I had to take time to read some past and present articles to make sure. The day after he gave the speech, GE announced it is pulling the last of its New York presence, a couple of floors in the top of its once-full Executive tower, and moving to Boston along with its entire Connecticut headquarters. More significantly, Swifty's is closing in the East 70s. That's the state I see, after all the "two cities" talk, must be two states, too.
Stunned that Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos are still in office. Both recently convicted of corruption. I assumed that meant they were in jail, or at least out of office, not seated in Albany with the Governor, who disbanded the Commission that is investigating him for corruption. He even joked about it in the State of the State address. The obvious solution to corruption is let there be consequences. The next powerpoint..."Don't allow corrupt people in office." It isn't a video game where you bounce right back to life.
All I can offer now is my clear power-point presentation on ending homelessness, to the tune of "Home is Wherever I'm With You." Songs like this redefined the word and concept of "home" from being your private property to "wherever," as retirees began liquidating and "traveling", recent graduates moved back in with their parents, and a host of bizarre housing situations in families that had been fairly settled, multi-property landowners for many generations. Homelessness in women is generally thought to be 100% drug abuse, can be mental health issues independent of drugs in men, and basically amounts to isolation.
The number of homeless on the streets of Manhattan reached epic levels. I don't defend people's right to never move, don't want to go back to feudal Europe, or pay other peoples' rent. That I can even pay my own is a miracle. Moving can be the best thing.
Architecturally-uninspiring projects full of descendants of American slaves seem like sad, entrenched places to live on this celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. -- there must be happier situations for many people.
Creating new projects, even with built-in mental healthcare make sense, as many private apartment buildings have Doctors' offices in them anyway, yet will cost more than it provides. The recent Artist housing near my neighborhood amounted to $1 million per Artist. If people had just bought $50 million worth of Art, they wouldn't need to provide what does not amount to 50 $1 million dollar apartments, more like 50 $100,000 apartments that cost $50 million.
https://youtu.be/9ZQX87iYZTY is the link to the video on YouTube, as it seems to have disappeared from the screen. Nobody wants their building to become a "welfare hotel", yet it would cost less in the long run to prevent temporary situations from becoming long term. Moving is fun when you move into your dream home, or at least a step in that direction. Slumlords make more money keeping low-income tenants from moving, so if the payments were anonymous, it would be all business.
Here it is, constructive criticism welcome. I've gotten used to it. Some people are hurt by it. Even when I'm reviewing a book I really like, I always try to think of something critical to say so it doesn't sound like I'm singing to the choir. This is usually the hardest part.
Here it is, constructive criticism welcome. I've gotten used to it. Some people are hurt by it. Even when I'm reviewing a book I really like, I always try to think of something critical to say so it doesn't sound like I'm singing to the choir. This is usually the hardest part.
