is New York City dead?

i'm saying though

Impressive that NYC managed to elect two legit imbeciles mayor in a row.

NYC has had a bad run of mayors for... how long now?

la guardia was good

laguardia killed the streetcar

Offices are still too empty and too many workers are at home – that has an impact on our economy and ripples across the entire city.

I’m putting a stake in the ground: It’s time to get back to the office. 2/

— Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) November 18, 2021

I would imagine her point is more about what the lack of commuters does to the economy. I support WFH for sure but there are larger effects beyond upset landlords fwiw.

hmm a lot of tweeting when she should be opening up covid boosters to all adults

i understand that not having midtown offices full has an effect but i don't know that her putting a stake in the ground and telling people to just come back is the solution lol xp

totally agree!

Covid boosters are open to all adults in NY as long as it is 6 months after your second dose. I'm getting mine Saturday.

that's for NYC, I don't think all adults in NY State are eligible yet.

actually I see that they are available for anyone who "feels at risk" in NY State so basically everyone. not sure why they feel the need to qualify it like that.

I think some employers are going to start mandating boosters for those who are eligible. Maybe that little qualification might delay that.

I am 49 w/o any morbidities and just scheduled a booster.

"Governor Hochul encourages New Yorkers who are 18 and older and feel at risk to get their COVID-19 booster dose. This includes individuals who received their Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna initial vaccine series at least six months ago or the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at least two months ago."

I parse this as you are eligible if you feel at risk. Who doesn't feel at risk at this point? Anyone going into work in person, eating at a restaurant, shopping in a store could legitimately feel at risk.

xp

The boosters are widely available now. Getting a booster is not preventing someone else from getting it. Get it.

I have to assume being Cuomo's Lt Gov was designed to be a permanent position and never a stepping stone to governor. NY doesn't have term limits. She doesn't seem like she was meant for this. Her messaging style is not great.

yeah the booster messaging has been unclear, the nys gov website says you need to have an underlying condition (tho i know most pharmacies don’t really ask) and there’s no indication that rules in the city are any different

It's too late for everything to return to "normal". First of all, where are the cheap and plentiful and fast testing sites and test kits? Get that first.

But secondly, people don't want to come back. I'm back in the office 2 days a week and it's a ghost town. Meanwhile I have co-workers who are pushing to get everybody back in the office 5 days a week because they think that's best. While any number of people, especially people with longer commutes, are not feeling that.

Hochul getting dragggggged for that tweet

they should just extend central park though most of midtown anyways

Make sure you get your $100 incentive by getting yr booster in a gov facility like Shea stadium.

i will take my incentive in one (1) ticket to watch the new york knicks play basketball

got my booster at duane reade. was a nightmare. wife got hers at Elmhurst aka covid ground zero and got a crazy goodie bag of swag.

Maybe I should head over there.

She didn't get 100 bucks. Just a t-shirt and bracelet and booklets and stickers and stuff.

https://gothamist.com/news/photos-nyc-says-goodbye-east-river-park/

RIP the East River Park Amphitheater, original site of Shakespeare in the Park; scene of the climactic hip-hop concert in WILD STYLE; & site of countless graduation ceremonies & music/dance/theater performances, restored after 9/11 but razed by the city... https://t.co/LKNVraSLRY pic.twitter.com/b7I1tWDe4H

— Mike Rubin (@rubinbooty) December 28, 2021

This some sad shit

I spent so much time over there. Took a lot of pictures too because of rapidly accelerating Old Weird New York attrition awareness.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/nyregion/eric-adams-mother-photo.html

Anyone have a photo like this ( in a brandy snifter?)

https://i.imgur.com/c7ewC1g.png

Coming to NYC this December, Airbnb for comfort, got to start saving (but it's always nice when you're looking forward to something). Doing XMAS, will probably come back before new year though. Hyped. Pandemic levels withstanding of course.

Goodbye to the R32 subway car, 1964-2022.

The first stainless steel NYC subway car, and the last to have a front window for passengers.

Rest in scrap.

Oh no is that the car that runs on the A and C trains??? Are they going away? That's too bad, I love riding in the front car and looking out the window.

You're probably thinking of the R46 trains (orange seats). The R32s have grey seats.

The A/C line now I think is mainly R179 trains, which have blue seats.

no I think you're right, the R32s were used on the A,C,J, and Z lines

Yeah on second thought you may be right, but when they last ran on the A/C lines I'm not clear on

wikipedia says: "With the R179 delivery completed, the R32s were gradually phased out until the last train made its final trip on the C on March 26, 2020."

it's a bummer, but a long time coming - they were originally going to replace them years ago! I like to think I got the most enjoyment out of them that I could while they were around.

Ah well that explains it, it was early covid and I wasn't in the city at the time. Pour one out for the R32 front window. I lived on the C from 2000-2003 and on the AC from 2011-present, so I got a good bit of use out of them.

yep I was definitely dreading the day, but at least was able to make peace with the pending loss. (though tbh, it's been awhile since I've ridden one now since I'm now firmly lodged up in the bronx.)

ffs

As big-box retailers reduce their brick-and-mortar presence in New York City, an emerging class of tenants is proving to be just what the doctor ordered.https://t.co/hpvvMqTKTg

— The Real Deal (@trdny) January 10, 2022

can't wait til these close after the pandemic and become weed dispensaries

and / or walk-in gambling parlors like they have in the uk

They are all totally going to become dispensaries

“After the pandemic”

15 minute groceries delivery joints.

on a block near me THREE of these things opened side by side more or less simultaneously; they are all pretty much packed.