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Dove Ballon's avatar

This sounds wonderful but who pays for new busses when needed, the maintenance of the fleet and the drivers’ salary. Where does the money come from?

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Steve Spacek's avatar

NYC is USA #1 Biggest. DEADLIEST, MOST WASTE LITTERED/DUMPED-ON CITY! Dozens are KILLED ANNUALLY across 301 landed square miles by litter and dumping incidents. No mayor since 1781 brave enough to tackle or reduce littering. The most important city in USA needs to FINALLY wake up, stop acting backwards, start moving FORWARD! ACT on cleaning itself up! NY State one of four large US States STILL without any encourage recycling of any kind. see litterscorecard.com --LEARN, FOLLOW on Facebook AmericanStateLitterScorecard and X @litterscorecard

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Cathy Gardino's avatar

He's a communist, and so are they...

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Gogo Skywalker Payne's avatar

Caring for economically strapped citizens is not communism; it is compassion, courage, and what this country needs now.

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Cathy Gardino's avatar

Yes it is... and no we don't. Get a job. Work for what you want and need. That's the AMERICAN way. Also... CITIZENS is a very key word here... Buy a vowel Gogo.

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Gogo Skywalker Payne's avatar

For over 250 years the "AMERICAN" way was to have my ancestors work for no money. And even now CITIZENS are being treated like criminals.

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Cathy Gardino's avatar

Then don't be a criminal... SIMPLE... Your 'ancestors' are the ones that sold you and the REPUBLICANS freed you... But you want to cry 'repairation' when no one did a damned thing to YOU. Get a damned life, parasite. Victimhood train left the station...

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Gogo Skywalker Payne's avatar

You should be ashamed of yourself. I have not gotten personal with you because I don't know you. I am not a criminal, I am not a victim. I have a fulfillling and grateful life with my white, black, and latino relatives. My African ancestors also resisted the slave trade. And the Republicans freed no one! The Union Army and the President of the USA saved the union for everyone living in this country! (Not just a select few!) Have you read the Declaration of Independence lately or the Constitution lately? "All people are created equal. . ." All people, and they have the "unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." The Republicans - and the Democrats too - have a history of denying these rights to people who are "different" in origin, skin color, or language. And that is what is going on now with the abuses of ICE. Please, if you want to argue, use facts and history and stop being personal. You don't know me, I don't know you. I do know that, sadly, this country is not living up to its Declaration of Independence. And the courts are filled with suits by individuals, states, and organizations against this government for grossly violating our Constitution!

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Cathy Gardino's avatar

You don't have a Constitution.... You've shredded it. ICE has ZERO to do with your failed persona. If you don't like this country... LEAVE!

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Cathy Gardino's avatar

I am not ashamed... Your personal need to be a victim is out of my realm of self made hard working people. Now kindly, stuff it in you ass or your ear. NO ONE OWES YOU ANYTHING... YOU DON'T KNOW CACK!

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Paul Aaron Roman's avatar

Get him in office NYC

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Roxie Piatigorski's avatar

That's good news. After all, the last thing NYC will ever need as its new mayor is a lying and corrupt billionaire who was recently plagued with scandals involving under-aged girls the whole time he was a governor of New York.

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Martin Slater's avatar

200,000 more apartments. Isn't NY crowded enough?

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Mark Forsyth's avatar

Those are some of the most practical and sensible proposals I have encountered in a long time. See if you get anything as comprehensive from Cuomo.

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Alice Murphy's avatar

Oh WOW MAY THIS SPREAD FAR AND WIDE‼️🦋♥️🦋‼️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Patrick Cross's avatar

I read the article with interest, but wonder have these economists ever researched why our cities with the strongest rent control laws also have the highest rates of homelessness in the country? Living in San Francisco I see it and obviously rent control increases demand artificially while simultaneously discouraging supply of shelter. I am very skeptical and think the professors live in a world of ideology rather than reality.

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