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Giuliani was one of the best Mayor NYC has ever had. Giuliani changed the culture of NYC which was desperately needed by being tough on crime which helped lock up a lot of street thugs and mobsters. Through broken windows policies, which by the way I fully support, Giuliani attacked smaller quality of life crimes such as graffiti, sqweegy men, etc which helped the overall perception of NYC. He rezoned time square and gave the boot to all the porn shops, peep shows and got rid of the prostitutes and pimps in the area. Theres a ton of positive stuff Giuliani did for NYC, more than this idiot De Blasio can ever do.
Sure that stuff took place during his tenure, but for example, how did the Disneyfication of Times Square improve your life specifically? Did you work in the Time Square area?
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Giuliani was one of the best Mayor NYC has ever had. Giuliani changed the culture of NYC which was desperately needed by being tough on crime which helped lock up a lot of street thugs and mobsters. Through broken windows policies, which by the way I fully support, Giuliani attacked smaller quality of life crimes such as graffiti, sqweegy men, etc which helped the overall perception of NYC. He rezoned time square and gave the boot to all the porn shops, peep shows and got rid of the prostitutes and pimps in the area. Theres a ton of positive stuff Giuliani did for NYC, more than this idiot De Blasio can ever do.
Just so you know it was under David Dinkins that plans were made to rezone Times Square with help from Disney Corporation. Had the man won re-election DD would have seen things through, but since he didn't......
New Yorkers believe quality of life in the Big Apple is rotting at the core, a new poll revealed Thursday.
Only 33 percent of Gotham residents said life here is “very good” or “good,” the lowest number Quinnipiac University has measured since it first polled on the topic in 1997.
“The quality of life in New York City isn’t good and it’s getting worse, many voters think,” said Maurice Carroll, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll.
What gets me is it was so obvious this was going to be the outcome of a Deblasio administration at the election, yet he was elected anyway. People had forgotten what the bad days of crime, homelessness, and graffiti were like, well now they are getting a refresher course...
I told y'all this was gonna happen, you made your mess NYC, now sit in it
What gets me is it was so obvious this was going to be the outcome of a Deblasio administration at the election, yet he was elected anyway. People had forgotten what the bad days of crime, homelessness, and graffiti were like, well now they are getting a refresher course...
I told y'all this was gonna happen, you made your mess NYC, now sit in it
Well if we didn't have a self entitled prick who bought his way into a 3rd term then maybe we would have elected another conservative mayor.
De Blasio was the result of the entitlement crowd sticking it to everyone that didn't fit the bill. This meant getting the F out of NYC just short of a foot in the ass or accepting the fact that you now live in a homogenized ****hole surrounded by douchebags from Middle America. The city you loved was now gone forever.
ANY chance of getting some of it back led to a DeBlasio win. ANY chance of PROGRESS led to a De Blasio win.
I remember vividly the construction projects after construction projects after construction projects at all hours of the night and early morning. Nobody gave a **** about my quality of life. Neither did they give a **** about yours.
Ray Kelly now says he will run. If you want the old "NEW" NYC that Ghouliani and Doomsberg created then flex your worthless voting muscle and try to vote him in next time around.
The problem with NYC real estate is that the luxury market is fast reaching a tipping point where the demand is cooling off while the supply continues ratcheting up. Further, the tax gains of a one-time transaction don't outweigh the losses to the rental market, which is essentially "hoarding" limited land-space for buildings full of units that 99% of NYC's population can't afford. And among those who can afford such units, quite a few live in, and thus often pay taxes to other states or countries, adding little to nothing to our economy other than property taxes, which don't create jobs the way living in NYC full-time, and spending money in our local economy, does.
While this all happens, the development companies often enjoy multi-year to multi-decade tax breaks robust enough that they can allow unrented/un-purchased units to sit empty, rather than dropping the price and perceived "cachet" if they so choose. It strikes me that a lot of folks seem to be less than enthusiastic about a NYC that houses its working population, but if they disappear, so does most of what remains of this city that people love (or claim to love, anyway). But as with every city's forum — and the rest of the subs, too — the people who have the least, be it money or political control, often both, make delicious targets. Luxury buildings are still hot because they're one of the few places remaining to dump money and hope to break even. And in time, they, too, will cease to be an attractive investment vehicle.
Its true, too, that the tech sector, is, at present, creating a lot of jobs. The unfortunate thing about "Silicon Alley" though is that it's intimately tied to Wall Street. The tech companies' fortunes will rise and fall with the fortunes of investment banks and hedge funds. A lot of the tech companies here are directly connected to — as in, service or augment — the financial sector. And a lot of tech companies project an image that is far more prosperous and successful than the reality. This is especially true of the buttload of later-stage start-ups that are clamoring to become the next Facebook, Snapchat, etc. — nearly all of which will, of course, fail before the IPO stage, since the market is over-saturated and Wall Street won't perceive any benefit to the offerings.
My wife and I have been interviewing at these type of companies like crazy (and not accepting the jobs for a VERY good reason). We have a well-connected network inside of them, and from the inside, you'd be shocked at how much of what goes on is nothing but smoke and mirrors. The sweet startup lucre is also much exaggerated. Especially if you're not senior-level, you can often earn more money working for the city government, or even at a mid-tier office job. NYC startups don't pay as well as the established companies here do. Besides student loans, the next bubble projected to burst is the social media start-up bubble. Its growth isn't sustainable, and if it bursts, there will most certainly be layoffs.
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Well if we didn't have a self entitled prick who bought his way into a 3rd term then maybe we would have elected another conservative mayor.
De Blasio was the result of the entitlement crowd sticking it to everyone that didn't fit the bill. This meant getting the F out of NYC just short of a foot in the ass or accepting the fact that you now live in a homogenized ****hole surrounded by douchebags from Middle America. The city you loved was now gone forever.
ANY chance of getting some of it back led to a DeBlasio win. ANY chance of PROGRESS led to a De Blasio win.
I remember vividly the construction projects after construction projects after construction projects at all hours of the night and early morning. Nobody gave a **** about my quality of life. Neither did they give a **** about yours.
Ray Kelly now says he will run. If you want the old "NEW" NYC that Ghouliani and Doomsberg created then flex your worthless voting muscle and try to vote him in next time around.
This is very true. Voting for de Blasio was more of an anti Bloomberg vote and Bloomberg's third term damaged any Republican's chance for getting the office for at least 4 years and perhaps 8 years.
The Republicans don't seem to be nurturing any strong person to take de Blasio on. At this point whoever the Republicans do run in 2017 needs to be able to run under their own name and idea. Trying to present yourself as the heir to Giuliani or Bloomberg will not work.
The problem with NYC real estate is that the luxury market is fast reaching a tipping point where the demand is cooling off while the supply continues ratcheting up. Further, the tax gains of a one-time transaction don't outweigh the losses to the rental market, which is essentially "hoarding" limited land-space for buildings full of units that 99% of NYC's population can't afford. And among those who can afford such units, quite a few live in, and thus often pay taxes to other states or countries, adding little to nothing to our economy other than property taxes, which don't create jobs the way living in NYC full-time, and spending money in our local economy, does.
While this all happens, the development companies often enjoy multi-year to multi-decade tax breaks robust enough that they can allow unrented/un-purchased units to sit empty, rather than dropping the price and perceived "cachet" if they so choose. It strikes me that a lot of folks seem to be less than enthusiastic about a NYC that houses its working population, but if they disappear, so does most of what remains of this city that people love (or claim to love, anyway). But as with every city's forum — and the rest of the subs, too — the people who have the least, be it money or political control, often both, make delicious targets. Luxury buildings are still hot because they're one of the few places remaining to dump money and hope to break even. And in time, they, too, will cease to be an attractive investment vehicle.
Its true, too, that the tech sector, is, at present, creating a lot of jobs. The unfortunate thing about "Silicon Alley" though is that it's intimately tied to Wall Street. The tech companies' fortunes will rise and fall with the fortunes of investment banks and hedge funds. A lot of the tech companies here are directly connected to — as in, service or augment — the financial sector. And a lot of tech companies project an image that is far more prosperous and successful than the reality. This is especially true of the buttload of later-stage start-ups that are clamoring to become the next Facebook, Snapchat, etc. — nearly all of which will, of course, fail before the IPO stage, since the market is over-saturated and Wall Street won't perceive any benefit to the offerings.
My wife and I have been interviewing at these type of companies like crazy (and not accepting the jobs for a VERY good reason). We have a well-connected network inside of them, and from the inside, you'd be shocked at how much of what goes on is nothing but smoke and mirrors. The sweet startup lucre is also much exaggerated. Especially if you're not senior-level, you can often earn more money working for the city government, or even at a mid-tier office job. NYC startups don't pay as well as the established companies here do. Besides student loans, the next bubble projected to burst is the social media start-up bubble. Its growth isn't sustainable, and if it bursts, there will most certainly be layoffs.
We all know that startups can't pay well. That's why they are startups. Going to work in one is something of a risky proposition as there is a huge chance the company won't go anywhere.
And yet within the past 40 years Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon were once startups whose initial employees were poorly paid. And look at them now. Yes many of the companies that started up in those years went out of business or got bought out. But look at the survivors.
De Blasio is an idiot because the doesn't understand that NYC has and is changing via forces long unleashed that he cannot control.
His pandering to the poor is getting him into trouble because it exposes his "Robin Hood" liberal/progressive leanings. What de Boob wants is for the middle and above classes to continue paying vast amounts of taxes to fund his giveaways to the poor. Fair enough I suppose but in a welfare state and city like NY the pool of woe and misery is very deep. It grows more so each time de Boob and City Council enact policies that attract yet more to request services.
Mayor's signature issue "affordable housing" is all smoke and mirrors. The City does not own remotely near enough land to build such housing. So deB has conscripted private landowners/developers into his scheme. Well while a few may do so out of charitable reasons a large majority won't unless there is something in it for themselves. De Boob thus is perpetuating the same housing policies he lambasted Bloomberg about; giving away large sums of City funds to get *some* affordable housing.
Even here de Boob was schooled in that only a small portion of his "affordable housing" units are permanent. Vast numbers will cease being so in ten, twenty or thirty years. So while numbers will look good in terms of legacy when this mayor leaves office, it will be for future administrations to deal with the repercussions.
Meanwhile the number of homeless has boomed (despite the billons NYC spends) and the perception of crime is rising.
Crime coming back full force scaring all the recently arrived breadknots and their skin yachts would be an amazing thing for affordability in this city. I am not pro-crime, but it seems like higher crime, even just the fear of it, is the lower middle class's last hope in this WAR.
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