Thursday Links
Bus and Subway President Quits in M.T.A. Shake-Up [NY Times] Some Wall Street Bonuses To Hit Pre-Downturn Highs [NY Times] Getting a Grip on Your Property’s Value [NY Times] There’s No Moving Al Vann Out Yet [NY Daily News] No Love for Bloomberg from Brooklynites [NY Daily News] Elves Invade Dumbo [Brooklyn Eagle] Brooklynites Rush…
Bus and Subway President Quits in M.T.A. Shake-Up [NY Times]
Some Wall Street Bonuses To Hit Pre-Downturn Highs [NY Times]
Getting a Grip on Your Property’s Value [NY Times]
There’s No Moving Al Vann Out Yet [NY Daily News]
No Love for Bloomberg from Brooklynites [NY Daily News]
Elves Invade Dumbo [Brooklyn Eagle]
Brooklynites Rush to Rescue Pigeon [Gothamist]
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I saw it CarGar 🙂 the Juniors box was so funny!
Agree with MM. If Al Vannished ran a “positive” campaign who got to see it? He practically called it in. The man is a total waste of air.
What about your claim stevieb – you say they’re robbing taxpayers when 60% of federal income tax is paid by the top 5% of earners. Are they robbing themselves?
Can you back up your claim?
>>I am defending them because they’ve earned it.
ROTFLMFAO! Merrill Lynch lost $35Bill in 2008 and paid out $3Bill in bonuses. They really earned it!
>>The government doesn’t actually want the TARP repaid so soon.
Says who? Can you back your claim up?
Define “middle class” stevie.
The Al Vann story is disgusting. Mark ran a negative campaign? I don’t think so, he just stated the truth. He also praised Al as a leader who had done a lot for the community, but was tired and comfortable resting on his history. Al wouldn’t have heard that praise, as he never attended any of the debates or forums.
bxgrl, I hate ANY animal suffering, too. That said, you have to check out the pics in the link I posted in the OT of the “trapped rat”. They’re NOT cruel, just Photoshopped.
The government doesn’t actually want the TARP repaid so soon. Remember, they are earning interest on it.
Why would I pay a below-market rate mortgage back???? It doesn’t make economic sense.
I am defending them because they’ve earned it. The guy at Phibro is being paid $100MM bonus because he brought in a few billion in revenues…don’t you think he deserves it or should he be paid a geovenrment wage of say $80-200,000.
Nobody ever said that life is fair. There are a few places left where it is…Laos and Cambodia come to mind.
>>Yes, ditto. Most of those receiving bonuses are “middle class”
statistics to back this claim up? I thought so.
DIBS, why haven’t the TARP banks repaid the TARP monies to the government? Why are they keeping the money while also paying bonuses at the same time? Why is that not theft from tax payers.
You are defending them out of your self interest as a home owner because you hope that the money will go into NY real estate and support home prices.
Why is that fair to the many renters who have been prudent and saving up but are now getting shafted by the govt and wall street again?