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Los Angeles City Council Summary - March 22th

Wednesday 3/22 (3 hr 14 min)

• 12 Present
• 2 Absent: Lee, Price

* Note: The Council 6 District seat is currently empty.
Announcements

• Raman and Rodriguez shouted out Vanessa Delgado for being the first Latina to become the chair of the South Coast Air Quality Management District. They were also optimistic about her work, saying she will help protect vulnerable communities and promote clean air.

Key Votes
CF 22-1313: Housing and Homelessness Committee Report relative to a citywide rehousing strategy for people experiencing recreation vehicles (RV) homelessness; and related matters

• Park: Wants to work to prioritize public safety, housing permanence, and environmental degradation.
• Raman: The city needs a collective understanding and holistic strategy on how to make change. The current responses from the city are not enough to prevent homelessness.
• Rodriguez: Claimed she has been working on these issues in her district and urged the council to get to the root of the problems.
• Approved unanimously

CF 22-1324: Housing and Homelessness Committee Report relative to the implementation and analysis of the pilot recreational vehicle (RV)-to-Home program in Council District 7; and related matters.

• Approved unanimously

CF 18-0610-S3: Housing and Homelessness Committee Report relative to the establishment of a Right to Counsel Ordinance and program; and related matters.

• Public Comment: Many spoke in support of this legislation, saying tenants must be able to have support and protections against landlords.
• Raman: Urged a yes vote and thanked ULA for funding and support.
• Hernandez: Conveyed that every tenant needs legal representation because too many people still lack tenant protections.
• Soto-Martinez: Spoke of how this will even the playing field, which has worked in NYC before.
• Approved unanimously

CF 17-0090-S19: Housing and Homelessness Committee Report relative to increasing the Area Median Income (AMI) limits in Proposition HHH (Prop HHH) funded projects serving veterans.

• Park: This will help to serve and care for veterans that cannot reach some housing because their benefits exceed income requirements.
• Approved unanimously

CF 23-0172: Housing and Homelessness Committee Report relative to religious institutions and properties owned by faith-based institutions located in Council District 5; and current land use and zoning regulatory controls on these parcels; and information on State or local incentives that exist for the development of affordable and supportive housing at these locations; and related matters.

• Yaroslavsky: This legislation will help the homeless community because it will make it easier for houses of worship to add housing for the homeless.
• Approved unanimously

CF 22-0600-S101: Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee Report relative to the Third (Mid-Year) Financial Status Report (FSR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23.

• Approved unanimously

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This is a repost. Welcome to flashback time. Original posts made over the course of 2020 by u/SleepyLi in nyc. Edited for readability.
March 15 2020
PSA for folks worried about how they’ll eat during this time
TL;DR at bottom.
This is the first post I’ve ever put up on Reddit, so excuse me if this shit jankey asf, or in the wrong place. A comment I left on someone’s post received some really good feedback, so I figured there would be other folks who might be experiencing a rough time as well, so here I am being proactive.
As we all know, COVID-19 is fucking shit up. Most folks are working from home, but that’s generally for folks working white collar jobs with job security, which a fuckton of NYC heads don’t have. Folks in the service industry don’t get paid if they don’t work, so there’s no “I’m going to WFH and bus my own fucking table” or “Let me make that drink for you bud” in ya own kitchen for ya cat. So money is tight for some of y’all. And I get it. I’ve been in that position before, shit sucks and gurgles donkey dick. So here’s my PSA:
I help run a wholesale/retail meat shop in NYC, specifically the LES, in Chinatown. I’m open, cause how else is everyone going to eat and cook at home? Just as I told someone before, I’ll say the same thing here: $10 will get you something like 13 pounds of chicken drumsticks, plus a dozen eggs. Don’t like drum sticks? Fine, get something else, our prices are lower than your GPA and your parents’ expectations for you. We don’t sell rice, but a 20lb bag of rice runs like $25 bucks in our area and if you ask, I’ll tell you exactly where to go. Our location is:
47 DIVISION STREET GROUND FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10002
B/D to Grand Street, F to East Broadway
Now you might say some shit like “this is a shameless cash grab, etc.” And you know what my response is to that?
What the fuck are you talking about, and you can suck my fucking ass. I’m not going to get rich making ten bucks off 13 pounds of drumsticks and a dozen eggs (if we even have anymore). This is for folks that are hurting real bad or just plain about to fucking be put out cause $10 is all they have. If I was trying to get rich, being the local pig boy is obviously not the right trade to get into, now is it.
For those that also see this and start scheming on if you can roll up on my spot and try to make me run my pockets for $10: come and find out whether or not you have a first class ticket to meet God, express lane. Or just come and tell me you want to shoot the fair one for fun, I’ll oblige too.
If you have a healthy savings account, please don’t come to my shop at this time. If you’re stocked up and can weather a self quarantine, again, please don’t come to my shop at this time. I’d appreciate the business during a more normal period of time, but as of now, it’s geared towards my fellow NYers who are most at risk due to their economic situation. I have a limited supply of produce and I’d like to give us all a fighting chance.
In this time of great uncertainty and fear, we New Yorkers must stand together and be each other’s keepers. Take care of your folks, your neighbors, each other. We’ve weathered 9/11 together, Superstorm Sandy, shit, the fucking 2016 election, and this too will be something that we will weather and emerge victorious from.
TL;DR: if you’re a poor fuck and worried about how you will eat during COVID-19, come hither you poor child, for I have wares for cheap. But for real, give me $10 and I will feed you for a week.
47 Division Street Ground Floor New York, NY 10002
B/D to Grand Street, F to East Broadway
——————————————————————— Edit: figured it should be said, but for those that might not be aware: because we cater to a low income demographic already, we accept EBT, cash, and debit card. We don’t accept credit. This is what something like 90% of people with rocky income use, so that’s what we’ve gone with.
02Edit: I've been reached out to by a number of people about a possible pay it forward program/scheme/initiative. I thank you and commend ya'll for coming together to help those in need. I'm trying to get in touch with some folks or organization that do grocery shopping/meal prep for the elderly/folks that are most at risk and can't do it themselves. I'd like to use those funds to provide the supplies for cooking and shit at cost. If I can't get in touch with some folks, I'll start a Facebook group/some other jankey shit to better coordinate based on geographical location and have it vertically integrated into the business. Will set up a venmo or something later in the day. Also: we're located in Chinatown, so don't gawk and be surprised if you see shit like chicken feet, pork and beef trotters, and the like. Welcome to eating head to tail.
Thanks for the feedback.
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UPDATE- Getting a lot of push back from my wholesalers and suppliers; they're rationing our orders. Everybody is short. Doing my best to get more orders from source, but jesus fuck the prices are being gouged the fuck out rn. Will keep trying to keep everything affordable to everyone.
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02UPDATE 18MAR2020-
I created a Venmo. The handle is Sleepyli-LocalPigBoy Avatar should be a pissed off cat.
All transactions will be public. For those that use cash for the pay it forward as the lady with the nice glasses and vans did today, I have a repurposed envelope that I will insert the money in and deduct for orders going out. Trying to do this as legit as possible, with logs of each transaction so mfs don’t come at me like I’m a mega church asking for donations to buy me a jet. Let your poor and broke ass friends know that they don’t need to starve in times like this.
Also: Due to whatever issues are being had further up the supply chain, same as my first update: supplies are getting tight and assholes are beginning to capitalize on it. $10 will no longer get you what was originally offered unfortunately: it’ll get you 7lbs of drumsticks and a dozen eggs now.
Eggs are climbing up and drumsticks are getting fucking stupid. I received two cases today. I ordered 40. They deadass rationing everybody, with jacked prices. I’m sorry, but I’m raising prices to literally break even. My salary is currently on hold cause I can afford it, but others can’t.
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03UPDATE 25AUG2020-
Old Venmo has been deleted. New Venmo is: FourSevenDivisionStreetTrading
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July 22 2020
Cheap Meat
Not sure if this is allowed, but fuck it, we're hurting and desperate times create desperate people who do desperate things.
TL;DR: Local butcher shop with cheap prices. Trying to keep afloat and keep folks fed. Address at bottom.
Sup ya'll, it's your favorite local meat boy (for those that don’t get it, here's my first post: original NYC meat boy post).
Despite COVID cases in NYC having dropped a fair amount, a lot of businesses that have opened up aren't doing so hot, and still some are not going to open up ever again. While there's unemployment insurance for individuals, there really isn't much for small local businesses. I also know that the pandemic boost for UI is about to run out end of month, so if you're sweating about how you're going to eat, I got you.
Most of America's economy began to feel the effects of The Rona around March of this year, but businesses located in Chinatown were fucked as early as January. America's reporting on COVID centered around China being the bad guy, which trends to loop all Asian Americans as "others" and "not really American." Chinese businesses tanked and hate crimes shot up. People within the community began their own self-imposed quarantine due to increased fear of being caught slacking by some racist fuckstick. Then came the formal lock down in March, which really flipped us over, bent us over the couch for good leverage, and fucked us deep and hard. At the time of 14JUNE2020, less than half of Chinatown's restaurants are open, and less than a third of total businesses are open (Bloomberg article supporting claim). Most funds meant as relief for small businesses got snagged by large corporations. And now all the SMEs are floundering. As of now, the end of July, still less than a third of Chinatown businesses have opened up, especially since most of them couldn't apply for any assistance due to language barriers.
So again, here I am peddling my wares. I also have $9.75 left from someone that wanted to pay it forward earlier in the year for what it’s worth.
We’re a small local meat shop. A butcher shop. A boutique culinary protein throwback to simpler times. Whatever the fuck you want to call it. We sell meat. You get the idea. Our prices are real fucking low. Lower than your self esteem. Lower than what your parents think of you. And that’s a good thing. Cause you like cheap things, you cheap fuck. Save all the money you can. While I can’t guarantee that we’re the cheapest you’ve ever seen, I can guarantee that we’ll be top five in cheapest prices in NYC.
What do you want? Cause more likely than not, we got that shit.
POULTRY. We got all kinds of birds. Chicken, silkies, qual, squab, duck, goose, stewing hens. Fuck you want? Still debating on whether drums or mid’s are better with your friends? Fuck around and cop a pound of each for under $5 per person: mid-wings are $3.89 a pound, drums are back to $.69/lb. Want more meat? Fine. A whole ass chicken leg and thigh, $.89/lb. You fuck with feet? It’s 2020, more power to you my guy. Chicken feet stands at $1.69/lb, duck feet at $1.49/lb. You into titties? Of course you're into titties: chicken breast coming in hot at $4.95 for a 2.2lb net weight bag. Into retirees and GILFs? All you Jack Black: Stewing Hens are two for $5.95. Haven’t gotten neck and head in a hot minute cause of COVID, or your Tinder and Hinge profile is just that basura? Say less: duck heads and necks at $1.39/lb. Into spawn kill? My guy: we got a dozen eggs for $2.95, 30 pack for $6.50. Duck eggs, six for $3.95.
PORK. My man, let me tell you something. You fuck with pork chops? Even if you don't, for $2.39/lb, you fuck with pork chops. We got tenderloins for $3.19/lb. Bones for stock? $.99/lb. Let me guess, you miss eating authentic char siu over rice with the sauce from Chinatown. At $2.69/lb for char siu meat, you can afford to fuck up three times and still come out ahead instead of buying it from a restaurant. Since it's getting hot, you're going to want to throw BBQs, right? Hopefully they're socially distanced, everyone is responsible and wearing a mask, and all you motherfuckers got COVID tested prior. Got you some ribs for $2.89 a pound. You want some of them dim sum ribs? Them itty bitty, little tiny cuts of ribs? Small just like your feelings when your ex left you? $3.59 a pound. You been going through a rough time and need an ear to listen to you. $3.39/lb for pig ears buddy, say more. If you been fucking with feet and chicken and duck feet don't cut it, do it like J. Cole "so big it's like a foot is in yo' mouth" cause I got pre-cut pig trotters for $1.49 a pound. Oh, you deadass want the whole foot in your mouth? Weird, but we're being open-minded here: whole uncut pig trotters at $1.79/lb.
BEEF. Let me guess: you haven't gotten enough foul language from this post and need a better tongue lashing? You filthy, sick, sorry, piece of shit. Beef tongues will run you $6.99 a pound. Or you want to boss up, but instead of being bad and boujee, you've been sad and boujee cause of COVID. Well, fear not, cause with femur bones at $1.95/lb, you can split them right down the fucking middle to get to that sweet, sweet, succulent marrow and feel like you're out brunching, spending $80 you don't have for a meal you can't afford to flex on hoes you couldn't really give less of a shit about. What's that? Pig trotters don't cut it? You trying to deepthroat the shit? I mean, do mama proud I guess. I got beef trotters/feet at $1.89 a pound. I mean, with skills like that, why you even buying from me? You belong on the yacht of some old rich man. But do you. Oh what's that? Your girl says your stroke game shit and you falling short of getting up in her guts? No fix for that, sorry, but you can cop honeycomb tripe or stomach at $3.39 a pound and know for a fact you can absolutely beat the ever living fuck out of these guts. You trying to fuck with flank steaks? $7.45 my guy. New York Strip? $8.99. T-Bone? $7.99. My bone? Ten camels. Where my Jamaicans at? Waa gwaan? I know oxtail is AT LEAST $6.75/lb where you’re at. We have them on deck for $5.99/lb.
Or maybe you’re a rapper. You’re on SoundCloud pushing music and living out your mama’s crib. No shame, it’s rough out here King. Want to know how to really blow up? What did Eminem call himself in 8 Mile? That’s right, B-Rabbit. And you know what I got? Rabbit for $4.69 a pound. You are what you eat man. I’m not saying that eating rabbit will immediately blow your rap career the fuck up and give you the lyrical genius of Eminem, but I’m not saying it won’t either. For less than $5 a pound, you really gonna chance it? What if the other rappers cop it and you don’t and they blow up? Don’t get left behind my guy. You a King and King’s gotta do what they don’t want to do sometimes for the betterment of the folks. And the folks want to hear your music.
Or maybe rabbit not your thing. You right, it’s too lean and lacks fat. Eat too much rabbit and nothing else and you’ll starve your body of fat. So how about goat? You want to be the GOAT, don’t you? Reddit’s even got a badge for it. If you want to be the Goat, guess what you gotta do? That’s fucking right, you are what you eat and here I am, your fucking pusher man for goat.
You're fancy and trying to be boujee. Let me guess: lamb? Say less, I got you that bonjour hon hon hon rack of of lamb chops. Want a quarter of lamb? Got that too. All you gotta do is ask.
I'm not going to really keep going down the list. You get the idea. I work at a fucking meat shop, I'm going to sell meat. I sell wholesale to restaurants and retail to walk-in folks. It's a pretty simple fucking concept. Is our meat fresh? As fresh as, if not more so, than any large chain due to constant turn over on wholesale side.
Why are our prices so low? Because we're a small mom-and-pop brick and mortar shop. We're located in Chinatown. Ever heard of FUBU? Same concept: we're built by Chinese immigrants, for Chinese immigrants. Unfortunately, the Chinese population in NYC is one of, if not THE poorest communities we have. Raising prices will price out the community and jack the reason why we're even here: to feed the community. This also means that our margins are fucked, but we're making it work. Yes, we look janky asf. I know, we're not "modern" and our aesthetic looks like some tossed together shit from the 60's. Shit, our band saw is from the 80's. But we're clean, we're sanitary, we pass all health standards and inspections, and we're doing our fucking best. We're literally the definition of "no frills." To hear some say it, we'd be considered ghetto. I prefer the term resourceful, so fuck you.
Because we're local and serve local, we only accept cash, EBT, SNAP, and debit. We don't do credit. Venmo is u/FourSevenDivisionStreetTrading. PSA as the last one: if you think you can roll up to squeeze us, find out if you're a better shot than I am. Not my job to judge your life choices, but I will send you to someone who will.
I'm the only person here that is fluent in English, so unless you're feeling real brave about pointing at shit and figuring it out, you speak a dialect, know how to read Chinese, or know what cut you're looking for, come on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (02:00pm - 06:30pm) since that's when I'm directly on the floor. If you're a restaurant and you're looking to keep overhead low, PM me, I'll work something out with you.
Our location is: 47 Division Street Ground Floor New York, NY 10002 B/D to Grand Street, F to East Broadway
Our hours are: Monday - Saturday 0800am - 0630pm
23JUL2020 0323AM Edit: Added beef and lamb, added venmo acc, schedule and times.
25JUL2020 0015AM Edit: Changed schedule to add in Saturday.
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Oct 11 2020
Cheap Meat Guy Scammed the Fuck Out Ya'll
Title says it all.
TL;DR: if you the free food and meals provided by the city conflict with your diet, etc, send me a PM with the title Groceries, \insert borough, insert neighborhood\** and I’ll hook you up with some meat.
Context, second post: https://www.reddit.com/nyc/comments/hvxiku/cheap_meat/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I, Cheap Meat Guy, scammed the fuck out you all. I have hoodwinked a great many of you, in a slightly more elaborate and grandiose "Let me hold a dollar" or the "You listen to music?" scheme. I appreciate my vacation, paid for courtesy of ya'll. I am currently in Mar del Plata, Argentina, enjoying my delicious alcoholic beverages and tiny little triangle cut Ojo de Bife sandwiches. I am in nothing but a bright neon yellow 3M reflective speedo with a 24k gold chain around my neck. Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic and Finesse are playing in the background and I am fucking feeling myself. I have never felt more opulent or lavish. 2020 has been a rough year. I deserve this.
So no fucking shit, obviously I didn't scam you all. Many of ya'll have seen my face. I'm not trying to get caught slacking one day and get hit with a "Yo, you cheap meats?" and get rocked by fifteen people wielding massive frozen pork chops and Iberian hams, followed by me on the floor looking real bad, only to eat a bunch of fucking Timbs. But I just wanted to announce something. Also: my fault for not responding to all the messages and comments and shit; I’ve been working around the clock and getting fucking spanked by the work load. Being the only person who has some type of command of the English language means, you guessed it, I’m doing all the shit that’s in English. All the shit that’s done with computers. Working the floor, cutting the meat, prepping the orders, moving all the damn boxes. You see the dudes pushing handtrucks in Chinatown with boxes of shit on it? Come to Chinatown early enough and you’ll catch me being one of those dudes. See that ugly ass truck on google maps when you look us up? Come early enough and you’ll see me loading that truck. I’m more stressed than Ted Cruz trying to mack on a pornstar over twitter, gaining a fuck ton of weight cause I’m drinking and eating like shit, and just over all a piece of shit. My b.
Here's the run down:
First off, on the real, what the fuck. Second of all, what, and I can't stress this enough, the absolute fuck. All you salty shits raised some serious fucking bank. My phone went off often and frequently enough the first few days from Venmo notifications that if I wanted to, I could have used it as a damn vibrator on my balls. For OPSEC, I’m not going to disclose exactly how much was Venmo’d, but just know that for a minute I felt like I would be able to treat myself to some Starbucks while Tyga’s Rack City played in the background, so you know that’s money. But all you fuckers Venmo'd me bank WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THE FUCK I AM OR BUYING ANYTHING, which blows my mind*.* Me, some random guy who curses a lot and talks shit like I'm a 6'17" guy who wears cooked to hell black high top AF1's and got two pistols by my side. Some of ya'll have met and seen me and know for a fact that I am most definitely not 6' fucking anything. Makes me feel as though I should start an OnlyFan's or Premium Snapchat. But seriously, what the fuck. For those that are willing to do the math, it was over twenty million Schrute Bucks.
There were a couple donations that stated they were there to keep the business open, to be shared among the employees, or for me to treat myself. An executive decision was made: every single dollar that we received (aside from those that were used for retail purchases) will be spent on those that need aid the most. While we as a business are hurting, there are still those that are less fortunate than us.
First and foremost, the City has done an amazing job in providing for folks. If you’re hurting and straight broke with no cultural, dietary, or any other limitations/restrictions, peep these sites for food security:
https://dsny.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappvieweindex.html?id=35901167a9d84fb0a2e0672d344f176f
https://www.google.com/maps/d0/viewer?mid=1uVjjVxXfLFU4R6V7qjXXRoxCy-IwfMSP&ll=40.711199875063635%2C-73.99326878216021&z=15
Shits is free. No questions asked, take as much as you want. If you broke and you not taking advantage of this, you got some problems my guy. Extreme intelligence not being one of them.
Having said the above, I’ve tried the meals myself and I believe they are not as culturally sensitive as they should be in a city that is as culturally and ethnically diverse as we are, and particularly suck ass if you’re lactose intolerant, as most Asian seniors are. Shitting your brains out at any age is not pleasant, and I’m going to assume that doing so when you’re 70-plus with a weak pelvic floor is doubly more so. I'm currently working with a few local organizations that cater specifically to seniors within the Asian community (26% of the Asian community in NYC live at or below the poverty level, with the percentage being higher when we focus on seniors) who provide either free meals, groceries, or both for them. I think having the option to cook their own meals provides them with some semblance of normalcy, independence, and most of all, dignity.
So on some real shit: thank you all. A lot of the funds have already been used, but because the funds were raised from Reddit, I believe it's only fair that I give back to the reddit community, so I saved some with this in mind specifically.
I am aiming to provide 70 households from Reddit within NYC with the options of:

1. Ten lbs of drumsticks
2. Eight lbs of quarter chicken legs or
3. Six and a half lbs of drum sticks with a dozen eggs

However, because we’re already understaffed and over worked, it’s not entirely feasible for us to pack/deliver the groceries on our own. I’m also not going to have folks come pick up and congregate at the business due to lack of physical space. I also know for a fact, as per Murphy’s Law, that if I had you guys come and pick it up, there’s going to be some dick head buying a bunch of shit and about to pay, pulls out a stack of hundreds or something, and when I hand over a bag of groceries without asking for payment, said dickhead with the racks are going to ask me about it and then demand that I comp their shit. I’m not trying to do or go through all that. So I’m asking that a couple of Redditors with the means come and pick up the bulk orders, however many of which type that will be, and prepare and segregate the orders off premise. Logistically, this means:
- Someone with a vehicle to accommodate and transport

• 700lbs of drums, or
• 560lbs of quarter chicken legs, or
• 455lbs of drums and 70 dozen eggs, or
• Most likely some combination of all three

- A clean space/location to prepare these orders, ideally commercial - Folks who have a food handling certificate to prepare the orders - Someone/s with a vehicle to accommodate and deliver the orders to whoever needs them
Did I just ask for free labor? Yes, I did. Because choosingbeggars. But yo, the fucking groceries are for free. I’m trying to give back to Redditors in NYC and I’m hoping that some folks will step up and do the thing Zhu Li. Like I said, we’re a little pressed on personnel. Given that we’re still dealing with Rona, those that are willing to help out with this task will be given face masks.
So what’s the criteria for you to receive these groceries? Someone that is sensitive or unable to consume the free food provided by the city, whether it be conflicting with them culturally/religiously/whereverthefuckly. I know families with kids currently enrolled in NYC Public schools get $420/child in assistance via P-EBT, but if that’s not enough, I’m your guy. Also, if you have a child enrolled in public school and you don’t know what I’m talking about with the $420, I highly suggest you sign the fuck up for P-EBT:
https://otda.ny.gov/SNAP-COVID-19/Frequently-Asked-Questions-Pandemic-EBT.asp
However, the ideal candidate would be someone or a family/household that don’t qualify for any or limited assistance. The elderly come to mind, where many rely solely on their social security to get by, as well as immigrants who don’t speak English and rely on their children to translate shit for them and don't qual for benefits, or immigrants who don’t have children and are just hustling like fuck to make it happen on their own. I’m mostly thinking of communities historically disenfranchised, but it’s really a free for all. At the end of the day, this shit is honor code, so no one is going to check your finances. If you decided to be a dickhead and finesse this, it’s on you to explain to your maker why you literally took food out the hands of those who are less fortunate. I will also hope you get drop kicked in the kidneys by a Kangaroo spontaneously the one time you decide to hang out in Central Park. And that at some point, you fall asleep on the MTA and some hobo jerks off and nuts on you, catching you square on the forehead. Better yet, I hope it happens on your morning commute to work, on a Monday, so your whole week fucked. Take a power nap at 0830 in the morning, wake up at 0834 cause a bum busted on your forehead, slightly to the left and right above your eyebrow so it drips onto your eyelashes and grazes your lips as it drips down. The day ain’t even start yet and it’s already fucked up and completely gone, and now you got a bum bump developing for the rest of the week. All that for ten pounds of chicken drums. Talk about a shit ROI. wallstreebets anyone?
I digress.
If you trying to get the groceries, send me a PM with the title Groceries, option, \insert borough, insert neighborhood\**
If you’re a MVP and trying to help me out with the pick up, splitting and bagging, delivering, etc, PM with the title Grocery Help, DriveLocation/Food handling (choose whatever role you can fulfill)
I would like to continue being able to do this, so shameless plug: our venmo is still the same and hasn’t changed u/FourSevenDivisionStreetTrading.
Oh! And we started an IG acc! Again, shameless plug: 47_division_st_trading_inc
So yea, that’s about it ya’ll.
Keep it real, be good to each other, be nice to your parents, your neighbors, give you pets extra scritches, and most of all, be kind to yourself if you going through it, cause for real, 2020 is really blowing ours.
Edit: added a TL;DR, IG handle, context with link to second post
Oct 20 2020
Free Groceries for Those in Need
Context: Initial post that was fueled by scotch and sleep deprivation New post that isn't fueled as much with scotch and sleep deprivation as the previous, so should be a bit more coherent and easier to understand.
No TL;DR cause fuck you. I'm giving out free fucking groceries. Read the fucking post.
I put up a post and surprisingly didn't receive any PMs requesting groceries, so here I am again.
I am aiming to provide 70 households from Reddit within NYC with the options of:
A) Ten lbs. of drumsticks B) Eight lbs. of quarter chicken legs or C) Six and a half lbs. of drum sticks with a dozen eggs
Ideal candidates are those that are unable to eat the free food provided by the city due to food sensitivity, conflicts of religion, culture, health reasons, etc.1 This is aimed to help those that are seriously in need of assistance, with a heavy preference given to the elderly, young students, immigrants, folks that don't quality for any or limited assistance, etc. Communities that have historically been disfranchised, you get the idea. Families that have children enrolled in NYC public schools should be receiving $420/child/month for food2. If the aid is still not enough, I'm your guy. While this is geared towards Redditors, if you know someone that isn't on Reddit but is also really struggling, shoot me a PM with their info. This is going by honor code for everyone, so square up with your maker on your own time.
If you're trying to get groceries, send me a PM with the title "Groceries, insert borough, insert neighborhood, insert which option"
In order for this to work, I'm going to ask for some assistance from the Reddit community. Due to the limited space of our shop, I am not going to have folks congregate at the business trying to pick up their orders. That being said, I need a couple of Redditors with the means come and pick up the bulk orders, however many of which type that will be, and prepare and segregate the orders off premise. Logistically, this means:
- Someone/s with a vehicle to accommodate and transport o 700lbs of drums, or o 560lbs of quarter chicken legs, or o 455lbs of drums and 70 dozen eggs, or o Most likely some combination of all three - A clean space/location to prepare these orders, ideally commercial - Folks who have a food handling certificate to prepare the orders - Someone/s with a vehicle to accommodate and deliver the orders to whoever needs them
I am asking for volunteers and free labor because I'm broke as shit and I'm unable to make this happen on my own, within my own means, otherwise I wouldn't be asking for assistance in the first place. Volunteers will be provided face masks.
If you’re a MVP and trying to help me out with the pick up, splitting and bagging, delivering, etc., PM with the title Grocery Help, DriveLocation/Food handling (choose whatever role you can fulfill)
I would like to continue being able to do this, so shameless plug: our Venmo is still the same and hasn’t changed @ FourSevenDivisionStreetTrading.
We also now have an IG: 47_Division_Street_Trading_Inc
Resources:

1. Free food provided by the city:

• https://dsny.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappvieweindex.html?id=35901167a9d84fb0a2e0672d344f176f
• https://www.google.com/maps/d0/viewer?mid=1uVjjVxXfLFU4R6V7qjXXRoxCy-IwfMSP&ll=40.711199875063635%2C-73.99326878216021&z=15
• 2. P-EBT Assistance for every child enrolled in NYC Schools:
• https://otda.ny.gov/SNAP-COVID-19/Frequently-Asked-Questions-Pandemic-EBT.asp

For those that give a shit: decided to write this a bit more carefully and not off the cuff as I'm apparently known for because I think it helps to not distract from the actual content. Also cause couple of commenters called me a meth head due to the way I write, which I can't have cause I'm still in the military. Would love to meet privately with said commenters though.
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u/SleepyLi seems to be still around reddit being legendary.

Thought it would be fun to revisit some hot takes posted here before the 2022 midterms and see how y'all did with your predictions. No shame if you missed the mark, just thought it would be interesting to see how attitudes were here before the actual elections.
Threads used for this:
https://www.reddit.com/YAPms/comments/xzr9cc/my_top_5_most_controversial_hot_takes_of_2022/
https://www.reddit.com/YAPms/comments/y06z9c/my_2022_midterm_hot_takes/
https://www.reddit.com/YAPms/comments/y04tpy/my_2022_midterm_hot_takes/
https://www.reddit.com/YAPms/comments/vyyjt8/2022_midterm_hot_takes/
https://www.reddit.com/YAPms/comments/xbuviz/what_is_your_biggest_2022_midterm_hot_take/
https://www.reddit.com/YAPms/comments/rwahr4/what_are_some_of_your_hot_takes_on_potentially/
https://reddit.com/YAPms/comments/y0txpo/2022_hot_takes/
https://www.reddit.com/YAPms/comments/vps7x8/what_are_the_sleeper_races_that_you_think_might/
Spot on:

That most in this thread, are actually engaging in Republican hopium and Nov just isn't gonna go to their best of dreams, or what was in 2021. You can talk platitudes about this or that, how "Fetterman is just x", or X is overated. But sometimes there's a little more backing up those claims then what is actually being witnessed in the environment and electorate. Fetterman might be overrated, if he still didn't maintain an error-proof polling lead, and wasn't packing events, leaving people outside and unable to get in(happened today).

theboyonthetrain calls out the Fetterman doubters and gets validated by his big win.

Republicans are doing amazing in deep blue states. Swing states not so much

Big_Size_2519 gets the dynamics of 2022 correct. Dem underperformances in deep blue states, GOP underperformances in swing states.
Pretty good:

Cuomo scandal, a potential for a divided primary between Hochul, deBlasio, Williams, and Suozzi. A lot of us are also concerned with taxes, covid restrictions, and some of the crime laws here. Could end up as a surprise 9-14pt win.

epicnoober1233 gets NY gov pretty close way back in Jan 2022. Almost spot on except they actually underestimated how close the margin would be.

Control of the house will be determined by under 7 seats

Taprman612 gets pretty close, although not that hot of a take.

There’s a decent chance that Hawaii Governor is likely blue (like D+14)
Zeldin had around a 20% chance of winning New York
Tim Ryan has a better chance at winning Ohio than Don Bolduc has at winning New Hampshire
Although not competitive at all; Brad Little’s margin in Idaho will be 5 to 8% lower than the typical Republican as Ammon Bundy will take 5 to 8% of the vote
Mandela Barnes has a better chance of flipping the Wisconsin Senate seat than Tim Michels has at flipping the Wisconsin Governorship

Way off on Hawaii, but Zeldin did pretty well (although 20% chance was an overstatement), Ryan outperformed Bolduc, Ammon Bundy got 17%, and Barnes got much closer than Michels. Pretty good Kamchatka1905.

Mine is that Adam Laxalt will lose by 2%. He lost by 4% in his last election.

BigHorse1972 was right on result, about 1% off on margin.
Mixed:

Washington: I don't think Washington's senate seat will flip, Patty's approval is still over disapproval and will probably at worst be a 3% margin of difference.
Colorado: I would say the Colorado senate seat and House races are all very vulnerable, with the Senate seat could be decided within 5, even 3 points. I could also see 1-2 Dem CO seats flipping b/c of a more heavy Biden-sceptic voter population there than in Washington.
California: I think many LA area House seats in California are vulnerable and GOP can probably pick up from 2 to even 7, depending how much abortion or inflation might play. I think either the Comptroller or the other finance-related seat will be very close and could be picked up by the GOP in a 51-48 kinda race
Minnesota: At least 1 seat will probably flip, both state legislatures will probably go GOP and I think the Governors race will be decided in a lean margin, perhaps closer to 1 than 4 especially with a strong 3rd party. Could even be a flip if the third party PLUS a very weak Walz performance blows Dems up.
Maryland: I think Dems could end up fighting tooth and nail for the governors' race even if Hogan isn't on the ballot. Similar conditions to 2014 when MD elected a GOP governor and perhaps financially-oriented dem voters will either stay home or vote for the GOP candidate. I don't think it's flippable entirely for now, but definitely can end up being within 1-5%.
New York: I think Chuck Schumer will not win more than 60-62%, especially if Dems direct Senate inaction to him (which he ~55-65% deserves). It could end up being 57-38. Governor wise I think Hochul will still end up finding difficulties against Zeldin even if he's a Trump-nominee. Probably the flopping gun regulation laws and growing N/S NY divide will have her win by closer, if not less than 15%. I can definitely see her only winning ~3-4 counties above the NYC area.

Too GOP-optimistic for WA/CO/MN/MD. GOP did do better than expected in CA and NY, with Schumer actually getting 57% as predicted. Deleted user (shame shame).

My hot take is that the republicans will still win. I think the house will be very close but I think the senate will go democratic. I don’t think Tim Ryan will win at all, at best he loses by 9 points. Marco Rubio’s election won’t be cakewalk but it won’t be as narrow as polls show. I think Alaska was a fluke and that in November it’ll flip back Republican although I hope I get proven wrong on this one. Also I think Grassley will win by a smaller margin than usual, it will still be a landslide tho.

House/Senate predictions correct, but Rubio's election was indeed a cakewalk and Alaska wasn't a fluke RealJimyCarter.

I think Florida is gonna be very close, under 3% for both governor and senate.
On the flip side I feel the New York governor race is gonna be under 15. I don’t think Houchle or whatever is very strong

Horrible misses for FL, spot on for NY. Deleted user though.

Wisconsin won't be above 1.5% either way in either race.
New Mexico has a higher chance to be likely blue than to flip red.
Betsy Johnson will win more Republicans than Democrats. If you actually look at her political positions, she's pretty conservative.
Illinois and New York aren't going to have competitive governor races. Period.
North Carolina will be closer than New Hampshire.
Kentucky will vote to the left of Indiana.
But for my real core-of-the-sun take, DeSantis won't win by more than 5 points.

WI, NY, KY/IN, and FL takes were wrong. NM, IL, NC were pretty good. Mixed marks Doc_ET.

Ryan will loose by 10.5%

kingllama10 has the right result, but Ryan only lost by 7%.

1) Polarization will make Mastriano and Dixon do much better than expected. I think Shapiro and Whitmer will win by like 2-3% rather than the likely margins some are expecting. Remember PA is a state Biden won by 1.2% and MI by 3%. For these states to be likely D, Shapiro and Whitmer would either have to flip some Trump voters or GOP turnout would have to decrease significantly.
2) Kemp will push Walker over the edge and Walker will narrowly lead the first round over Warnock, but Warnock will scrape by in the runoff by a very slim margin.
3) Ohio Senate will be Likely R, but Vance will slightly underperform Trump. The polls suggested Ohio would be near even in 2020 and Trump still won by 8.
4) Pennsylvania Senate will be decided by a tilt margin and could go either way
5) McMullin will lose by at least 15. Trump won Utah by 21 points in 2020, and I can't see that many Trump voters flipping for McMullin. McMullin couldn't even beat out Hillary in 2016.
6) Oregon governor will go Democrat regardless, and Washington Senate will not be competitive

ncpolitics1994 got Georgia almost right (Warnock wins in runoff but by a decent margin and leads in first round), Ohio Senate pretty spot on, and Oregon/Washington correct. Massive whiff on both Pennsylvania races and MI-GOV, smaller miss on Utah.

1.) Both Brian Kemp and Raphael Warnock will manage to narrowly avoid runoff's (more likely Kemp but I think (and hope) both will).
2.) Adam Laxalt and Joe Lombardo will win Nevada by around 1-1.5%. Additionally a Republican will manage to win one of the lean d Nevada house races (likely district 3).
3.) Mark Kelly will win by 2-3% while Kari Lake will win by 1-.5%.
4.) Laura Kelly and Tina Kotek will manage to win their closely contested governor races in Kansas and Oregon.
5.) John Fetterman will win in Pennsylvania by between 1-3 %. Thus securing a technical Democrat majority in the senate (50-50) although effectively allowing Sinema and Manchin to continue being the Kingmakers in Washington.
6.) Ron Johnson and Tim Michels will win close races in Wisconsin. Personally I have a hard time seeing Johnson and Evers win considering how similar the polls have looked in the state. (Let me know if y'all agree)

Awkward_Concern8027 was pretty close. Misses were Lake, Michels, and Laxalt. But got a lot of winners correct and was decently close on margins.

Mark Ronchetti will win.
Gretchen Whitmer will win by a similar margin as she did in 2018.
Ohio won't be very competitive and JD Vance will come very close to matching Trump's performance.

nhdtx gets MI and OH pretty close but big miss on NM.

Thinking Wisconsin or North Carolina or Florida go blue is coping. Same with Ohio.
Republicans will win the House with at least 240 seats.
Drazan has a good shot at Oregon.

Right about WI/NC/FL/OH but WI was close enough that a Dem prediction wasn't really coping. Drazan had a shot but lost, and way off on House numbers.
Oopsie woopsie I made a fucky wucky:

Nevada will probably be within 10
Idaho will be safe R
Fetterman might not actually win by 400 points
Florida won’t be safe R
John Kerry probably won’t win a write in campaign in Arkansas

leafbou tried to make a meme post but still didn't predict Rubio and Desantis winning by safe margins.

Wisconsin Senate will vote to the right of Ohio senate
Betsy Johnson beats both Drazan and Kotek

Nope and nope Tribal-Goofy95.

Shapiro isn't a lock to beat Mastriano. Pennsylvania is a Biden +1.2 state, and Biden's approval has collapsed since then. The anti-Biden energy and national environment will likely make this race extremely close, and I think it will be within 2 points.
This is going to be a very close one, and it's Shapiro's race to lose. And arguably, he's the stronger part of the Democrat ticket in PA. Fetterman is a progressive, in a year that is bad for Democrats and worse for progressives in a swing state. His last statewide race was on Tom Wolffe's coattails in a blue wave year. Supposedly he has a lot of appeal to the white, rural working class, but thus far he's completely untested in that regard. Pwning Oz for living in New Jersey will not be enough.

Big oof ncpolitics1994 and TheAngryObserver. Turns out it was not a very close one.

Not enough people are paying attention to AK-Gov. It has the potential to be very close with Bill Walker running again.

Doc_ET predicts a close race, but Dunleavy wins before the runoff with Walker finishing in third.

Fettermans gonna lose
No context, just making this sub mad that a career politician that looks cool will lose
He’s literally just a progressive who last won in 2018, which doesn’t prove much. This sub keeps saying “he has the wholesome wwc appeal!!!” But never explain why he has it. I currently have it as tilt R, but it’ll be really close.

Shamefully deleted user and Different-Trainer-21 did not believe in the Fetterman hype.

I think Warnock is gonna lose to Walker.

Another deleted user. Shame!

DeSantis will win by like 3-4 points. People act like he’s some sort of electoral juggernaut when in reality he struggled to win back in 2018 besides the fact that Desantis isn’t really THAT popular outside of Daytona.

Nope RealJimyCarter.

Barnes will win by 1% and im going to get slaughtered for this but dems win 219 in the house

I wish progout1.

John Fetterman is very overrated. I don’t know where this Fetterman hype train came from, but he is just the average basement dweller Bernie bro. Assuming he does win, he’ll probably just lose in 2028.

Uncut_Pasta1 thinks Fetterman is overrated, but he ends up winning by 5% in an open senate seat in a swing state. We can revisit the second part of this in 2028.

Yeah, Laxalt lost by 4 in a blue wave year where Dems won the Generic Ballot by 8.6%. The fact that Nevada only shifted left by 1.6% instead of 6.5% (the amount the NPV shifted to the left) in a big blue wave tells me that he is actually a really strong candidate.
Anyway, one of my hot takes is Kari Lake wins by 3 and Oz wins narrowly, although that last one is subject to change.

ThatBeatleFanatic misses every single result here. Tony Snell type of numbers.

Mandela Barnes will win and progressives will do great

Sorry ctnfpiognm :(

Ohio will vote to the right of Florida and Arizona will vote to the right of Nevada.

Oopsie TheAngryObserver.

Mastriano outruns Oz

I can see why this person deleted their account.

I have a bad feeling that DeSantis will lose given that he might have gone too right, too soon.

DeSantis has introduce a bill to ban Professional-Dot6472 from Florida for excessive wokeness.

People think “Vermont is strong democratic state in national elections so it has to be on the state level”
That’s wrong, in a year trump lost by 36% Scott Milne only lost by 7.2%
And he’s running for the senate against Peter Welch, so he definitely has a small small chance, he’s came close to governor in 2014 losing by 2k votes, and even did good against a popular leahy in 2016
While he will still lose, I have him at 21% loss, it’s not gonna be a huge win for dems

Welch won by 40% and that dude didn't run.

Arizona Senate will be lean Republican. Kelly has lost the most in polling among suburban voters out of any of the "competitive" senate races and Arizona is naturally a conservative-tinted state. Kelly has a 95% Biden voting record and Mark Brnovich is a very good nominee and Blake Masters is a decent nominee. With it being a Democrat midterm with Joe Biden being decently deep in approval and not really bringing anything to Arizonans (more so suit to Kelly than Biden), it doesn't look good.

SunBeltPolitics whiffed on sun belt politics. Masters was a pretty bad candidate and Kelly won comfortably.

One I think Masters will be a stronger option compared to Brnovich, the wave year will naturally sway Maricopa suburbs back towards the GOP, the real question is getting the base to turnout and Masters will be stronger in that regard

downnice also likes Blake Masters.

So I was reading this Politico piece from earlier this week about how Washington Senator Patty Murray's already spending over $1M in her reelection campaign against Washington state Senator Tiffany Smiley who seems to be a great candidate, as well as the Democrats'(failed) attempt to elevate election deniers in Colorado. That to me indicates that they are seriously worried about those races and I was just thinking about what races in blue states that may be competitive are flying under the radar because of the state's electoral history.
That article definitely got my attention because following the money is the easiest way to see which states the respective party apparati are concerned about. If they're worried about Washington and it ends up being competitive, there is a much better likelihood Republicans can get to the 54-56 range. It'll be a heavier lift to win that race and I don't see it likely because of its partisan and ideological lean but there are usually 1 or 2 surprises every wave year so it's not out of the question.

AustisticHistoryLover thinks something is brewing for Tiffany Smiley.

MN Gov: Tim Walz is definitely a favorite, although I could see this race getting closer
CT Gov: from what I’ve seen Stafanowski has moderated since 2018, and gubernatorial races in this state are always close for whatever reason
OH Senate: JD Vance has essentially stopped campaigning, and Tim Ryan has good ads
CO Senate: Mark Udall was seen as a heavy favorite to win re-election back in early 2013, but he ended up losing in 2014 to Cory Gardner as the wave grew in size. I could potentially see the same thing happening to Michael Bennet, although the chance of that happening is very small

RyanAKA2Late misses in both directions here, as none of these races were super competitive.

Random states that could potentially become competitive:
Missouri Senate - Greitens + strong third party performance could cause a tight race
Oklahoma Governor - not the most popular governor in a generally competitive seat
Ohio Senate - strong campaigning by Ryan could cause this to become tighter than we expect
Minnesota Governor - depends on size of wave + third party performance
Florida Governor - weird fucking state, very pro-choice, tends to not follow wave years
I doubt these flip, but they’re just ideas.

DoAFlip22, not to be outdone, also misses every race.

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: African-American
• Residence: NYC
• Type of School: Public High School
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): URM

Intended Major(s): Finance/Economics
Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 101.43 out of 100.00
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 12 Honors, 6 APs, 5 Dual Enrollment Courses
• Currently taking: AP AB Calc, AP English Lit, AP Gov, DE Comp Sci
• Ranking: Top 8% (~500 students in graduating class)

Standardized Testing

• SAT I: 1410 (Submitted everywhere)
  • Cornell Dyson was test blind
• AP: AP Physics 1 (4), AP Spanish Language (3)

Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

1. Competitive 5-month long program at BB Investment Bank
2. Summer internship at another BB Investment Bank
3. Captain/Member of Varsity sports team, helped raise over 7k (4yrs)
4. ManageAssistant Coach of Girls Varsity sports team (2yrs)
5. NHS Secretary helped raise over $500 (2yrs)
6. Summer Business competition, Won 3rd Place
7. Family Tutor (4yrs)
8. Summer Marketing Internship with ride share startup
9. Participated in a month-long mental health research study at T30 university
10. Accepted into both Fly-in Programs at UPenn

Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. Accepted into a nationally recognized internship program
2. African American National Recognition Program
3. NHS 2x
4. Certifications in two 3D/2D modeling software programs
5. Won 1st place for an event in a city-wide swim competition
6. Certified Lifeguard and CPFirst Aid

Letters of Recommendation

1. AP Lit teacheDE Professor wrote a 2pg rec letter (10/10)
2. AP Physics 1 (7/10)
3. Coach knows me personally (9/10)

Interviews

• Harvard (10/10) probably my most favorite interview, me and the interviewer really connected well, we even exchanged linkedins and #s to keep in contact.
• Princeton (8.5/10) the interview was really late and I had also just come back from a competition, we connected well and exchanged contact info.
• Duke (9/10) another one of my favorites, we grew up in the same neighborhood but they went to my rival school 😭.
• Georgetown (10/10) was neverous as it was only my second interview, but they let me restart and the rest of the interview went flawlessly. (Set the foundation for the rest of my interviews)
• Penn(5/10) was super nervous and didn't prepare well.

Essays

• Personal Essay (10/10) submitted everywhere and has yet to disappoint.
• Essays Overall (10/10) started writing back in the summer and really took the time to research, revise, and perfect. (lowkey one of most favorite parts of the application process, I learned a lot about myself and found my voice)

Decisions
Acceptances:

• SUNY Binghampton (EA)
• St. John's University - Peter J. Tobin College of Business (EA, $138k Scholarship for all 4 years, Thomas J. Cox Jr. Honors Program)
• CUNY Baruch College (RD)
• CUNY City College (RD)
• CUNY Hunter College (RD)
• CUNY Queens College (RD)
• CUNY John Jay (RD)
• Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business at Rose Hill (EA, Fordham Recognition Scholarship $240,000 for all four years)
• Howard University (EA, Achievers Scholarship $19,000 Per Year)
• Hampton University (EA)
• UNC Chapel (O.O.S) (EA, accepted into the Accelerated Research Program)
• Columbia University (LIKELY LETTER!!!) (RD)

Awaiting:

• Harvard, UPenn(Deferred), Cornell, Princeton, Duke, Georgetown, NYU, Northeastern(Deferred), Macaulay Honors College

Thoughts

• Ever since I was deferred from Penn in December, I felt a bit defeated, especially after seeing everyone's acceptances. Back in January, I never thought I would be accepted to UNC Chapel Hill as an out-of-state student. Now I'm here in March, and I unexpectedly received a LIKELY LETTER FROM COLUMBIA a week before my birthday. My point is, please never second-guess yourself and take pride in your achievements no matter how big or small, and to everyone still waiting on their RD, please hang in there; we're almost there!

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The whole post about las abuelas pooping on the streets got me thinking y'all. Knowing that gentrification is nothing new and that will most likely increase in the upcoming years. Why don't we take advantage of the new comers privilege and affluence ? Why don't we help create better conditions for the disenfranchised Latinx immigrant community in Bushwick ?
I mean, it's obvious that the neighborhood has been neglected by the city for decades. We deserve better. We- the techies, finance jocks, Queers, the artists, immigrants, yuppies and others, deserve a better place to live and thrive.
So- I noticed that bike/pedestrian only streets are becoming more common around Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn. Doing some googling, I found a NYC DOT program called Open Streets (https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/openstreets.shtml). One of those streets is Willoughby Street, it's closed to cars from Fort Greene Park to Classon Av right at the Clinton Hill/ Bed- Stuy border. It turns out the application to get on the program has to be backed up by a community organization of sorts.
I bike from Downtown Brooklyn pretty often. And I see many cyclists taking the Willoughby open street stretch which also includes a bike lane. The ride through Clinton Hill is smooth and pleasant. You know that you crossed into Bed-Stuy at Classon Av because all bike lanes are blocked by trucks, etc. Then you notice you got into Bushwick when the road gets bumpy and the traffic becomes unruly.
We deserve better.
Does anyone know any organization able to sponsor the application to extend the Willoughby open street permit from Classon Av (Bed-Stuy) to Central Av (Bushwick) ? Does anyone have another idea for a potential new Open Street for Bushwick?
Happy to take more suggestions for organizations helping mitigate the consequences of gentrification, red-lining, racism affecting the Bushwick communities.
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:)

Transit is more expensive externalities included
The 2015 cost of Transit is roughly 71 cents per passenger mile averaged - https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/Transit%20Profiles%202015%20-%20Top%2050%20Agencies%20with%20Summary.pdf
Buses are 1.08 dollars per passenger mile, Heavy Rail is 49 cents per passenger mile, commuter rail is 50 cents per passenger mile, hybrid rail is 93 cents per passenger mile, bus Rapid Transit is 80 cents per passenger mile, commuter buses are 62 cents per passenger mile, and light rail is 77 cents per passenger mile.
Amtrak in 2019 spent 3.5 billion dollars to move 6.4 billion passenger miles. Or roughly 54 cents per passenger mile. Amtrak is not technically transit, but it's similar.
https://www.enotrans.org/article/amtrak-concedes-perpetual-1-billion-year-operating-losses/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/185800/us-passenger-miles-by-intercity-or-amtrak-since-1990/
A 2006 study puts the cost of automobile externalities at roughly 8.8 cents per vehicle mile. Considering externalities for cars and not transit is not really fair because transit has externalities too, but there no studies or data calculating it. Study Here: https://media.rff.org/archive/files/sharepoint/WorkImages/Download/RFF-DP-06-26.pdf
I use this to adjust for inflation https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
So Roughly 13 cents per vehicle mile in externalities.
If we assume that roads are 100 percent subsidized (not really true, some per capita vehicle expenditures go to roads, but they are funded in a weird sort of way), they cost roughly 621 dollars for every 10,000 vehicle miles, which is roughly 0.06 cents per vehicle mile - https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-and-local-finance-initiative/state-and-local-backgrounders/highway-and-road-expenditures
The Average American Spends 4,800 dollars on vehicle related expenditures.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/748911/us-average-per-capita-vehicle-spending-by-category/
The Average American travels 14,263 vehicle miles
https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/average-miles-driven-per-yea
This is roughly 34 cents per vehicle mile.
Per vehicle mile driving is roughly 53 cents per vehicle mile, externalities included and assuming a 100 percent road subsidy and assuming no externalities for transit.
The Average American car has an occupancy 1.5 persons per vehicle
https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/mobility/personal-transportation-factsheet
The unsubsidized cost of driving is roughly 35 cents per passenger mile.
By comparison Transit in Japan is almost universally profitable from fares. The Tokyo Monorail, for example, charges 500 yen for its highest fare over the full distance of train, which is roughly 3.85 over a distance of 11.1 miles, which is roughly 35 cents per passenger mile, and it does this while making a profit. The Monorail has lower fares available as well.
https://www.lightrailnow.org/myths/m_monorail005.htm
https://www.tokyo-monorail.co.jp/english/guidance/train_info.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Monorail
By comparison New York City, where Transit is heavily utilized, spends 50 cents per passenger mile on the subway, while charging 35 cents per passenger mile. By comparison the London Underground costs 43 cents per passenger mile to run.
https://twitter.com/chittimarco/status/1431333517250764809
It's not simply a problem of ridership, even in New York where ridership is high, the operating costs are inflated relative to other parts of the world.
New York to Paterson Jitney fares cost roughly 6 dollars over 22 miles of distance, which is roughly 27 cents per passenger mile, while making a profit. https://www.jerseyjitneys.info/?page_id=11
Bus operating costs are largely inflated by inefficient union work rules and other inefficiencies
"Existing evidence suggests that transit contracting can provide services at costs 10 to 50 percent below public agency cost levels"
https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/tr1987/1108/1108-001.pdf
The NYC subway and other NY trains have inflated operating costs due to practices like having conductors. NY also spends 4 - 5 times as much on track maintenance as Paris due to Union work rules.
https://pedestrianobservations.com/2015/07/26/why-labor-efficiency-is-important/
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/11/15949284/new-york-subway-crisis
Caltrain maintains not only conductors, but the position of "assistant" conductors
https://caltrain-hsr.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-cost-of-conductors.html
Amtrak (While not technically transit), uses roughly 45 employees per Long Distance train and 5 per short distance train, neither of which is a particularly great
https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/position-papers/white-paper-amtrak-long-distance-financial-performance.pdf
According to Wendell Cox, both transit and Amtrak have seen a 50% or more decline in per worker productivity compared to private sector predecessors.
http://www.publicpurpose.com/ut-tr&cprod-1997.htm
I would emphasize this is not an argument against transit itself, but that the economics of American transit is so piss poor that driving is more cost effective externalities included and assuming a 100 percent road subsidy. American Transit has a cost effectiveness problem. Transit in America is largely an exercise in value destruction.

I signed a new construction condo back in Q1 2022. The initial proposed closing date is in Oct 22, but the sponsor keeps pushing back the closing. I asked my agent to check in for the status on a weekly basis and each week I heard the TCO is anticipated to a later time.
I tried to search for the TCO status using the DOB now but I don’t really understand the status. For anyone who has knowledge of this website, could you help me with questions below?

• I saw some jobs (i.e.pluming) have two records, permit entire and approved. Does it mean this job is inspected and signed off completely by the Gov?
• there’s a partial stop order exist on the property, will it impact the TCO? I read the doc on the website and it seems like the stop order will only impact CO?
• the sponsor told me back in mid Dec that the docs have been delivered to the department of finance. I saw there’s already a tax lot assigned in the DOB now. But the TCO is still not in place till today. Does anyone know if there’s any additional steps and how long would that take?
• any other way to get a more accurate timeline of TCO from Gov website?

Really appreciate it if anyone could help with these questions. I am really panic. My interest rate lock is about to expire and it will increase each week and there’s still no clear anticipated date from the sponsor. Due to multiple push backs, I don’t really believe the sponsor at this moment and I am trying to see if there’s anything I can find online.

Looking Forwards

Introduction
America has a ton of problems with its government, its economy, and just in general. We are the richest nation in the whole world, yet we have the 10th highest homeless population and some of if not the worst healthcare out of any developed nation. How can the so-called "Greatest Nation in The World" show such incompetence in caring for its citizens? I propose what I believe an "Ideal America" should look like as well as possible ways to achieve it.
What My Ideology is About
My Ideal America and the ideology espoused are based on 3 basic tenets; Acceptance, Advancement, and Altruism
ACCEPTANCE: Acceptance of everyone in this society irrespective of age, gender, race, religion, sexuality, and culture. If people accept each other as who we are rather than discriminate, the world would be a way better place.
ADVANCEMENT: We should all work together to advance ourselves and our society, we should all support intellectual pursuits, like the sciences, the arts, as well as, the humanities, and multiple cultures/countries and their histories. We could also support discoveries in any of these intellectual pursuits as well.
ALTRUISM: Our species tend to have a lot of hatred in their hearts for each other, but we also have a lot in common, and some of us need to realize that. We should help our fellow humans a lot more. The disenfranchised, the mentally ill, as well as many more people that need a helping hand.
My Ideal Government
The government of this "Ideal America" would be a true democracy instead of this duopoly we have currently. It would be a blend of liquid democracy and ranked-choice voting, meaning that citizens would have the choice to vote directly on policy issues or delegate their vote to a representative, and in this "Ideal America," if you go the representative route, you can rank candidates from your most favorite to your least favorite.
Reasons for Liquid Democracy

• Voters would now have the choice to either personally vote for someone or delegate someone else.
• It would be far easier and cheaper for people to become delegates, it wouldn't be necessary to win an election, avoiding big electoral expenses.
• Votes would be secret to avoid buying votes as well as coercion.

Reasons for Ranked Choice Voting

• RCV gives people more say in who gets elected; even if people's favorites don't get elected, they can still help choose who gets into office.
• Parties would have to focus more on making themselves look good instead of making their opponents look bad.
• RCV also promotes more diverse candidates, perhaps breaking the American duopoly.

Its Culture
My Ideal Society would advocate multiculturalism, environmentalism, and acceptance as well. My Ideal Society would preach a gospel of solidarity and cooperation rather than a gospel of prosperity and competition. Though there will be a good amount of individuals that would resist this.
Its Economy
The economy would primarily be a Nordic-style welfare state that supports robust and extensive welfare programs to ensure the safety and happiness of the people. Another aspect of this economy would be the Land Value Tax which is a tax on the value of the land without any regard to any buildings, property, and land development happening on that land. Not only that, most if not all businesses in America would be workers' cooperatives, which would give workers more control. One last characteristic of this economy would be the nationalization of all industries.
Reasons for Nordic Model

• There is a lot more social mobility in Nordic countries than in a lot of other countries in the world.
• There is a lot less poverty, but it could be just a lot less visible than in other countries, but due to a seemingly better social security everybody is mostly taken care of, but people might use the Nordic model for their ends so we might have to be careful.
• There is also the fact that the Nordic countries give everyone the same basic services like education as well as healthcare, there is also way less corruption in the Nordic countries than in America, meaning that they are a lot more equal as well.

Reasons for Land Value Tax

• This can prevent mining for fossil fuels because mines will be taxed, meaning an increase in solar panel use.
• There will be more productive usage of the land, with can lead to a job increase.
• Since there'd be greater land productivity, there'd be a decrease in inflation and an increase in actual wages.

Reasons for Workers' Co-ops

• There'd be less toxic work environments.
• Far fewer Leadership Crises, due to the fact this is a team, not a group "led" by a boss.
• As well as more long-term employment, due to the fact workers would want to protect their livelihoods.

Reasons for Nationalization of Industries

• It helps to prevent the exploitation of workers.
• It would eliminate monopolies.
• It also protects strategic industries.

Its Penal System
Another thing that is quite important to mention is how my ideal America deals with criminals, to be honest, I think the prison system should be more focused on rehabilitation rather than punishment, drugs should also be decriminalized and mental health institutes should be funded more. Also, prisoners should vote after release, as voting is a right, and there is no reason to keep on punishing ex-cons if they did their time. Prison should be a place of learning and redemption, not a place of torment and punishment.
Its Policing
My Ideal America would have radically different policing from that of the police in current America. That would include but not be limited to; the elimination of qualified immunity, improve the standards of training and de-escalation, addressing the wellness of officers and restructuring of civilian payouts for police misconduct, as well as making changes to the contracts of the Fraternal Order of Police and make changes to police culture.
How to Achieve an Ideal America
It's great to talk about what a better society would look like, but how would it be achieved? In this paragraph, I set out to answer that question. One thing I noticed in both the political left and right is the "Reform vs Revolution" debate, which method is more effective? My answer is that both are effective methods, as proven throughout history, and both can be used to make a change in our current society. Both can be used in tandem to promote even more change in our country. On the reformist side of things, you pick a progressive cause to fight for (Medicare for All, Black Lives Matter, Pro-choice, etc), write to legislators and politicians about those causes, and get involved in local politics by attending town halls and city council meetings, support candidates/parties that support your progressive causes (The Green Party, The DSA are good places to start). Also, remember this, you aren't alone, there are others with similar views, find and work with them. Now on the more revolutionary side, I suggest reaching out to your community through mutual aid (Community Fridges, Child Care Collectives, Doula Programs, etc), as well as participating in protests that represent your causes, joining political organizations that align with your beliefs is also a major help (BLM, DSA, IWW are some you could look into), and if you are currently working, you can join or start a trade union and participate in workers strikes to meet your demands in the workplace. Social Media is also a great way to spread change, for example, I have been working on a discord server to discuss and spread ideas, as well as organize. Making change takes a lot of time and effort, and sometimes you may not live long enough to see the results, but when you succeed, the world will be a better place, and your children will thank you.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I hope to have inspired and informed. To have inspired others to build a better world. To have informed others of how flawed America truly is. To the people that have read this, thank you for reading, and I hope you took something from this essay.
Sources
https://enliveningedge.org/tools-practices/liquid-democracy-true-democracy-21st-century/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model
https://www.nyc.gov/site/civicengagement/voting/ranked-choice-voting.page
https://institute.coop/what-worker-cooperative#:~:text=A%20worker%20cooperative%20is%20a,labor%20contribution%20to%20the%20cooperative
https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-better-path-forward-for-criminal-justice-police-reform/
https://globalpeoservices.com/top-15-countries-by-gdp-in-2022/
https://finance.yahoo.com/photos/10-countries-with-maximum-homeless-people-how-many-homeless-in-india-131259042/20-may-2020-berlin-homeless-123811016.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJosPkJ_KmGFaBgiAte3RNFxUK-123A9_PUYWrArNTQWSnDEljF9rWlAqPWQkKInLvYZYkO4No2Tnjm6TUocollkftp2Z2FTFq16tTbjidRp3w6uHsQhlfmr1z9AGCSX2Hj3uHAOgBuQYpqdH6v9hvoDbQNPXOPEYTge3MePmQcf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/05/global-health-rankings/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_aid_(organization_theory))
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax
https://khatabook.com/blog/nationalization/
https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/politics/ways-to-be-more-politically-active-trnd/index.html
Organizations to look at
https://www.iww.org/
https://www.dsausa.org/
https://y.dsausa.org/ (for students)

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Thousands of people experience the amputation of one or more limbs each year. Amputation can be a difficult injury to experience and recover from – especially since medical bills for these injuries can be too much for an average person’s finances to bear.
In some cases, you may be able to bring a lawsuit against the negligent or at-fault party for your injury. You can recover compensation for medical bills and other expenses with the help of Schwartzapfel Lawyers. Contact us today online or at 1-516-342-2200 for a free case evaluation.

AMPUTATION INJURIES

Amputation injuries involve the removal or loss of a distinct body part such as a finger, foot, hand, arm, or leg. They may be caused directly due to accidents or become medically necessary due to other injuries, like major blunt force trauma, severely broken bones, or severe burns.
Amputation may also be a viable option in treating other injuries, stemming blood loss, and/or preventing the spread of infection to the rest of the body.
According to Ohio State University, approximately 2 million people in the U.S. are currently living with limb loss. Primary causes of living with an amputation include: vascular disease, trauma, and cancer. Note: Each year roughly 185,000 amputations occur in the U.S.
Amputation injuries can negatively impact an individual’s life long after the events that caused them. For example, losing a leg requires the individual to:

• Limit their mobility in several ways
• Rely on walking aids for the rest of their life, such as crutches, prosthetics, etc.
• Pay medical bills to cover the initial amputation (if applicable), surgical costs, ongoing medical costs, costs for physical therapy, etc.

In addition to causing physical harms, amputation injuries can be stressful mentally in ways that other harms may not be. This, in turn, can increase the pain experienced by an accident victim. It may also lead to them recovering more in damages from a negligent party, especially if that party was behaving maliciously or egregiously at the time of the accident.

COMMON CAUSES OF AMPUTATION

Unfortunately, people can suffer amputations from any number of causes.

Accidents

Accidents are among the most common causes of amputations, both at the time of the initial injury and later on through surgery. For example, an auto accident may cause severe trauma to an individual’s arm or leg. Later, medical experts surgically amputate the damaged limb to prevent blood clots or blood loss or to prevent infection from setting in elsewhere.
Many different types of accidents can cause or lead to amputations, including:

• Car and/or truck accidents
• Workplace accidents, especially those involving heavy machinery
• Slips, trips, and falls
• Assaults

Medical Negligence

However, amputations may also be necessary due to medical negligence. If a medical professional does not provide adequate patient care, they could risk their patient’s health. In some circumstances, this could cause the patient to be forced to lose a limb.
For instance, a doctor may botch a reparative surgery designed to restore the use of an injured arm. Their mistake, driven by negligence, then causes the arm to become infected. This necessitates amputation of the arm later, leading to even more negative experiences and financial strain for the patient.

Defective Product

Defective products, such as automobiles, heavy machinery, or household items, may also lead to severe injuries and potentially amputations. Medications that cause health complications also qualify as defective products.
For example, a medication that inhibits blood circulation, resulting in tissue death in one or more limbs, is a defective product. If it causes amputation, the victim may have grounds for a product liability lawsuit against the medication creator.
To learn more now, call Schwartzapfel Lawyers at 1-516-342-2200 and allow us the honor and privilege of assisting you in your legal endeavors.

WHEN MIGHT YOU FILE A LAWSUIT FOR AMPUTATION?

Amputations often result in high medical bills, time off work, and other financial burdens. As a result, victims may have no choice but to file a lawsuit against a negligent or at-fault party. Depending on the circumstances of your case, you may be able to file different types of lawsuits for your amputation injury(s).

Personal Injury

Personal injury amputation lawsuits involve suing another person or party for deliberately negligent behavior which led to your injuries and eventual amputation(s).
For instance, if you are involved in an auto accident and the other driver was texting while driving, they may be found liable for the injuries you sustained. If, then, you lose a limb because of those injuries, you may have grounds to claim damages to cover your medical costs (and potentially seek punitive damages as well).
Personal injury cases can also involve circumstances like slipping and falling, taking medication that leads to blood circulation problems, construction site accidents, and beyond. Technically, any case in which you are injured due to another party’s negligence is a personal injury case. Your case, however, might be more specifically defined based on its facts.

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice lawsuits typically involve suing an individual medical practitioneprofessional or medical facility for negligence. As in the above example, you may have grounds to sue a surgeon who botches a medical procedure that leads to a medically necessary amputation.
You may also have grounds for a malpractice lawsuit if a medical professional has made any one of the following mistakes:

• Monitored your blood flow improperly
• Did not prescribe the correct medication and/or antibiotics to heal your body or fight infection
• Failed to recognize and/or treat blood clots after a surgical operation
• Misdiagnosed medical conditions and, as a result, allowed an infection to spread
• Removed the wrong body part
• And more!

Workers’ Compensation

If you or a loved one are injured while at work, you could have grounds for a workers’ compensation lawsuit if that accident results in serious injuries and medical complications. For instance, a construction worker whose arm gets trapped in heavy machinery due to a lack of proper safety gear may be able to sue their employer or insurance company for compensation.
Workers’ compensation lawsuits are more common and necessary if your employer’s insurance company tries to avoid paying for your medical bills and associated costs. In New York State, all employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance. Still, companies may attempt to avoid making these payments by:

• Casting doubt on your actions
• Trying to show that your accident occurred due to your own negligence
• Trying to show that your accident did not occur in the workplace, or that it occurred while in the performance of non-work-related duties

COMPENSATION FOR AN AMPUTATION

Should your lawsuit be successful, you could receive damages for:

• Past and future medical bills related to your amputation and associated injuries
• Ongoing physical therapy and/or rehabilitative costs
• Bills related to prosthetics and/or other necessary medical devices
• Lost income from time taken off work
• Lost opportunity or ability, especially if the amputation was particularly severe or limiting
• Loss of companionship
• Pain and suffering
• And more!

Note: The stronger your legal team, the greater your chances of securing maximum compensation and damages.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AMPUTATION ATTORNEYS

The right legal team can make all the difference in your amputation or personal injury lawsuit and whether or not it succeeds. As such, you should look for several key factors when considering a lawyer or law firm.

Contingency Fee Basis

The first factor has to do with what is called a “contingency fee basis.” This ensures that you won’t have to worry about paying your legal representatives until after your case concludes. Moreover, a contingency fee basis guarantees that any legal fees come out of damages you receive from your lawsuit.
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I work in a very high-conflict field. We are competing against competing firms. There is high government intervention. Think big NYC finance.
When I first started, I was the quintessential "nice girl." I was friendly, even with the competition. In turn, I was often tricked by the competition, who lied. They bullied me and tried to intimidate me. I was even disrespected by own [female] boss who interrupted me during my presentation to tell me to go back on subject. There just was no respect. There was also the factor of my youth too.
About 2 years, I switched firms. I slowly became a bit aggressive. I fought fire with fire. This also caused me problems. I ran into a very competitive and slimy competitor who couldn't lose to a rookie. She lied. Sent nasty emails. I asked my [male] boss to make a report to her firm. He would not. I asked to make a complaint to the government. He said no. Eventually, one day, I blew a fuse and retaliated with a nasty email. Cheating competitor filed a complaint to my company. HR wrote me up. Unsure how much weight boss had in it, but likely very little since this was higher up.
When I talked to my co-worker about the issues with the other competition, she for some reason presumed I was the aggressor of the fight with the competition.
I just ended deciding that fighting with aggression was not my thing, especially if people would unfairly presume I was the aggressor.
This was also the time when I started my journey and stopped people pleasing. I started learning to set boundaries.
I then developed a more "stoic" approach. I just wasn't dealing with it anymore. So, for example, when a bitch co-worker (a bitch to everyone) sent me a nasty email, I wasn't dealing with it. I filed a complaint to HR. I then sent her an email telling her I didn't believe further contact between us was required and I wished her the best with her cases and future endeavors. Basically, leave me the fuck alone. Same with cheating competitors. I didn't flinch to file complaints to the gov. I stopped giving a fuck.
I finally feel comfortable. Problems other people have, I don't have. I don't have to deal with difficult people anymore. It feels great.
My boss got promoted. My co-worker got his position and became my new boss. She is bubbly, sweet. We are the same age. I was one of her biggest supporters when she got the managing position.
She does call a little too much for things that could easily be an email. One day I asked for leave and got approved leave for the afternoon to go to a therapy session. She called me during leave to call into a meeting. I had just finished a heavy session and was annoyed and it probably came through.
That and an incident a few weeks ago. She called and asked if I wanted to help out with a department that was short staffed. I said of course. But when we got on the phone with the head of the other department, the job I was called to do was not what boss had told me. It was like customer service. I explained it wasn't what I thought I was signing up for. I was direct in that I didn't want to do that line of job. (I didn't say this to them but it is because I'm too overqualified. And the company is already paying less than competitors).
I spoke to boss about it in person the next day. It was fine.
Other than that, I thought everything was fine.
I was very in shock at my performance evaluation. I exceed expectations in the quality of my work. But I got a "meets expectation" for my attitude. I previously got "outstanding" by my other boss the two years before. I didn't understand what was wrong.
She just said my voice was very "monotone" when she calls. It sounds like I don't want to be bothered. I send one word reply emails like "yes" and "no" to clients (I have an automatic signature below the email). In our line of work, her letters always end with "please call if you have any questions" while mine just say "please mail me the missing amount within 15 days."
I'm too stoic and don't show enough emotion sometimes.
I like my co-workers and overall, show that. I am not so stoic with them.
My overall performance evaluation was "exceeds expectations" though.
I cried during the evaluation.
She said doesn't want me to change who I am. But just wants me to show some more emotion. I explained this was my coping mechanism in how I deal with conflict.
I just feel like I finally don't have to deal with disrespect and drama. I feel like I am being told to change who I am. I am being told to be fake.
I feel I can't win. If I'm nice, I am walked over. If I am aggressive, I am punished. If I am stoic, I don't show enough emotion.
More info: My evaluation was "outstanding" the last two years by my previous boss. The highest grade it can get. It technically went down to "exceeds expectation" this year, but to be fair, my workload substantially dropped the last 3 months. Although, the first 6 months of the year, I was managing the heaviest workload of my unit.
Yes, I was overall happy at the job.

I appreciate in advance any ideas as to what's going on. Here is the situation.
I am a natural-born US citizen who has lived his whole life in NYC. One year ago, I moved full-time to Mexico City. For work, I travel back to various locations in the US two to four times per month, i.e. weekly or every other week. I have Global Entry, and have had it since ~2010. I recently renewed in 2021 with no issues. I have never been "caught" by C&I bringing anything back I shouldn't have, or not declaring anything. I have never been arrested, in the US nor elsewhere. I have never been charged or convicted of a crime, except maybe three speeding tickets in 30 years.
Until about month ago, my trips have been smooth. No issues with security or Global Entry. Starting about a month ago, I was unable to check in online for my flight from Mexico City. At the airport, I received SSSS on my boarding pass. No big deal, short check at the gate. Upon arrival to my US port of entry, I got an X on my GE slip and was directed for an "agriculture check." The agent asked me my business, which has absolutely nothing to do with agriculture and asked if I'd been on farm, which I had not. He said, "sorry, my manager want to generate extra work," x-rayed my bags, and send me on my way.
I didn't think much of this, but the exact same scenario has happened the last three trips:

• Can't check in online
• SSSS on boarding pass
• Extra check at gate in Mexico City
• Failed Global Entry
• "Agriculture check" and scanned/searched bags

I have no issue with random/intelligent extra checks. However, it seems I've been added to some "watch list" for agriculture? I am a finance/business person with no connection to agriculture. I realize that someone traveling weekly from Mexico City to different places in the US could be suspicious, but is that all it is?
During one of my "agriculture checks", I asked, the officer looked at the screen and said, "oh you've got..." then stopped talking. Said I need to fill in this:
https://www.dhs.gov/dhs-trip
And he refused to say more.
Is this something that just might stop over time? I don't necessarily want to go through the whole Redress process, unless this is going to continue forever. Given my travel, this is pretty inconvenient.
One other point: When I renewed Global Entry, my address was NYC. I cannot find any place on the GE website to change my residence address, only my mailing address. I still want my mail to go to my US mailbox.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

Demographics: Asian Male, Specialized High School, <30k a year, First gen, single mother, NY.
Intended major: finance -> quant/actuary
SAT:1590 800 Reading 790 Math
GPA: 96 at most competitive high school in NYC, no class rank
APs: AP Environmental (5), AP Chem (5), AP World (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Literature (5), AP USH (4). Also took Multivariable calculus, along with AP French Econ English and Gov this year.
Awards: Second place debater at Pennsbury national debate tournament, Semifinalist at Lexington University’s national tournament, 8th place finish in States tournament, top 8 debater in State.
Won fencing Playoffs as captain/anchor, AP merit scholar, DipABRSM diploma (counts for first year piano performance degree in college).
ECs: Fencing team captain, JV director of debate team, Honor society events committee, Worked two jobs over the summer along with launching my own business with the money I earned which has returned 12k so far, Day trading for two years which has become a source of about $200 a day, book flipping across my neighborhood and eventually state. Tutor for low in come students and my own client base in tennis, debate, and the SAT about 15 hours a week for school weeks.
Common App: Relatively strong, i’m very critical but I think it competes with other top essays. SSR: Counselor loves me, will write an amazing recommendation letter. French teacher 10/10 Multi variable calculus teacher 7/10
EAR Harvard! Wrote this while on the toilet, forgive the messy formatting.

https://regex101.com/GiUGex/20
Hi,
I'm currently trying to alter a regular expression that matches domains to allow whitelisting of common, not harmful ones (for now "wikipedia.org", "reddit.com", "redd.it", "imgur.com", and "vb.net"). It's working fine except that whitelisted domains at the beginning of the string still produce a match. I tried changing the negative lookbehind from ( Here is the current expression:
"(?:[[email protected]:%_\+~#=]{2,256}\.)+(?:(? Some examples that should match:

free-software-no-virus.com
wikipedia.scam.org
this-is-not-reddit.com