Property tax 'loansharking' will make middle class flee NYC: pols
https://nypost.com/2020/06/25/property-tax-loansharking-will-make-middle-class-flee-nyc-pols/
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de Blasio Administration declared thathealth and human services providers would continue toget paid even if they could no longer meet their contractual performance targets
In mid-March, the de Blasio Administration declared that health and human services providers would continue to get paid even if they could no longer meet their contractual performance targets due to the pandemic. But on April 3 providers whose contracts are with the City Council received a letter stating that only costs for "essential work" performed after March 22—the date that Governor Cuomo's pause order went into effect—would be reimbursed. See https://ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/rocky-road-for-nonprofit-human-services-organizations-city-increases-support-for-administrative-costs-but-providers-face-other-challenges-foeb-june-2020.pdf
NYC Council Website is not used by the average person
Please look at the statistics. Most of the traffic on our NYC Council website is from desktops while the world has moved to mobile devices. This seems to suggest that the site is simply too hard to use by mobile users. One visit to https://legistar.council.nyc.gov will confirm this. In fact, as recent as September 2018, the site did not support secure https connections, it appears. See https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/8c3d922e-3161-446d-bb08-95407ac9bb6c/page/a4qS and for the older http information: See https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/8d71faf5-58eb-48a7-b7b6-e129d5643f29/page/a4qS
Council voting to put homeless in hotels, against de Blasio
Read this: "This version of the bill, which came out of nowhere overnight with no conversation, is ham-fisted and reckless, self-defeatingly unilateral and ill-informed, and legally questionable and amateurish," said Isaac McGinn, spokesman for the city's Department of Social Services. https://nypost.com/2020/05/15/council-voting-to-put-homeless-in-hotels-against-de-blasio/
Internal emails reveal Mayor Bill de Blasio helped stall yeshiva probe
https://nypost.com/2020/05/09/internal-emails-reveal-mayor-bill-de-blasio-helped-stall-yeshiva-probe/ Please read this, this shows how the internals work in our city hall. Get ready for 40% or more property tax spending.
CA personal property tax period extended due to coronavirus | The Sacramento Bee
https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article242546316.html Where is New York's equivalent plan for property tax relief during this crisis?
Success Academy to maintain grading system amid coronavirus
This is very true. We need a school system that cares about children. not one that just thinks about the bare minimum they can do. School needs to be open even if it's online through the summer. Does the teachers union work for the people or do they simply work for themselves or do we work for them? https://nypost.com/2020/04/27/success-academy-to-maintain-grading-system-amid-coronavirus/amp/#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s