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More police officers do not equal less crime, so I find it hard to get overly concerned with fewer officers on the street.
Just left a message for the principal of Bishop Laughlin High School after explaining to Assistant Principal who I was and my interest as well as other neighbors in finding out more about the shooting, cooperating with the school to protect kids and the people in the neighborhood. I was told he would definately call me back.
Slopey;
As you probably know, the original charter of the Port Authority of NY (now the Port Authority of NY and NJ) was to build a cross-harbor railway tunnel so that NYC could stay competitive as a manufacturing and port city. Somehow, that charter was never realized and the PA concerned itself with automobile bridges, commuter rails, airports, real estate. It has a hand in everything except for that which it was originally chartered to do!! I agree that it would not have stopped the inevitable decline of the manufacturing sector, but it probably would have slowed it down. Now it is all but gone, except for some niches here and there.
Speaking of manufacturing in New York, this current exhibition at The Skyscraper Museum may be worth seeing:
http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/VERTICAL_URBAN_FACTORY/vuf.htm
VERTICAL URBAN FACTORY
Vertical Urban Factory features the innovative architectural design, structural engineering, and processing methods of significant factory buildings from the turn of the 20th century to the present. Now, over a century after the first large factories began to dominate our cities, the exhibition poses the question: Can factories present sustainable solutions for future self-sufficient cities?
The City of Camden, already ridden with crime, is laying off half of its police force.
This is why the second amendment is important.
The citizens of Camden should not have to rely on the state for the lawful exercise of violence.
When you are forced to be helpless and forced to rely on the state for protection, you will either be abused or underprotected.
More guns for Camden. I absolutely guarantee that if it were easier for law abiding citizens in Camden to legally obtain firearms the crime rate would drop. The criminals already have guns. The cops are disappearing. Time to get more guns in the hands of the good guys.
Benson, in the 80s I remember the strong smell of coffee roasting along 3rd Ave in the name streets. I don’t know if coffee is still roasted in an industrial scale in BK now.
FWIW, Cong. Jerry Nadler used to (and probably still does) blame much of NYC’s mfg loss in 60s-70s on lows of rail freight access to NYC and failure to develop rail freight access under the harbor. I think there are numerous factors (wages, globalization, etc.), but it is true that almost all the intermodal action is on the Jersey side and it is hard and costly to move large quantities of goods in and out of the City. No way we would have retained the share of mfg we had 50 years ago, but perhaps we would have substantially more than now.
Even if it is not manufacturing, NYC has a real mix of industries and jobs that make give a variety of opportunities to young people, compared to some other cities, particularly the sand states. You don’t want to be stuck in a sand state or a rusted out city. Detroit comes to mind.
Oh, and how could I forget:
Crayola crayons!
You know that Key Food on 5th Ave in Park Slope (around St. John’s Place)? That was the site of the former Crayola factory.
Well, my visit to new orleans and what i’ve heard about other cities around the country makes me a little optimistic that brooklyn isn’t the end all of places for someone under 30 to live in and get ahead in life.
this city is really harsh for people just starting out.