Good example of the older waiting area style is Hoboken Terminal.

Oculus Interior 2, revenge of the floor tiles

More like they're twisting their cartoon mustaches while plotting how to use his deplorable talent for grifting.

There's a Trader Joe's near me that constantly has a broken escalator. Last year it was down for months. I asked an employee one day and they said the service company couldn't get parts.

Same story with a movie theatre elevator a few years ago.

By afford you mean shift things like CEO pay, bonuses, and bullshit expenses to actual operational business expenses...no they're not going to do that. Otherwise these companies *finger quotes*make no money*.

The fact that whole area is landfill and a waterfront flood zone is probably not helping.

To test their creepy AI surveillance checkout system.

Ah yes, rebrand to pretend you never did anything bad previously.

Why doesn't he just tweet complain about people being unfair to him all day like everyone else?

Besides the actual bad actors intentionally spreading fentanyl misinformation there are literally so many people who are unable to determine what is true these days. My cousin is a 911 dispatcher and he makes it sound like the entire police dept and all the dispatchers he works with all believe the fentanyl myths. He has all these ridiculous stories of the officers needing naloxone because fentanyl was in their general proximity. The symptoms they say they have don't even match what is described by reputable sources. They just make up whatever they think 'an overdose' looks like saying it made them go crazy and lose control.

I feel like the entire greater NYC area doesn't get snow anymore and has been this way for many years. Like maybe a couple inches of snow in the evening once a year that everyone freaks out over.

So the phrasing is just what they have to call it in order to kick everyone out, tear everything down, and rebuild fancier.

I mean, to be honest, the area sucks as a first impression. Tearing down the old station in the 60's was incredibly stupid and the current building is hideous, confusing, and has not held up. The surrounding area is crowded, compact, dirty, some sketchy figures hanging around, and there's a number of low crappy old buildings. It doesn't scream 'best city in the world' or 'safe' which is obviously what officials want and I don't disagree for anyone wanting that.

I do feel really sorry for all the people and businesses that get effected by this though. It's one of the only times I truly think equity is the answer for fucking up peoples lives. And it is pretty obvious they will just do the same things they keep doing in other areas. Build new office buildings and luxury condos with slightly upscale chain retail on the ground floor. And of course contracts will go to Hochul, Adams, and whoever else's family and friends. I just hope whoever ends up designing the area includes plaza/park space and somewhere for pickup/dropoff for the station... i'll welcome that.

https://citylimits.org/2022/10/14/with-homeless-population-at-all-time-high-public-advocate-calls-for-citywide-shelter-plan/

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>[...]64,077 individuals stayed in a shelter administered by DHS on Oct. 10, data tracked daily by City Limits shows. That’s up from 46,591 on Jan. 2, before a growing number of recently arrived immigrants made their way to New York City from the southern border as statewide eviction protections ended and average rents continued to skyrocket.

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>“The increase in the shelter census is fueled by rising numbers of people entering the system, by bureaucratic bottlenecks precluding residents from transitioning into permanent and safe affordable housing quickly,” the two organizations said. ['Legal Aid Society' and 'Coalition for the Homeless']

>"Allegedly, the hackers charged taxi drivers to cut the taxi queue line -- enabling as many as 1,000 fraudulently expedited trips in a single day"

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>"As part of the scheme, Abayev and Leyman allegedly charged taxi drivers $10 each time they were moved to the front of the line."

So...hypothetically... $10 x 1000 times = $10,000/day or $3,650,000/yr

Everyone's pointing out the mildness of the crime but sounds pretty lucrative nonetheless and I wonder how much was lost by non cheating taxis being cut in front of considering an airport ride like, what, $70?

The literal trust fund kids (that were not given high positions by nepotism) don't last in the arts. They're not willing or wanting to go through the hard work and emotional and physical abuse of entry level arts jobs because they can fall back on traveling/entrepreneurship/influencer/family business and it was likely a random noncommitted career pursuit in the first place thinking it would 'be fun'.

Artist intern: unpaid, no lunch or travel reimbursement (including when they make you do pickup/deliveries), 12-20hr days, 24/7 on call, must be able to arrive at studio within 20mins, you will probably do a bunch of manual labor. And no not the college summer type of intern. They want you to have a degree already and work full time.

Possibility of getting work by networking and resume line but you have to literally pay to work your ass off for something like a year. Of course people do it because they love it and the chance of massive success (fame or very high wages when you 'make it') by being in the right circles but it really sucks.

Employee turnover is one of the biggest factors imo how things get forgotten. Person who bought the ice machine probably trained the staff at that exact time it was installed. Lower level staff comes and goes nonstop so the people who would do cleaning and got the training are all gone instantly. Manager or whoever who bought it leaves eventually and never trains anyone about it or leaves instructions. There you go - instantly no one has any idea it has to be cleaned, or by who, or how.

My understanding is city employees have been a huge part of the great resignation. Their wages are lower than companies (supposed to be outweighed by benefits but yall know things don't keep up) and they had to put up with so much crap from Covid whoever hadn't been laid off earlier left instead.

Lots of confused tourists. Some areas are definitely more clear also like the spaces with tables and chairs. Doesn't help with confusion or feeling safe when bike's commonly ride through.

I'm not going to argue over the semantics of what they intend with 'painted' but the extended sidewalks they've made without moving the original curb are fine. Examples are by Worth Square and outside Macys and up Broadway a bit.

Pennywise's apartment.