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We just have to get used to this, the election is over. Zeldin gave it his best shot but the votes just weren't there. Hochul is now unstoppable in her support for Bail Reform. She made the deal with the devils Heastie and Cousins to continue Bail Reform forever and that's that. Just wait till home break-ins and home invasions become the norm.
Those old Asian ladies are a problem aren't they. One partially blocked my driveway a few days ago and then had the nerve to ring my bell to apologize!
The people have spoken.
Do you predict a corresponding increase in people moving out of NYC as a result, or not so much?
Clowns try to create mashed potatoes to obfuscate the issues.
It’s only obfuscating and like “mashed potatoes” for people who don’t think critically.
I think everyone should be forced to take algorithms and data structures in school so that they can be able to decipher a problem and literally think about it from all sides. But no, only a few of us have this privilege. It’s quite frustrating to live in a world where many bottom of the barrel people can only think in homogeneous terms.
I realize that you were just re-posting a headline from a biased, sensationalist tabloid, but I hope you saw my post pointing out the statistically, crime is still miniscule.
The ongoing problem with the subway system is an increased presence of many homeless people with mental illness, who seem to be off their meds, or have not been recently treated.
From someone who rides the subway 4-5 days every week, I see homeless and agitated/aggressive obviously mentally ill individuals on the trains or platforms, for at least 2 of my trips, every week. It can be unnerving and the erratic behavior I've seen from some of these folks is concerning for public safety.
This is the biggest issue for public safety on the trains. NYC should consider approaches to manage this by deploying professionals who specialize in mental illness to canvass the trains and stations. When they encounter a person like this potentially at risk to inflict violence on others or themselves, should offer medication and a place to stay for treatment.
Costly? Absolutely. But it could be done if the mayor's office was proactive and smart enough to find a solution on how to do it.
Houston has had a great success story as of late, regarding helping the homeless and mentally ill off the streets. NYC could possibly duplicate their success.
So you take the subway and say the mental illness problem is unnerving... Let's see how unnerving it is for you. Did you vote for Hochul or Zeldin?
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Originally Posted by Cida
I realize that you were just re-posting a headline from a biased, sensationalist tabloid, but I hope you saw my post pointing out the statistically, crime is still miniscule.
I saw it and that is not accurate. Some crimes are down, but the most violent crimes are up.
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