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goose willis posted:I'm sorry friend but change.org petitions are more or less worthless and are solely used for virtue signalling via Facebook shares I'm aware, but that link contains some good information and people like to share those things so it seemed like successful agitprop to me.
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financially racist posted:the thing is mario cuomo was good and if andrew cuomo just aspired to be his father that'd be cool Seriously. Imagine a world where Mario Cuomo actually runs for president in 1992 and Clintonism doesn't destroy civilization.
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financially racist posted:the thing is mario cuomo was good and if andrew cuomo just aspired to be his father that'd be cool
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CaptainPsyko posted:Seriously. Imagine a world where Mario Cuomo actually runs for president in 1992 and Clintonism doesn't destroy civilization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOdIqKsv624
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https://twitter.com/NYCMayorsOffice/status/847880701223608328 Think they'll actually pull it off?
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Absurd Alhazred posted:https://twitter.com/NYCMayorsOffice/status/847880701223608328 The president couldn't close a prison with less than 250 prisoners, there's no chance in hell that de Blasio will be able to close one with about 10,000. That said, I hope I'm proven wrong.
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oranje jumpthut take you down to rikuhs
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Closing Rikers has been a thing talked about for a long time, my question is, why? Where are those folks going to go? They just going to be shipped upstate or something? I mean jails actually do serve a necessary purpose even in a perfectly just system.
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I guess we will still need gulags in our perfectly just post-capitalistic system.
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Closing Rikers has been a thing talked about for a long time, my question is, why? Where are those folks going to go? They just going to be shipped upstate or something? I mean jails actually do serve a necessary purpose even in a perfectly just system. The idea is to have five (or more) smaller jails, at least one in each borough. A large part of the problem with Rokers comes from the sheer concentration of inmates.
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Closing Rikers has been a thing talked about for a long time, my question is, why? Where are those folks going to go? They just going to be shipped upstate or something? I mean jails actually do serve a necessary purpose even in a perfectly just system. Something tells me a few municipalities Upstate are suddenly going to find themselves with a lot of new correctional jobs. Speaking of Upstate municipalities, there seems to have been some kind of unfortunate exchange between the City of Albany's chief of staff and an assemblymember, which longtime thorn in Mayor Sheehan's side, Common Council member Judd Krasher, is complaining about here: https://twitter.com/Juddkrasher/status/848554529125695489 https://twitter.com/Juddkrasher/status/848555676788019202 Couldn't find the exchange itself on either Brindisi or the city's feed. I'm guessing it has to do with this: https://twitter.com/ABrindisi119/status/848148054146502657 Stay petty, Albany. 
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Closing Rikers has been a thing talked about for a long time, my question is, why? Where are those folks going to go? They just going to be shipped upstate or something? I mean jails actually do serve a necessary purpose even in a perfectly just system. They plan to set up smaller jails near courthouses across the boroughs
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Just close off all access to Staten Island and ship all the prisoners there and in two hundred years we can come back and they'll all be eating Vegemite and punching out kangaroos
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CaptainPsyko posted:The idea is to have five (or more) smaller jails, at least one in each borough. A large part of the problem with Rokers comes from the sheer concentration of inmates. I guess that makes more sense. Sorry, Upstate!  How will they afford to buy land in any of the boroughs to put jails in, though? goose willis posted:Just close off all access to Staten Island and ship all the prisoners there and in two hundred years we can come back and they'll all be eating Vegemite and punching out kangaroos Do you think they'll sell Rikers Island cheaply to some real estate investor, who'll flip it around into a rich housing project/vacation spot?
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Do you think they'll sell Rikers Island cheaply to some real estate investor, who'll flip it around into a rich housing project/vacation spot? turn it into a giant venue and host the governors ball there
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uncurable mlady posted:turn it into a giant venue and host the governors ball there ... Yes! Yes, of course! Governor, we are totally having a ball here. Armed security is for your own protection.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I guess that makes more sense. Sorry, Upstate! The city has land. Next to the other costs involved, that's pretty marginal. A big part of the reason that there's so much wind in here sails right now is that Rikers is on the verge of a massive depopulation anyway. Remember, Rikers is a jail not a prison. Over 90% of the inmates are not convicts, but people awaiting trial. This means they can't be sent upstate (they need to be close to their attorneys and court dates). It also means that the various bail reforms and supervised release programs that are rapidly expanding (since most of the pop at Rikers is minor drug offenders who can't make bail and are the target of such programs) will thin out the population considerably. All told, I think they're expecting an eventual drop to fewer than 5,000 inmates. (Down from a peak of 15k). At that point, building some new facilities arguably makes more sense than a decaying, mostly empty penal island. quote:Do you think they'll sell Rikers Island cheaply to some real estate investor, who'll flip it around into a rich housing project/vacation spot? The current leading plan I've heard is to use Rikers to expand LaGuardia. Chevy Slyme has issued a correction as of 18:04 on Apr 2, 2017 |
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CaptainPsyko posted:The city has land. Next to the other costs involved, that's pretty marginal. A big part of the reason that there's so much wind in here sails right now is that Rikers is on the verge of a massive depopulation anyway. Remember, Rikers is a jail not a prison. Over 90% of the inmates are not convicts, but people awaiting trial. This means they can't be sent upstate (they need to be close to their attorneys and court dates). It also means that the various bail reforms and supervised release programs that are rapidly expanding (since most of the pop at Rikers is minor drug offenders who can't make bail and are the target of such programs) will thin out the population considerably. All told, I think they're expecting an eventual drop to fewer than 5,000 inmates. (Down from a peak of 15k). At that point, building some new facilities arguably makes more sense than a decaying, mostly empty penal island. Thanks for the context. quote:The current leading plan I've heard is to use Rikers to expand LaGuardia. That sounds a long time coming! Re my above post about Albany pettiness, if anybody's interested, I think this is the tweet councilmember Krasher might be talking about : https://twitter.com/sheabrian/status/848176036110061574 I... don't see the heckling? Krasher's been taking fire for making unfounded accusations at the Mayor, maybe this is just him jumping the gun.
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goose willis posted:Just close off all access to Staten Island and ship all the prisoners there and in two hundred years we can come back and they'll all be eating Vegemite and punching out kangaroos Doing it to Manhatten made a pretty good movie. Not his best work but still pretty good.
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Hey New York City Dwellers. Vote on the participatory budget. Today is the last day, but you can do it online  http://council.nyc.gov/pb/vote/
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If this means what I think it means, this is good news: https://twitter.com/matt_hamilton10/status/848642879627177985
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Glad the IDC has found a spine on at least one actual democratic policy. Still real mad about how much policy is in the budget these days!
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Eyyy, I'm postin' here!
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Hey New York City Dwellers. Vote on the participatory budget. Today is the last day, but you can do it online Yo this is cool as hell and thank you for letting me know about it.
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Voted my loving rear end off man, voted so loving hard
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Hey New York City Dwellers. Vote on the participatory budget. Today is the last day, but you can do it online Thanks for this! Very cool to be able to cast a vote like this online.
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Flags are politics. I tried to design a new New York (state) flag, since ours is a really stupid seal on a bedsheet. You can google other designs, too! Cool stuff. Artifacts and stuff might be a bit jarring, but it's a mockup. Tweezer Reprise has issued a correction as of 09:48 on Apr 3, 2017 |
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the first five-pointed star represents the five boroughs of new york city, the second five-pointed star represents the five people that live upstate
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Hey New York City Dwellers. Vote on the participatory budget. Today is the last day, but you can do it online
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Tweezer Reprise posted:the first five-pointed star represents the five boroughs of new york city, the second five-pointed star represents the five people that live upstate Nice
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Tweezer Reprise posted:the first five-pointed star represents the five boroughs of new york city, the second five-pointed star represents the five people that live upstate 
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"not everyone is acting like an adult" -republican state senator, on talks about raising the age of criminal liability times like this i wish we had a gif of a giant  exploding into many  s
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Sounds like we're getting a budget soon. Also: https://twitter.com/GannettAlbany/status/850523076701847552 Edit: It's happening! Absurd Alhazred has issued a correction as of 02:50 on Apr 8, 2017 |
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goose willis posted:We have a budget ??? https://twitter.com/GannettAlbany/status/850524616598618112 
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quote:ALBANY — After a week of impasse and the worst budget crisis of his administration, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo emerged from his Capitol office late Friday night to announce a deal on a $153 billion budget for New York State. What percentage of this is going to be spent on USB chargers in buses
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uncurable mlady posted:woo, upstate uber Question is whether Uber will survive long enough to get up here. Also I've always had a reasonable experience with cabs here, so I dunno. 
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