Harlem, the local NYC council person at the time, a radical leftist and member of the progressive caucus, hosted a vigil for the killer.
99.34% of people can manage to get through life without ever doing something like this. It’s time our politicians stopped focusing on legislating for the outliers.
This home in Roslyn Heights was purchased for $2.4M+ in 2021.
The owner pays $38K a year in property taxes.
The home happens to be .5 miles from the train station.
Kathy Hochul thinks she should be able to override local zoning laws to build an apartment building next door.
NY Governor Kathy Hochul and the NYS Dems have accepted $500K+ in donations from the family that was awarded a $637M state contract with no review.
Not only is this not being investigated, the Attorney General who is supposed to investigate is campaigning with the Governor.
In the words of Mayor Mike Bloomberg:
Our long-broken immigration system has now become a full-blown crisis with the collapse of the asylum process. The Biden administration has failed to address the steep price many cities are paying for a system they didn’t create and borders
8/21 - arrest for kicking a woman. Released w/o bail
1/20 - arrested for punching/kicking a woman - supervised release
2/3- arrested for punching woman on subway - released w/o bail
2/17 - arrested for punching a 4-yr old in Times Sq
51 total arrests
Bail reform works
There are still 18 DSA elected officials representing New York that have yet to follow suit:
US House of representatives
Jamaal Bowman
@JamaalBowmanNY
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@aoc
New York Senate
Julia Salazar
@JuliaCarmel__
Jabari Brisport
@JabariBrisport
Kristen Gonzalez
@NYCMayor
Mayor - the city council funds non secular community groups using tax dollars who cosponsor rallies where attendees chant for the eradication of Israel, global intifada, and hold anti semitic signs. This must stop.
Two tone deaf socialist elected officials.
#1
lost $35B in NYC pension assets in his first year in office.
#2
spearheaded the effort to direct $2.1B in federal funding to illegals in violation of federal law.
One
Say all 120K migrants in NYC are given work authorization tomorrow - no questions asked.
How do our local politicians think they are going to be able to find housing that they can afford in an already tight and expensive housing market?
The NYC budget needs to be adjusted down 5% by November, another 5% by January, and another 5% by April across all agencies.
Which right-wing MAGA elected officials representing New York should New Yorkers be upset with when their trash isn't picked up as frequently, when their
The City of New York was the first to be decimated by COVID in the US.
We have:
* a 5.4% unemployment rate - 12.2% among African Americans. The highest of any major city in the country.
*Generational learning loss in schools.
*Massive Offices vacancies
*Businesses
Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States.
Every single migrant passenger getting off a bus in NYC should be
There’s hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who worked two/three shifts today to make their ends meet today, provide for their families, and serve as role models to their kids.
Why should their tax dollars be used to support someone who chose to skirt the immigration laws of
In NYC, in February thus far:
*Brazilian tourist shot in Times Square.
*Brazilian tourist stabbed in the subway.
*Tourist from Texas slapped and spat on in a puppy store.
*NYC Gucci store robbed in broad daylight by brazen gun-toting crew.
*Man repeatedly struck with metal pipe
Construction on the Pine Island bridge has been completed today – just three days after construction began.
Happy to have the state step in and help get our Pine Island residents back on their feet.
Here are my elected officials in NYC.
All 17 are Democrats. This Democratic dominance is pretty much similar for most resident of the city.
It's inconceivable that for local issues that impact everyday life in New York, there are constant excuses referring to MAGA this and
On this Labor Day, remember that $5.2B of your tax dollars have already been used to house those that chose to illegally entered the United States and are being put in luxury hotels with fluff and fold laundry services in NYC.
Another $12B over the next three year estimated
Millions of people returning home from thanksgiving and our state senator is celebrating the shutting down of a major artery in and out of lower Manhattan.
All those blocking the roadway should be promptly arrested.
More than half (51%) of felony cases in Manhattan have been downgraded to misdemeanors this year. Prior to 2020, this percentage had never exceeded 40%.
The DA has also decided to not prosecute 3148 arrests YTD, which represents a 26% increase from full year 2021.
Another person struck by a NYC subway train and killed today.
This is now 6 people KILLED by NYC subway trains in the last 4 days.
If you'd like to avoid this by driving your own vehicle, the MTA seeks to extort you for $15 per day.
If the MTA is not able to safeguard its
The same body that lowered the passing grade from 65% percent to 50% this week. If you can’t fix the problems, just lower the standards. The dumbing down of New York’s future in real-time.
A few things to consider while this happens:
The vast majority of New York politicians are in Puerto Rico to shore up personal support and donations from unions, corporate interests, and non profits.
The national guard is stationed only a few blocks away at the Roosevelt Hotel
The cowardly attacks on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 were more than an assault on a building. They were an assault on America itself.
We will never be intimidated by those hell-bent on upending the values we hold dear.
Democracy will always win.
As we, as a city, mourn the death of another New Yorker at the hands of a homicidal maniac operating a two-wheeled death machine, it's a good time to remember that Council Member
@LincolnRestler
sets an horrific example for all New Yorkers by riding bikes on sidewalks, riding
NYC:
5.1% unemployment.
Taxes highest in the nation.
Largest outward migration in terms of population and income.
Net loss of 600K residents.
Record high commercial vacancies.
Exodus of $1T in AUM on Wall Street.
Violent crime at 20-year highs.
>50% of the
Psyched to be here with
@ebottcher
and
@JumaaneWilliams
as they introduce legislation banning NYC government from buying bottled water!
Let’s get this done!
This is inexcusable.
When the very institutions that are responsible for public safety (whether pols, cops, judges, or DAs) serve as catalysts for criminality, public confidence and trust erode.
@GovKathyHochul
Start with the faculty at CUNY who had no qualms about singing a letter that referred to the terrorist attacks of 10/7 as a "military operation by Hamas".
The even had the courtesy of listing their names in the missive.
Enough of your talk; time for action.
When are New York elected officials and the New York Democratic Party going to disavow this group and remove them from their ranks?
Look at their legislative track record. They add nothing of value while literally degrading everything they touch. Let them win an election on
The DSA held a hate rally, chanting: “from the River to the Sea,” which is code for wiping Israel from the face of the earth.
Let that sink in. The DSA is calling for the destruction of the Jewish State amid the largest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. When
ADVISORY: Due to ongoing protest activity expect traffic delays near the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges and the Holland Tunnel.
Please use alternate routes.
Why is this never mentioned or viewed as a 'root cause' in NYC?
Proficiency in NYC Public Schools is 51.7% for reading.
Proficiency is 49.9% for math.
The NYC DOE budget is $37.5 BILLION.
It's critical to note NYC pensions are defined benefits and constitutionally guaranteed by state
Pensions funds (funded from contributions from city/employees) are used to earn returns to fund the payouts to retirees
The risk is not just for pensioners, it's for all taxpayers.
As we mourn the death of another New Yorker at the hands of a homicidal maniac operating a two-wheeled death machine, it's a good time to remember that Manhattan Borough President
@MarkLevineNYC
sets an horrific example for all New Yorkers by riding electric bikes on sidewalks
Fox5 NYC Morning Anchor
@BIANCApeters8
directly asks Council Person
@CMShahanaHanif
@ShahanaFromBK
about the budget implications of accepting migrants to which the councilperson seems to lack a fundamental understanding of a budget.
She goes on to say that she and "other
125K illegal entrants to the US in NYC. None of them have properly been deemed medically admissable to the United States as every single legal immigrant would be required do to so.
New York City struggling to contain rising tuberculosis cases
The subway isn't a psych ward
The subway isn't a halfway house
The subway isn't a homeless shelter
The subway isn't a public bathroom
The subway isn't a heroin injection center
The subway isn't a gun range
The subway isn't a rec center for unruly looking for trouble
This week, the EU, supported by far right extremist Viktor Orban of Hungary, agreed to send nearly $60bn to Ukraine.
House Republicans refuse to support Ukraine in its existential fight for democracy against a dictator.
So Orban supports democracy more than House Republicans.
Democratic Socialist Policy in America:
1. Do not hold terrorists responsible
2. Abolish the police
3. Close all jails and prisons; replace with "restorative justice"
4. No accountability for lawbreaking
5. 95% tax rates
6. Expropriation of all private property and assets
7.
NYC needs tens of billions of dollars in infrastructure improvements to support building more housing over a sewer system designed in 1849 when the population was 515,547 or 1/17th of current pop.
Technical debt of inaction has accrued for centuries.
NYC Progressive response:
Had this cyclist been a licensed driver, he/she/they would’ve have known that a vehicle is permitted to stop, park, or stand at a fire hydrant provided that a licensed driver remains in the vehicle to move it during an emergency.
The bicycle was invented in the mid-1800s. In the subsequent 175 years, humanity has found more efficient alternatives to transport people in terms of both speed, efficiency, and convenience.
Redesigning streets to disproportionately accommodate a solution that has already been
Just walked by the federal courthouse. All smiles.
These people all followed a well defined process and became citizens LEGALLY. Many making untold personal sacrifices to do so just as millions before them have.
Illegally crossing over the border and legally declaring