I mean the explorer is bigger in every dimension https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/ford-mustang-mach-e-2021-suv-vs-ford-explorer-2019-suv/ I was just trying to give a general reference. Truthfully it would slot between the escape and the explorer. The explorer is basically the standard nypd “car" now though https://www.curbed.com/2022/10/nypd-all-suv-fleet-ford.html so it seemed a good reference.

Electric makes a lot of sense for a NYC police car, they often don't go 30 miles in shift, and they already are mostly using explorers which are about the same size.

That simply isn't how bail works in this country and hasn't been in forever. Bail is required to be offered in almost all cases even murder. Otherwise the police could completely destroy lives (how long will your employer let you keep your job while you are in Rikers?) with the mere charge of any violent offense, and just drop charges after a few months of you being in jail without any consequence.

I did note that it was a possibility since the 20s originally you are the one not really adding anything more than a speed read of wikipedia.

Oh possibly. Though 1951/1952 was the first time it went to actual we have a plan and money; we’ll have it done by 1957 (snort). So it is plausible.

It is (more or less) true though, the first Bond issue was in 1951, with a start of 1952. Biden was born in 1942. I mean you can find a promise from the 20s onward, but since he was 10 is at least not crazy wrong.

Truthfully it is a good reminder that the good old days weren't perfect. NYC took a funded project frittered away most of it on other random projects and tore down the elevated line (under real estate lobby pressure) before even seriously attempting to replace it, and didn't manage to build anything for 60 years, and that only a shadow of the plan.

Oh already there https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/nyregion/black-residents-nyc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I mean they sent billions in money to the MTA, but of course it all went to new stuff that they can stand in front of with giant scissors.

Eh, even if they managed to clear $200 million as profit, they'd still be 2.8 billion dollars in the hole.

I don't think people realize just how insanely large the issue is.

Eh, there are some aspects of their likely deployment that may cause issues. Like, according to the DC conducted survey, problems were found where they were used without a lot of foot traffic or commerce, which would probably be a lot of parks at night. I mean a lot of current comfort stations are locked during the night, and you could do the same, but trying to go 24/7 is likely going to have issues. Also in that report areas with lots of troubled users had serious issues up to and including requiring a monitor all day. Not unique problems, just other city's issues that will be particularly problematic in NYC.

Also I kind of understand the not these bathrooms crowd. It is like a glorified port a potty for a million dollars for a single "stall" and a lot of ongoing cost. Your $3-5 million traditional comfort station probably has higher capacity, and has some benefits like storage for park maintenance and the like.

Eh, well I mean many of the complaints are likely to be that the homeless more or less take up residence in them. I honestly don't know why they are so long, as it seems just an invitation for camping.

I think a lot of the complaint about kicking out kids is that it tends to inflate the scores (by a lot). Kicking out every kid who misses more than 10% of the school year will by itself make you a decent school given an average start. So you can claim a lot of success that is mostly just exclusion of negative outcomes. Reasonable people can disagree on where that line is.

Notably too this is not how suburbs work. In that case the parents are choosing the flock, but the suburban district can’t remove kids easily. A lot of the benefit is just the kids are anything but average (i.e. very well resourced overwhelmingly not single headed and with high parental involvement) to start with. It still isn’t reflective of the quality of schools but the actor is the parents not the school.

That said there is some difference in charter kids vs public school kids/parents happening as well. It is complex though. A very good local public school diminishes charter school results because the parents aren’t incentivized to flee.

This stuff seems simple but really isn’t and at the high end is probably not actually even that important as the parents will do what it takes regardless.

The batteries are swappable, and likely if you have an inspection mechanism people will just bring a valid battery, and swap it for a bad battery at some point.

Even if you could tie it, you can require registration, but what is the enforcement mechanism? There are already packs of dirt bikes that roam the streets all summer that are unregistered vehicles. The police are discouraged from giving chase because of the high risk of death.

Oh sure, but no one really knows what the market will do, it is starting to look like this year will be rough for renters. The best case scenario is that some of the demand is just moved like your agent said.

I mean they really don't, this is generally the slack period in the market. Often they sort of drift downwards in winter, and increase in summer.

I mean do people have a lot of complaints about the fire department? Other than parking issues (which seems nowhere near as bad as the PD), I don't see much.

They can nuke the system but they aren’t going to break leases. That isn’t even what they are asking for. It just is not on the table. You might as well ask what if they ordered all tenants to pay triple rent just for fun, it isn’t under consideration or request.

Eh it would be way smaller than you’d think. For one leases would likely play out as is, and also a lot of rent stabilized apartments aren’t done under the emergency declaration but a trade of value which would likely be allowed.

So it would only be the older rentals that were undervalued by a fair bit (because if the net is an extra couple of hundred a month most are going to stay put). Still major but smaller than all rent stabilized apartments and done over a year or two.

Also the downsizing of over housed people will likely depress the market some which will mitigate the impact for a while. This is partly why some market rate landlords aren’t quite as excited as people would expect.

Again we aren’t likely to find out by my guess is there would be cataclysmic headlines briefly but the spread over time and space would likely make it less impressive of a media event.

I don’t think they’ll intercede, but I think you may be way over starting their concern with some tenants complaining. I mean the Fox News headline would be something like “SCOTUS returns control to property owners from tenants getting special deal”. They just have bigger fish to fry.

If there were a way to disrupt it via shadow docket I’d not be surprised but I don’t think there is a clear one.

I mean the green and white that are obviously high vis stripes will probably increase safety (US police cars are far behind international standards on that). No idea why they aren't highlighting that instead of the silly QR code.

I know, I read books like Snowy Day to my kids and feel like I am describing a unicorn.

The congestion charge is basically an attempt to make it more annoying to travel within an area while not actually making it gridlocked. Of course they are doing that as well.

Other than that they can push for more enforcement and more automated enforcement.

Because taking a bike in the subway is difficult and not allowed on busses.

Never said they did just that they aren’t only for an emergency.

You are explicitly allowed to use it if you have a stroller or a wheelchair etc. the phrasing is just the mta trying to discourage people from using them.