A far better solution... We move forward only because we learn from our past... — Rohin on Seen & Heard: Removing Nazi collaborators from Broadway

Funny - I was thinking the very same thing! :) — Rohin on The Bean, revealed

Regarding Rats - Noting that the city is now requiring all buildings to put their waste and recycling outside in rat proof plastic containers - bags alone are no longer sufficient. This should help cut down the population by reducing a significant source of their food. — Rohin on In the News: Savannah Guthrie lists her apartment

Compounding the issue is the eligibility for affordable housing and charter schools. Undocumented persons are eligible for affordable and low income housing if they have a passport or birth certificate. However, the head of household must be a US citizen. This creates a loophole where a US citizen can rent an apartment, represent himself/herself as head of household and illegally sublet to a set of people without documentation. Migrant children are eligible for charter school admission. They cannot be denied due to residential status. — Charles Buchwald on In the News: Holiday Inn in Fidi will be temporary home for migrants

I sent them an updated suggested plan - with sea walls along the Verazanno-Narrows Bridge and along the Throgs Neck Bridge. Will eliminate miles and miles of their ugly walls all alone Eastern NJ, Western Manhattan, Eastern Manhattan, and parts of Long Island too. Here's hoping some reason prevails... — Rohin on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

Interesting to note... If you study their plan link brochure you will notice they are creating this same described wall/barrier system in New Jersey - See Blue lines in Perth Amboy and Between Staten Island and Bayonne. To me a far more intelligent solution would do something very similar for the West coast of Manhattan / East coast of New Jersey bu going right across the footprint of the Verezzano-Narrows bridge. https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Portals/37/docs/civilworks/projects/ny/coast/NYNJHAT/Brochures%2022/Brochure.pdf?ver=UEOGOuDYfKX-J86V6RHzrQ%3d%3d — Rohin on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

Sadly... it just occurred to me that they might realize that given what is going on with global warming and climate change the seas will only continue to rise higher and higher. So we are not looking for a temporary storm specific solution but rather a long term one. Yet I think what should be considered instead is a permanent sea wall - with channel openings and locks through which to allow seabound traffic. The only real solution. — Rohin on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

Because we have Ghetto designers working for the city... Obviously a sea wall is the correct and proper solution. Perhaps their usual construction company "friends" can't er... "participate" in that type of solution? I would love to hear the explanation. This is going to be ugly beyond belief — Rohin on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

Absolutely prefer the one sea wall solution ... which you can close and raise up when necessary... The additional benefit of course is that it would protect the coast lines of both NY & NJ — Rohin on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

Yes, what ever happened to the plans to renovate Barnett Newman Plaza. I thought the folks behind the development of 100 Franklin were going to renovate it it up as part of the concessions they received to build 100 Franklin? https://tribecacitizen.com/2020/07/24/progress-at-100-franklin-reveals-art-in-bricks/ — JWM on Zadig & Voltaire coming to 100 Franklin

As a native Chicagoan, I’ll offer: “Bean There, Done That” — Reader on Reade on The Bean, revealed

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a very poor historical record when it comes to heavy-handed attempts to control nature, and in particular water. See, for example, the redirected/leveed Mississippi delta, the concrete-laden Los Angeles River, the increasingly saline Florida Everglades and inter-coastal, the reversed/flooding Chicago River, etc. Rather than embark on an extremely expensive and ugly project that disconnects the city from the heavily-used and very popular waterfront, the city should first consider alternative (cheaper) solutions that attempt to use nature as an ally: oyster beds, restored marshlands, rain basins, permeable paving, etc. The following is a wonderful short article on the merits of such an approach, which has the added benefit of improving the natural environment we all indirectly depend upon whilst also protecting humans and property: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/09/the-seas-are-rising-could-oysters-protect-us — Reader on Reade on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

This is a horrifying proposal, with implications for public safety, access and nature. We all need to submit public comments to stop this (drafting mine now) and push for a solution that preserves the treasured public space that is Hudson River Park. — E. on Reade on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

Was looking at this yesterday and seems like they split the old Aroma space into two lots. I'm guessing Ole & Steen will take the corner space. — James S on Ole & Steen coming to Church and Barclay

It's unfortunately become a political issue. Because of the disgusting historical practices that included lengthy prison sentences for weed, many of which disproportionately affected minority communities, speaking out against weed at all is now seen as a third-rail issue in this city. Weed smokers as a whole are treated like a marginalized group, and this has paralyzed the NYC admin to pass even common sense regulations to ensure public safety. — James S on Nosy Neighbor: Is a cannabis dispensary coming to Harrison?

Was part of the mandate to come up with the ugliest looking solution possible? Did someone say "let's bring the charm of the New Jersey Turnpike to Manhattan's West Side?" — James S on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

This has opened into a broader conversation/observation/concern than a location than in Harrison specifically. — Marie on Nosy Neighbor: Is a cannabis dispensary coming to Harrison?

Well said. I have a sister raising a family in CO and it’s safe, regulated, and legal. Not like what you described happening here. — Marie on Nosy Neighbor: Is a cannabis dispensary coming to Harrison?

And by London I mean sea barriers... which actually is used in many cities around the world. — Richard on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

Horrendous... seriously what else are they going to throw at us... i mean why cant we do something like London? instead we do this ghetto solution... — Richard on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

It seems like the prior proposal - the New York Harbor Storm-Surge Barrier, which consisted of one barrier located across the mouth of Lower New York Bay between Sandy Hook and Rockaway and a second on the upper East River was shelved. This is part of the new proposal which is a series of sea gates — movable walls to be closed only for major storms — that would block waterways around Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and New Jersey, along with 31 miles of land-based levees, elevated shorelines and sea walls. I would much prefer one sea barrier to many and see walls. — FiDiGuy on Army Corps has plans to build a wall down the westside

I know the city tried birth control at least 5 years ago. I wonder why it didn’t work. — FiDiGuy on In the News: Savannah Guthrie lists her apartment

I'm not at all surprised that several of my "smart", "sober", "concerned" neighbors suddenly shake their figurative fist at the sky and start railing about how the "pot shop will ruin the neighborhood" without bothering to read the article to learn that there is NO PLAN FOR SUCH A PLACE ON HARRISON STREET. — David G. Imber on Nosy Neighbor: Is a cannabis dispensary coming to Harrison?

Here's the mystery for me: I thought as a society we are aiming to discourage smoking, because of its disastrous effects on health, not to mention pollution. So why is this same society now normalizing and encouraging other types of smoking? Seems to me we should be discouraging all forms of smoking. See: Marijuana and Lung Health: https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/smoking-facts/health-effects/marijuana-and-lung-health — Marcus on Nosy Neighbor: Is a cannabis dispensary coming to Harrison?

It's unbelievable to me how badly states like NY and CA have screwed up the legalization of cannabis when places like CO demonstrated exactly how to do it without creating public nuisances on every street or making it so expensive that a new black market develops. These "smoke shops" with glowing marijuana leaves and flashing neon lights, many of which are open 24/7, need some serious regulation. I think people have somehow gone nuts and forgotten that cannabis is still a drug that has health risks and can lead to impairment. We regulate the hell out of cigarettes and tobacco, especially in regards to flashy advertising that may appeal to teens, so weed should be AT A MINIMUM held to that standard. And the quality and contents of the products sold in these stores is not properly tested and is all over the place, so there is a serious public health risk on top of quality of life concerns. These places selling drugs should look and behave much more like pharmacies, as they do in CO, and not like the seedy sex shops that used to infest Times Square. I cannot believe with the amount of nonsensical regulations in this city over everything down to plastic straws that nothing is in place to monitor these smoke shops. — James S on Nosy Neighbor: Is a cannabis dispensary coming to Harrison?