>high-test-scoring Succes Academy charter chain bought up 11 plots in Jamaica, Querns

Good read, indeed!

The sad thing is that people can't even have a conversation about this major news topic that has generated countless 100+ comment threads here

I don’t think that’s really true, the Lower East Side being the most obvious example. There are plenty of places in the outer boroughs with everyone.

Of course every office worker should be overtime eligible. That they aren't is unjust—and so is the fact that many essential and/or blue-collar workers are denied the benefit of remote work.

You saying remote work isn't a fringe benefit doesn't make that true. Not sure if you've changed jobs in the last few years but it's absolutely treated as one by recruiters. In the story we're both responding to, labor organizers, leaders, and activists also recognize it as one.

The idea that unionized blue collar workers should just switch jobs if they're unhappy with their working conditions is elitist and anti-worker, you sound like the "learn to code!" people we all hate.

You keep saying it's ridiculous, silly, childish, without giving any real reasons why blue collar laborers shouldn't seek cash compensation for a benefit (remote work) that they can't receive but more educated workers do. I feel like you're seeing a zero-sum game between blue- and white-collar workers where it doesn't exist. If they get more compensation for working in person, how does that harm you? You are very obviously not a blue collar worker, so why do you care if they make more money?

Blue collar workers do physically taxing work. They can be hurt or killed on the job. Acting like they're the bad guys for wanting cash compensation for a benefit that more educated workers will be able to get is not cool.

>If you chose to be an electrician or a contractor instead of someone who works primarily on a computer and phone why should you get a special gift in salary (when you already get overtime that most office workers don't get) because you obviously can't work remotely?

This is really lame and anti-worker.

Might want to use different examples than Apple and Microsoft when talking about getting way less than you pay for

Ok so you didn’t read it

True, it will probably be a lot cheaper in the future

Sunset Park and Bay Ridge? Where in the article does it talk about tunneling down there?

Everyone knows a tunnel under water is completely impossible

That's fine but have you thought about how many upvotes you could get with a "looks like this problem solved itself"-esque smug burn?

>By contrast, a means-tested subsidy for healthy groceries could increase low-income households’ healthy eating to the level of high-income households at about 15 percent of the cost of the SNAP program.

Never change, UChicago

So would it be appropriate for me to say "you have chosen the dumbest hill possible to die on", or would i need an "allegedly" in there?

You can't pretend the capital costs don't matter, these are new high rises in Midtown. We all agree there is a lot of bloat on all state/city contracts here, I agree that it sucks and benefits the wrong people. But these organizations reduce the suffering of the most vulnerable, hated people in our society. I recognize that most people here don't care about that.

All of those shelters are also involved in major construction projects, do those dollar figures include capital costs? Those links don't give anything but one number.

But it's a massive construction project, you are dishonestly saying that NYC pays $5k per bed for homeless shelters, which isn't true

Wait, so you just took that number and divided it by the number of beds in the shelter and years? What about these other aspects of the project:
-557 homes of affordable housing
-Community facility space
-Outdoor open spaces
-A health clinic
-A senior center
-A workforce development center
-Cafe

Some extremely fuzzy math there. Really dishonest.

Yeah the world where we build a concentration camp upstate for all the homeless people is a lot more realistic!

Why do right wingers cite this made-up logical fallacy so often?

Yes this is the same thing as putting someone in a concentration camp because they "made a scene at a shelter" (?)

Ah yes, the "Final Solution" for homelessness. Great idea!

You probably have, half the shit in the Post is completely fake

Germany also had quite a big problem when they were a little too selective about the makeup of their population.