Posted by Leonard Steinberg of URBAN COMPASS on July 16th, 2014 A Long Island Railroad strike is looming and at the core of the problem is a simple truth: commuters who use the LIRR cannot afford to pay more for the service in raised fares, there is a budget, and salaries cannot be raised in… [Read More]
MOLDY SUBWAY CEILINGS UNDER FIFTH AVENUE!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on August 14th, 2013 This is what the ceilings of the subway station on Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street look like….not very chic I would say! What is more shocking are the thousands of New Yorkers who pass under this every single day and never look up to see whats lurking above… [Read More]
WATER MAIN BURSTS AT MADISON SQUARE PARK: GLOBAL WARMING?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 1st, 2013 A Water main has burst at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway in front of EATALY and Madison Square Park. There is no N, R, or Q subway service at this time between Whitehall Street station and 57th Street station, at Seventh Avenue. The 36 inch… [Read More]
CITY POLLUTION: 10 REASONS WHY NEW YORK POLLUTION WILL IMPROVE DRAMATICALLY.
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 6th, 2012 The Chinese government announced to-day that they will start to report pollution levles more accurately: if you thought Los Angeles or Denver were bad, you should see Beijing! The explosive 10%+ per year growth combined with 20 million inhabitants and antiquated technologies is producing one of the world’s… [Read More]
THE REALLY, REALLY STUPID MTA…… REALLY!
How stupid is the MTA? Well, just when you thought they were as stupid as stupid gets, we are reminded how much more stupid stupid can be….. As we all know by now, the MTA is building an extension to the #7 subway line from Midtown all the way over west to a new stop… [Read More]
IS THIS THE BOTTOM?
Something very newsworthy is happening in the luxury Manhattan real estate market…….for the first time in many years we have experienced (while renting out an apartment in Tribeca) prospective, qualified renters withdrawing their applications after realizing that buying would cost almost the same as renting, and opting to buy. We have not heard this in… [Read More]
MANHATTAN INFLATION, MTA-style
Anyone worried about inflation going away in New York, and worse, turning into deflation (the talk du jour), should look to the MTA for some relief. In a recent audit, astounding abuse of the overtime pay system is revealed. This is on top of the absurd retirement policies they have in place. An example: The audit… [Read More]
WEST SIDE/CHELSEA GET CONNECTED TO MIDTOWN WITH 7 SUBWAY EXPANSION.
West Chelsea and the hudson Yards on Eleventh Avenue will be connected to midtown by the # 7 subway expansion: In what City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on Thursday called “a great day for the West Side and the future of New York City,” the year-long tunneling project on the Number 7 subway line expansion… [Read More]