#NYC’s real homeless problem is its mad political pieties

#NYC’s real homeless problem is its mad political pieties

“#NYC’s real homeless problem is its mad political pieties” Will the murder spree of the homeless, allegedly by another mentally ill homeless man, finally bring the city to its senses, and move it to start protecting the public and get horribly dysfunctional people the help they need? Rigoberto Lopez, 21, is being held without bail, accused…

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#Soaring crime is killing NYC’s subway system

#Soaring crime is killing NYC’s subway system

“#Soaring crime is killing NYC’s subway system” Two more straphangers met their gruesome end on Gotham’s subways over the weekend, bringing the transit-murder total in just over a year to eight. Before 2020 and 2021, it took five years for eight murders to occur on transit — and that was with much higher ridership.  “The events…

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#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 14, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 14, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 14, 2021” COVID cleanseIt doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the transit system was and is a possible spreader of COVID (“Fight over scrubways,” Feb. 11). But City Council members and transit advocates know better. Really? I didn’t know they were infectious-disease experts. They should have…

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#Jerry Seinfeld and more celebs to voice NYC subway PSAs

#Jerry Seinfeld and more celebs to voice NYC subway PSAs

“#Jerry Seinfeld and more celebs to voice NYC subway PSAs” The “stand clear of the closing doors” announcement is getting a star-studded makeover — with a dose of gritty New York attitude. Starting Friday, a collection of New York City’s notable natives including Jerry Seinfeld, Debi Mazar and Whoopi Goldberg will be voicing the MTA’s…

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