Wednesday Links
Nissan Minivan Chosen as New York City’s Next Taxi [NY Times] Board Approves Preliminary Range Of Rent Hikes [NY1] Coney Concert Space Will be Turned Into a Park [NY1] Borough Hall’s New Community Meeting Room [NY Post] Slope Church Merger Off, but Others Coming [BK Paper] Drivers, Cyclists Clash Over Bedford Avenue [BK Paper] Be@Schermerhorn…
Nissan Minivan Chosen as New York City’s Next Taxi [NY Times]
Board Approves Preliminary Range Of Rent Hikes [NY1]
Coney Concert Space Will be Turned Into a Park [NY1]
Borough Hall’s New Community Meeting Room [NY Post]
Slope Church Merger Off, but Others Coming [BK Paper]
Drivers, Cyclists Clash Over Bedford Avenue [BK Paper]
Be@Schermerhorn Now 99% Sold [Eagle]
Sitcom Dreams Grow in Bushwick [NY Daily News]
NY is #1 for Biz, Again [Crain’s]
As a non-extremist Jew myself, I think you missed the point: there is no way on earth it would be tolerated in this city if Jews of any stripe were harrassed when they biked around in traditionally black neighborhoods. Everybody should be equally upset about this and the city shouldn’t be afraid to step on the Satmar’s toes a little. If they don’t want to see the rest of us, they should pack up and move to Kiryas Joel or wherever instead of living in the most densely populated and diverse place in the country. Nobody is telling them they have to wear shorts and ride bikes, but respect is a two way bike lane, er, street.
they are Satmar, and extreme. I fault the city for letting them get away with it. i also fault the city for not foing better planning for bike lanes. Everyone says that stretch of Bedford is dangerous. How does adding a bike lane fix that? As a Jew I’m not a big fan of the Satmars but the Jew-bashing going on in the Brooklyn Paper responses went beyond the topic at hand. It was disgusting.
So please don’t generalize it as “Jews.” It’s one particular group of extremists which most of us want no part of.
The problems in the shtetl on Bedford Ave are incredible. Can you imagine if Jewish bike faced such a reaction from black residents of Crown Heights or Flatbush?
Interesting that NY’s selling point is “diversity of industries” when Bloomberg and Crains do their best to push out all businesses other than finance and real estate.
Could the Turks build an operational auto plant in Sunset Park within two years? Hard to say.
So our genius mayor thinks it is better to buy Japanese taxis made in Mexico than to buy Turkish ones that will be made in Brooklyn. Fuck you Mr. Mayor. Fuck you.
If the fuel prices weren’t so damn high, the LL’s would not be crying poverty all the time.
As a Co-Op owner, yes it is the fuel prices that are driving the cost of everything up. It is ridiculous already.
because of that, no one is getting a break.
The business study was conducted by NY Partnership (definately an interested party) and KPMG, not so much. Apparantly, it hung in there as a business center due largely to the diversity of industries. Unlike London which was largely financial services (we all remember how THAT was the place to go and how it was going to bury NY), NY has only 1/3 of its business in financial services. Paris fell further (has weird problems of its own). One big advantage in NY is that it is wired. Great technology center and excellent broadband services but according to the study, the diversity of industry here is our saving point.
Separately, I read also in Crains recently that the biggest single employer in NY City is government. Municipal, State and Federal as well which includes businesses selling to them.
The feeling of entitlement that *some* rent controlled and stabilized tenants have is unbelieveable.
I believe in the program overall, but these people need to recognize the gravy train for what it is and be thankful.