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wahikid t1_jefpxib wrote

Reply to comment by Equivalent-Excuse-80 in Memorial Sloan Kettering Files Plans For 594ft 31-Story Skyscraper At 1233 York Avenue On Manhattan’s Upper East Side by maybeitwasmee

I used to live in the current building at that address. It’s student and employee housing for the hospital and Cornell medical school. It’s currently like 15 or so stories already (I think, we lived on the 13th fl) so, I don’t really understand what the uproar is all about. It’s not like there was a park or a historic low rise there currently. It’s already a big ugly building, they just want to make it bigger and uglier, probably.

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wahikid t1_iuila61 wrote

Reply to comment by prisoner_007 in ‘The Only Reason We Got It Was That I Lied’ by King-of-New-York

With the amount that they claim they make, they could have chosen to move to any number of surrounding areas, and been well within the income requirements without lying. The sole fact that these two decided to lie so that they could specifically live inside New York City is the point of our whole discussion. You’re introducing other factors to try to make your case. We are talking specifically about these two individuals and the article that was written specifically about their case. That’s what I was referring to.

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wahikid t1_it7owl2 wrote

Reply to comment by drcordell in YSK: November 1 the grace period ends, and all food service establishments must maintain a sufficient supply of single-use plastic beverage straws that are not compostable and provide these, free of charge, to any person who requests one. by BarriBlue

No, we all used paper straws. From the late 1880’s up till the mid 1960’s, paper straws were used almost exclusively. Somehow, they were totally acceptable and didn’t kill or maim massive amounts of people. Now, I am under zero illusions that plastic straws are the single most environmentally damaging use of plastic, by a long shot. Just that to say that they are the worst, or unusable, is laughably false.

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