I had to call 311 tonight...call it the good citizen thing or what ever. It took a half hour of holding to do what I wanted to do and I can only say this....the people that answer the phone tend to be the nicest people on the planet. Saints...They are so polite and so nice.
It took 20 minutes of holding to speak to the very first extremely kind nice person. She sounded very tired but still very professional and despite her fatigue down right nice....thought to myself she is a good person working hard and it is clearly a busy night. Maybe do to the high winds tonight 311 is extra busy, the high winds have been causing a lot of trouble here in NYC....time to snuggle with loved ones and watch The Wizard of Oz.
The mayor had a good idea, 311 but it doesn't work that well because like everything here in NYC there are not the "dollas" to back up the ideas.
I have to laugh when I think of this funny older white guy with gray hair, a bit nerdy, can't think of his name that shows up to the MTA meetings and always gives Mayor Bloomberg hell. He says to solve the MTA budget crisis all we need to do is hold Bloomberg upside down and shake him. I assume he means like the salt shakers nanny mayor Mike Bloomberg would have us put down even if it takes a gun to our heads except Mike is anti-gun.
Mike 311 is a great idea but it seems like your idea is under staffed and by the nicest of New Yorkers and you can't really make the idea work.
More and more NYC resembles communist Russia with capitialist prices. I first used that term to describe the high price of health insurance here in NYC but now it seems like that is the "state" of NY unless you are a fat cat politico, ruthless in any number of categories etc., just not the category called "the people of New York" aka "the tax payers". At the rate we are going we may be heading towards NYC resembling Greece. Don't worry mayor Mike, I am not talking about grease, greasy food or turning you upside down like a salt shaker to cure our mega-billion dollar deficit. New York City may start resembling Greece more and more and I am not talking about the Parthenon. By the way, did you see The New York Post's coverage of the "protest dog" that shows up for every major riot in Greece?
For non-New Yorkers, our mayor is called the nanny mayor because he wants to make sure we cut down our fat intake, our salt intake, but drinking is okay! That is the one industry he has no qualms with...just look around the streets at night for proof.
If anyone hasn't noticed here in New York, Albany was suppose to balance the budget by April 1. An appropriate day except the tax payers are losing everything dollar and sense except for a sense of humor, perhaps. Maybe instead of a billionaire we should have a comedian for mayor. No forget that. The accidental governor, Dave Patterson always sounded like he was auditioning for Saturday Night Live until he got himself implicated in three scandals, than he lost the bad stand up comedy and he still refuses to step down. Thanks Dave!
By the way getting back to Mike, is there a clause in "New York city gov law" that says if the mayor has a 2nd income and that 2nd income earns over 2 billion dollars that he has to pay a special tax like half of his multi-billion dollar income from his 2nd job...? Didn't think so but I had to ask.
Mike, I want to ask you are we going from a recession to a depression?
Hello, 311, I want to report a budget catastrophe here in NYC waiting to happen like an oil spill in the East River...a disaster...help!
Thirty minutes later I hung up but before doing so I told 311 operator, Angel no. 2, the specialist thank you, praised her but told her I don't like our mayor. Thank you and bless you!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Plaxico Buress cel trouble post by Suzannah B. Troy
Plaxico Buress shot himself in the foot as opposed to his thigh according to The New York Post when he lied to a prison guard misleading the guard to believe he had permission to use his cel phone to call his attorney when in fact he did not!
Buress has 7 months left to serve on his 2 year prison sentence and I am angry because I was one of those people that did not want him to go to jail. I preferred that he be able to stay with his family and do a hard core anti-gun ad campaign and very serious community service but be home to be a parent. I am disappointed to read this news.
The only thing that is confusing about The New York Post article is the date of when this occurred but either way Plaxico Buress got busted and lost his recreational privileges for a month. No report on whether or not this will impact his release date.
For movie buffs that don't want to leave their home I did a short YouTube movie review of entertaining rentals and one of the most unusual is The Big Fan written and directed by Robert Siegel who wrote the screenplay for The Wrestler. For football fans or people that like dark off beat films The Big Fan is a must see and possible cult classic. I also talk about Moon, another possible cult classic directed by Duncan Jones, David Bowie's son and he looks like the wrestler version of his Dad and of course The Hangover!
Buress has 7 months left to serve on his 2 year prison sentence and I am angry because I was one of those people that did not want him to go to jail. I preferred that he be able to stay with his family and do a hard core anti-gun ad campaign and very serious community service but be home to be a parent. I am disappointed to read this news.
The only thing that is confusing about The New York Post article is the date of when this occurred but either way Plaxico Buress got busted and lost his recreational privileges for a month. No report on whether or not this will impact his release date.
For movie buffs that don't want to leave their home I did a short YouTube movie review of entertaining rentals and one of the most unusual is The Big Fan written and directed by Robert Siegel who wrote the screenplay for The Wrestler. For football fans or people that like dark off beat films The Big Fan is a must see and possible cult classic. I also talk about Moon, another possible cult classic directed by Duncan Jones, David Bowie's son and he looks like the wrestler version of his Dad and of course The Hangover!
Might Mutts Good Souls post by Suzannah B. Troy
Staten Island Ferry Crash injuries post by Suzannah B. Troy
1010 Wins reports there was a Staten Island ferry crash and there were injuries but nothing as horrific as the previous one from seven years ago. There is one serious injury and two police officers on duty were injured as well as a dozen or so people but again I repeat nothing like the last ferry crash which was horrifying.
The Andrew J. Barberi hit the pier at 9:20am this morning and just seemed to be approaching too fast and for some reason they could not slow the ferry down. It is said the throttle failed.
Same boat, same terminal, a far more devastating crash that took the lives of 11 people and severely injured some survivors happened October 15, 2003. It was like deja vu but not as bad thankfully.
Here is the Wikipedia page for the Staten Island Ferry boat crash that resembled a terror attack and even made people think of Sept. 11. There were many law suits and pay-outs. Also deeply heartbreaking and a moving story of the young man that had to have both his legs amputated. His name is Paul Esposito and he considers every day a blessing. He settled for $8.9 million dollars.
Of course as usual I have major praise for our 1st responders rushing to rescue the people on this ferry and prayers and healing wishes to all injured. It does make me think of the Ferry crash from 2003 where so many people died or were injured and that crash did make me think of Sept. 11.
Staten Island was NYC's "heart" -- this little Island -- like a powerful heart keeping the downtown area alive and going after the horrific day. So many rescue workers rushed to the WTC after 9-11 and for those that survived many made the trip to the WTC every day digging in the rubble hoping to find bodies or even a small piece of DNA so Staten Island holds a special place in my heart.
Same boat, same terminal, a far more devastating crash that took the lives of 11 people and severely injured some survivors happened October 15, 2003. It was like deja vu but not as bad thankfully.
Here is the Wikipedia page for the Staten Island Ferry boat crash that resembled a terror attack and even made people think of Sept. 11. There were many law suits and pay-outs. Also deeply heartbreaking and a moving story of the young man that had to have both his legs amputated. His name is Paul Esposito and he considers every day a blessing. He settled for $8.9 million dollars.
Of course as usual I have major praise for our 1st responders rushing to rescue the people on this ferry and prayers and healing wishes to all injured. It does make me think of the Ferry crash from 2003 where so many people died or were injured and that crash did make me think of Sept. 11.
Staten Island was NYC's "heart" -- this little Island -- like a powerful heart keeping the downtown area alive and going after the horrific day. So many rescue workers rushed to the WTC after 9-11 and for those that survived many made the trip to the WTC every day digging in the rubble hoping to find bodies or even a small piece of DNA so Staten Island holds a special place in my heart.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Notify NYC 46th Broadway shut down post by Suzannah B. Troy
As I have told my loyal readers I am on the Notify NYC program with the City of New York so I got the notice via text message and email..."Due to police activity in the vicinity of 46th Street and Broadway (MN) expect street closures in the Time Square Area."
Than I checked 1010 wins and there was nothing but now they are reporting breaking news that the shut down is due to a suspicious package. I will get back to you with more information when I get it.
Stay tuned, stay safe.
2:25 Notify NYC writes, "All police activity at 46th Street and Broadway in Manhattan has concluded. All streets in Times Square are now open. Expect residual traffic delays.
Well folks, show the NYPD is alert and it does remind me of Sept. 11, the weeks after when there was a lot of anxiety and worry and all kinds of delays. The New York Daily News reports the suspicious package was a cooler with sodas....someone's lunch. The NYPD Bomb Squad x-rayed it and gave us all the green light all is okay. Today all's well that ends well...thanks goodness.
Than I checked 1010 wins and there was nothing but now they are reporting breaking news that the shut down is due to a suspicious package. I will get back to you with more information when I get it.
Stay tuned, stay safe.
2:25 Notify NYC writes, "All police activity at 46th Street and Broadway in Manhattan has concluded. All streets in Times Square are now open. Expect residual traffic delays.
Well folks, show the NYPD is alert and it does remind me of Sept. 11, the weeks after when there was a lot of anxiety and worry and all kinds of delays. The New York Daily News reports the suspicious package was a cooler with sodas....someone's lunch. The NYPD Bomb Squad x-rayed it and gave us all the green light all is okay. Today all's well that ends well...thanks goodness.
Lawrence Taylor charged with rape post by Suzannah B. Troy
"Lawrence Taylor blind sided by Lawrence Taylor"
Before I write about Lawrence Taylor, let us talk about the true victim, a minor without a name, without economic power and any resources to prevent her from falling in to the slavery of an abusive alleged pimp that gave her a black eye for objecting to have sex with a "special customer".
What of her? What lead her to this living hell? How can we prevent this from happening here and *anywhere on the globe? What will happen to her now that this horror story has gained world wide attention? Will she finally get the resources and tools to walk away from this life of hell? The only reason we happen to know of her suffering --which too many young women, even girls, children endure, in some countries quite openly --is this nightmarish existence was exposed because it involved an alleged "John" who happens to be one of footballs' greats, Lawrence Taylor; the catalyst, "the backstory" for the telling of the acclaimed book "The Blind Side" written by Michael Lewis.
When the Disney movie with the same title opens, we hear Oscar award winner, Sandra Bullock read Lewis's words explaining how Lawrence Taylor is the reason for the the 2nd highest paid salaries in the NFL for the men that protect the "blind side" of the highest paid football players-- the quarterbacks.
Now let us get to the "backstory" of Lawrence Taylor....Steve Serby has an editorial in The New York Post, "Grid demon is staring at a life in hell". Serby co-authored a book with Taylor and clearly he admires, loves and is hoping Taylor is truly innocent. Serby loves Taylor warts and all. What are his warts... A head line from The New York Daily News sums them up like that 10 plagues listed during a Passover Seder..."Coke, crack, booze, women and jail". "Women" falls under the really title of sex addiction. Bad boys say it doesn't exist but it does if you are sexually consuming people like an over eater sucks down gallons of ice cream without stopping to taste the food and exhale. It becomes only about consumption. These guys have no idea there is an actual human involved when it comes to sex addiction. All they care about is the thrill, the next conquest, and like all addictions it leaves them lonelier and more empty than before if that is possible. Many men secretly admire or openly admire the sex addict. If asked the sex addict might admit it is a lonely habit that doesn't leave them feeling good about themselves and causes major destruction to their families and careers. Fall-out for Taylor has begun by Nutrisystem swiftly dropping him.
Lawrence Taylor doesn't do anything half way and the same for how people feel about him. They either love him or hate him. The folks that love him believe his story and say he was set up.
I am not a LT fan but I do I think he was set up. Yes. But I don't think he and any of his supporters have stopped for a minute to think about the underage woman being set up and the hell she was living that brought her to this place.
I have "petite fame" and I am an artist-citizen journalist muck raker and I already know from "little fame" the freaks that come out of the wood work even asking me to have their babies and these are not guys that you would bring home to your family and they also have no real income and they are looking for a meal ticket. One is actually really old and gross and I know no NFL football player has had an elderly woman asking them to have their baby. Well maybe they have. Celebrity breeds people wanting to use you. That being said....
Lawrence Taylor was blinded sided by Lawrence Taylor. He has been and is his own worst enemy but there is no doubt that his fame makes him a target. Do I hope he is innocent and that in fact he did not have sex with this young woman? Yes. Do I hope even more that he would have stepped up and protected this woman, helped her to break free of an alleged pimp that beat her rather than exploited the horrifying situation? I hope he did not have sex with her.
I don't want him to go to jail. I do not want him destroyed by his own worst enemy -- himself but my greater concern it the alleged pimp beater of women goes to jail for as long as possible and the true victim here, the underage woman gets the help and resources she needs. I want her to have a safe place she calls home and income that allows her to not fall victim to monsters like this alleged pimp.
Where drugs involved? Did the pimp use them as a form of bondage like invisible chains as well as threats of physical violence? I don't know.
I do know The New York Daily News shows striking photos of a rapist laughing until he is sentenced to prison time for raping a prostitute. Than he started to cry. You see, he thought he would not go to jail for raping and terrorizing this woman because she was a prostitute. He robbed her and raped her at gun point. He thought he would never get caught because "nobody cared about" this woman. You see he saw her as having no value.
So what if nothing is done to help this underage woman in the Lawrence Taylor case, the true victim here that has no celebrity, until being linked to LT? She had no escape. If nothing is done for her with her life...the cowardly rapist is right, not about his victim but about the under age prostitute in the high profile LT disaster; the newest one in way too many in Lawrence Taylor's life. (I want to give the NYPD the highest praise for catching the rapist and the DA and judge for making sure this coward goes to jail and proving this woman's life had and has value.)
I am repulsed by Tiger Woods and I believe he doesn't have much remorse. He put his family on the back burner yet again for sports and his massive ego but I look at the photos of Lawrence Taylor and I see what appears to be remorse, even shock. In one photo he looks up possibly to Heaven and maybe he is praying to God, for help and asking how did I get here?
Taylor changed the game of football for better or worse. He inspired Michael Lewis to use him as the defining factor of the best seller "The Blind Side". Sandra Bullock utters his name like a god in the opening minutes of the film. Taylor even if he is innocent of not actually having sex with an underage prostitute has fallen again and fallen hard. Unlike Tiger, I believe his remorse is sincere...even for just being at the wrong place, at the wrong time and allowing himself to be connected with a vile, low life thug, alleged violent pimp master and beater of women.
Lawrence Taylor has to take a good long look at his life yet again and shape up finally, once and for all, never find himself in this or any kind of situation like this ever again. Too many male star athletes find themselves on the front pages of newspapers and sharing headlines that might make people forget the mega disasters like the horrific oil spill off of the Gulf of Mexico or the massive budget catastrophe right here in New York which has yet to but might bring us in to an economic depression. We are seeing violent out breaks in Greece because of similar issues.
What Lawrence Taylor needs to do is plead his case. If he is innocent plead innocent, if not plead guilty. He needs to think long and hard about the real victim here, this underage woman, a teenage girl. His fame brought her hellish existence to the front pages of major newspapers around the world and I am sure "Lawrence Taylor" are hot words in Google's search engine. Can he use his fame to help to stop the exploitation of underage prostitution here and elsewhere. It needs to be stopped and removed from this planet as far as I am concerned. I also think prostitution should be legal as well to prevent violence towards women as well as other issues.
Time will tell how this actually plays out for LT. For now he was sacked and if he is guilty the police did a good job. The police found a used condom in the hotel room. Either way the police did good work and now I hope and pray a young woman's life will be saved and the alleged pimp goes to jail for a long time. If Lawrence Taylor is innocent or guilty it is up to LT to take this and some how turn it into a positive. He can use his fame to help make a positive difference and one suggestion is to help fight child prostitution here in this country.
* Child prostitution happens all over the world including here. I can't give you links to but here is more info.
Columbia University Eminent Domain Abuse posted by Suzannah B. Troy
Folks: I thought the meeting was tonight and I was eager to bring you more YouTubes like the series I will post here but last night I was at the local precinct deep in discussion with NYPD officers about cyber stalking, very, very, very lonely men who harass me and stalk me and their colorful lies. In a few years I believe their will be radical changes in dealing with this form of harassment which is called aggravated harassment.
Now on to the the abuse of eminent domain which under the mayorship of Mike Bloomberg and his administration has gone wild. King mayor Mike is the developer's mayor. To developers there is no abuse of eminent domain but when you watch my YouTube interview with Norman Siegel, famed Civil Rights lawyer on the Columbia University campus on eminent domain, he spells it out clearly and simply and there is no doubt in my mind Columbia University abused eminent domain to simply clear out an entire neighborhood called Manhattanville.
Here is the report from last night's meeting at St. Mary's which I am sad to say I missed this heavily attended meeting. I heard Norman Siegel along with many owners that had their businesses displaced and community members made a powerful case for Columbia University's abuse of power, the displacement of an entire neighborhood abusing eminent domain.
I have heard The New York Times building abused eminent domain and it is ironic because small businesses were forced to move and because the paper aka "The Old Grey Lady" was having a problem turning a profit, they became a landlord as well which adds insult to injury. Everyone has heard about the Ratner development for a sports arena in Brooklyn, future home of the Nets and again eminent domain abuse. Willets Point in Queens is also a battle of eminent domain that New Yorkers have protested as abuse of eminent domain. Welcome to Mike Bloomberg's New York! When Mike Bloomberg says progress it means get your moving van.
Mike Bloomberg and his real estate magnate friends including the owner of "The Old Grey Lady" loves eminent domain....abuse but if someone knocks at your door and tells you, you have to move you most likely will not like it but the one thing these cases all appear to have in common in my opinion they are breaking the law or should I say abusing the laws of the land.
Question: Do you think the fact The New York Times is such a lover of the abuse of eminent domain as in that is how they got their prime real estate for the new building that may in some way impact how the paper reports or does not report all the shady real estate dealings and community crushing development under Mike Bloomberg and socialite mega millionaire City Planner, Amanda the people's Burden?
I would have to say yes!
Powerful interview with Norman Siegel at Columbia University with Suzannah Troy and the Columbia U. students showed up to protest in support of the community chanting "Not in our name!". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPvIP6N-AP4&feature=related
Floridita (Cuban Soul Food) owner Ramon interviewed by Suzannah on Columbia U. abuse of eminent domain at Floridita
Francy Batista in spanish talking on eminent domain and giving mayor Bloomberg hell
Tony Avella speaking up for the community against eminent domain abuse
Thursday, May 6, 2010
I LOVE NY Van posted by Suzannah B. Troy
I also went to a wine tasting on the Lower East Side at Inoetca which is Italian for Wine Bar. Inoteca is delicious and affordable including their wine tastings and is located on the corner of Ludlow and Rivington. Just a note of irony. My maternal grandfather was born down the street in the early 1900's in a tenement house and living conditions were unpleasant and crowded to say the least. Times have changed and so has the neighborhood.
Marco Fay came to introduce his wines to a diverse group of New Yorkers including a New Yorker born in India. I had a fun lively time talking about NYC politics and city living with these wonderful people.
The wines were delicious and Marco Fay was really easy on the eyes looking like a younger smaller Eric Bana. Like all wine makers I have encountered he take pride his wines, the land and history.
The wine maker hails from Consorizio Tutela Vini Valtellina and I was given this information....
"A valley surrounded by a tall and terrible mountains, it makes really powerful wines." In that brief but fundamentally exhaustive description, Leonardo Da Vinci summed up Valtellina when writing his "Codice Atlantico.""
We tasted three red wines all delicious with a depth and lightness I truly enjoyed and the all under 30 dollars. It was a success; rich wines with light food and Italian history.
The mayor won't cut NYPD post by Suzannah B. Troy
The mayor of New York, Mike Bloomberg, a man many consider the developer's mayor, not the peoples', has come to his senses, in the dollar and sense nightmare of an economic meltdown and massive lay-offs and cuts to come and the NYPD are no longer on the chopping block.
That is good to hear but the bottom line is the NYPD is the smallest it has ever been in NYC's history policing the largest NYC population ever so we don't need cuts but we also need more NYPD and high tech equipment with the tech- training to accompany preventing further terrorist attacks here in NYC.
Last night Notify NYC, the text messaging program I signed up for reported, "Due to police activity the RFK/Tri-Boro Bridge is closed in both directions. This morning I read in The New York Daily News that the police where investigating an abandoned u-haul. Drivers reported seeing a man flee. The Bomb Squad responded and X-rayed the u-haul and it was empty.
The NY Daily News has more background information on the Time Square Bomber and like the WTC bombers he had his share of disappointments and anger over U.S. policies in the middle east but as I recall the bombers that carried out suicide missions were upper middle to wealthy and had problems with women and spent their last night in a strip club. Shahzad the Time Square Bomber never intended to blow himself up and it is clear he did not come from poverty but also comfort. He is married and has a young daughter and The Daily News says they are possible in protective custody.
Everyone this time around is safe but this was a wake-up call and it is clear NYC needs more funding from Washington, D.C. if we are going to continue to try and stop attacks here in NYC. Here is my YouTube I made yesterday The Time Square Bomber Sings & New York holds up tin cup to The White House for Federal Funding.
Could you imagine if there was an APP on your phone to report suspicious packages, vehicles, etc. like the MTA ad campaign that the hero t-shirt vendor, Viet Nam Vet, Lance Orton actually quoted and followed to the T. It would be faster than 911 and you can send photos or in the case of the car parked in time square even run you phone over the registration code in the window like traffic ticketing police do. There is an APP for everything on state of the art phones these days, why not one for fighting terror attacks?
That is good to hear but the bottom line is the NYPD is the smallest it has ever been in NYC's history policing the largest NYC population ever so we don't need cuts but we also need more NYPD and high tech equipment with the tech- training to accompany preventing further terrorist attacks here in NYC.
Last night Notify NYC, the text messaging program I signed up for reported, "Due to police activity the RFK/Tri-Boro Bridge is closed in both directions. This morning I read in The New York Daily News that the police where investigating an abandoned u-haul. Drivers reported seeing a man flee. The Bomb Squad responded and X-rayed the u-haul and it was empty.
The NY Daily News has more background information on the Time Square Bomber and like the WTC bombers he had his share of disappointments and anger over U.S. policies in the middle east but as I recall the bombers that carried out suicide missions were upper middle to wealthy and had problems with women and spent their last night in a strip club. Shahzad the Time Square Bomber never intended to blow himself up and it is clear he did not come from poverty but also comfort. He is married and has a young daughter and The Daily News says they are possible in protective custody.
Everyone this time around is safe but this was a wake-up call and it is clear NYC needs more funding from Washington, D.C. if we are going to continue to try and stop attacks here in NYC. Here is my YouTube I made yesterday The Time Square Bomber Sings & New York holds up tin cup to The White House for Federal Funding.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Times Square Bomber sings post by Suzannah B. Troy
The Time Square bomber Faisal Shahzad is being cooperative with investigators and is a treasure trove of information as was the trail he left.
There are many questions that of course leave New Yorkers wondering for instance how did he buy a one way ticket in cash and even get on an airplane to Dubai let alone anywhere else. Remember Sept. 11, the 2nd terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan? Apparently the person who took his money did not remember Sept. 11 or to check the no fly list which supposedly his name had been entered on that morning. When someone purchases a one way ticket to Dubai no less it is certainly a red light...yes? It was also reported he had a gun in his car parked in the lot of the airport. How did he purchase that gun?
I am an artist and I consider my life performance art. I am an emotional nudist. I let it all hang out and usually like a stand up comic. Example: When mayor Mike Bloomberg says "progress" he means get the moving van! When I read The New York Times front page article on the trail Faisal Shahzad left, I could not help feeling alarmed as in "TMI"...TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!! I am glad the powers that be held back just a little but does the press really need access to almost all inside information to share with us and the terrorists reading these articles?
In the meantime New York City apparently is the hot spot for terror attacks and wannabe terrorists eager to make a name for themselves like a serial killers on a bigger scale but we, NYC, can't seem to get the support of The White House for the Federal funding that we have more than proven with how many thousands of people mass murdered, destruction of Lower Manhattan yet to be rebuilt and I will leave out the economy because here in NYC, I blame that collapse of our economy on the greed, stupidity and arrogance of Wall Street and the mayor's reckless equally arrogant, greedy, reckless tsunami of community crushing development along with some of the greediest, arrogant self serving politicians that are suppose to be representing the people of New York rather than their self serving agendas and egos.
One example currently in play is the fact Albany has still not balanced the budget which was suppose to be done April 1. The accusations that Pedro Espada has stolen $14 million dollars of tax payer money, and the successfully prosecution of one city council member Miguel Martinez, Larry Seabrook's senior staff and Kendall Stewar's for stealing tax payer and on going investigation in to some city council members that I am praying will bring high profile arrests at City Hall. I can't blame the terrorist for the bad economy -- that is self-inflicted.
The Time Square bomber is singing and that is good but The White House has to wake up and give NYC, the number one hot spot, the support we need.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
NY from terrorism to budget catastrophe post by Suzannah B. Troy
There are many unanswered questions that arise with the news the terror suspect has been arrested and so far he says he acted alone. The NYPD foiled his primitive attempt and the fast action that lead to doing so was the most primitive action in fighting terrorism, not high tech equipment but two humble T-shirt vendors that happen to also be Viet Nam Vets.
So why doesn't NYC have more federal money to fight terrorism? NYC has had two terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and it is clear we are a target. These issues evoke a lot of unanswered questions....
Ditto for the catastrophic budget crisis that seems to be getting little press these days. More unanswered questions. We may find ourselves in a depression instead of a recession if Albany continues to fail to get their act together.
Also unanswered questions for Mike Bloomberg and two scandals that have touched him...one ever so lightly -- the Steve Rattner Quadrangle pension fund scandal. Steve Rattner thought by moving Mike's 6 billion dollars out of Quadrangle to a new fund with a new name not released or rather I haven't heard
that Rattner was home free, free from the pension fund scandal. Instead the scandal like a bomb, blew up on him, solely. or soulless according to the back door dealings and hand washing and he got full blame. Quadrangle disavowed him. To date Mike Bloomberg has not had a response to this. Last time I heard one was when Bloomberg was asked if Rattner should have to step down from his job at the White House and Mike said no. So did President Obama but Rattner was forced to step down although he said it was to spend more time with his family here in NYC.
Steve Rattner is also suppose to be best friends with the owner of The New York Times. He has many powerful friends and he and his wife a big time fund raisers but still the rules apply to everyone, at least in theory they do.
Lastly, I wish we could go to the DA's website and get up to the minute details on how the investigation in to the mysterious spending the day before Mike Bloomberg bought his third term. There is the mystery of $750,000 that Mike Bloomberg and his people cannot explain and to a group that did not get legally certified until after the election. Oops.
There is also a mysterious cyber stalker, identity thief on YouTube that has been harassing me and other YouTubers critical of Mike Bloomberg and his most recent comments are on Bloomberg, NYU and bio-tech even lying and saying I sold out and support Mike Bloomberg and NYU and we know this isn't true. Will Cy Vance one day be investigating this case as well? Is this stalker a paid worker hired by Bloomberg's ruthless over paid campaign staff that took obscene amounts of money from Mike Bloomberg only to humiliate the mayor with the most expensive election and he barely won. Or is this a very lonely sick individual who stalks, harasses and steals people's identities and happens to have the belief of one of his many YouTube names "Bloombergforlife". Cy, talk to the Queen's Da. They have the YouTube comments and mail sent to me and others as Tony Avella when the cyber stalker stole Tony Avella's identity and folks, Tony is not a member of the YouTube community.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCtnc63csJQ
So why doesn't NYC have more federal money to fight terrorism? NYC has had two terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and it is clear we are a target. These issues evoke a lot of unanswered questions....
Ditto for the catastrophic budget crisis that seems to be getting little press these days. More unanswered questions. We may find ourselves in a depression instead of a recession if Albany continues to fail to get their act together.
Also unanswered questions for Mike Bloomberg and two scandals that have touched him...one ever so lightly -- the Steve Rattner Quadrangle pension fund scandal. Steve Rattner thought by moving Mike's 6 billion dollars out of Quadrangle to a new fund with a new name not released or rather I haven't heard
that Rattner was home free, free from the pension fund scandal. Instead the scandal like a bomb, blew up on him, solely. or soulless according to the back door dealings and hand washing and he got full blame. Quadrangle disavowed him. To date Mike Bloomberg has not had a response to this. Last time I heard one was when Bloomberg was asked if Rattner should have to step down from his job at the White House and Mike said no. So did President Obama but Rattner was forced to step down although he said it was to spend more time with his family here in NYC.
Steve Rattner is also suppose to be best friends with the owner of The New York Times. He has many powerful friends and he and his wife a big time fund raisers but still the rules apply to everyone, at least in theory they do.
Lastly, I wish we could go to the DA's website and get up to the minute details on how the investigation in to the mysterious spending the day before Mike Bloomberg bought his third term. There is the mystery of $750,000 that Mike Bloomberg and his people cannot explain and to a group that did not get legally certified until after the election. Oops.
There is also a mysterious cyber stalker, identity thief on YouTube that has been harassing me and other YouTubers critical of Mike Bloomberg and his most recent comments are on Bloomberg, NYU and bio-tech even lying and saying I sold out and support Mike Bloomberg and NYU and we know this isn't true. Will Cy Vance one day be investigating this case as well? Is this stalker a paid worker hired by Bloomberg's ruthless over paid campaign staff that took obscene amounts of money from Mike Bloomberg only to humiliate the mayor with the most expensive election and he barely won. Or is this a very lonely sick individual who stalks, harasses and steals people's identities and happens to have the belief of one of his many YouTube names "Bloombergforlife". Cy, talk to the Queen's Da. They have the YouTube comments and mail sent to me and others as Tony Avella when the cyber stalker stole Tony Avella's identity and folks, Tony is not a member of the YouTube community.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCtnc63csJQ
Bomb Suspect picked up at JFK posted by Suzannah B. Troy
The New York Post has full coverage on the Bomb Suspect being picked up at JFK as well as a photo and article on the teenager who unwittingly sold her car to the suspect.
New Yorkers are breathing a sigh of relief but clearly this only signals that NYC continues to be a terror hot spot and Washington has dropped the ball giving us the funding and support we need.
The front line work to thwart this cowardly terror attack came from the transit campaign to tell the NYPD if you
see something suspicious and a fast excellent response including by the NYPD Bomb Squad.
President Obama has to do more for New Yorkers. Many of us were left shaking our heads that he and Mike Bloomberg
did nothing to bail out St. Vincent's where many fire fighters were treated during the terror attacks and ran back
down...where the staff waited for victims to be brought to them and sadly there were not many survivors and here
we are again except for two quick thinking T-shirt vendors who happened to be Viet Nam Vets.
I am happy the NYPD, FBI and all involved have done such excellent work but this is a time to be humble, have our
feet on the ground and be extra alert because a primitive car bomb was prevented from going off but we are
far from safe.
Also note at the fore front of news should also be the fact Albany has still not balanced the budget and it is
a major catastrophe which means massive cuts and lay-offs that could officially take NY from a
recession to a depression. See my YouTube interview with Dan Halloran on what happens if Albany does
not get this budget balanced by this summer.
Right now by the way we have the smallest amount of NYPD ever policing the greatest number of New Yorkers,
plus the high volume of people that visit each day for work and tourism which is why we need more
funding and higher technology to keep this city safe but yes I am very upset because we need money for
school programs, homeless, NY's most vulnerable, kids, seniors, etc.
From terrorism to this catastrophic budget crisis New York is even for tough times. New Yorkers continue to rise
to the challenges....
Monday, May 3, 2010
Time Square Manhole Explosion post by Suzannah B. Troy
Photo from this link and article click on this link but here is my unique take as an artist, activist, New Yorker blogger on a manhole explosion by Times Square a day after the Time Square Bomb Square.
Have you all forgotten the steam pipe explosion by Grand Central?
Read the article and you all know my take on this....welcome to king Mike Bloomberg's hideous new New York where he pushed a way too rapid tsunami of community crushing development on old New York's infrastructure.
We New Yorkers have grown used to the many man hole covers exploding, gas leaks, water main breaks like this one in the East Village where I called tv stations because it looked like the East River came to 2nd Avenue http://www.ny1.com/6-bronx-news-content/69978/east-village-water-main-break-leaves-thousands-without-water.
After since Mike Bloomberg and his reckless socialite mega millionaire city planner Amanda the people's Burden pushed this reckless development for their developer friends street conditions are hellish to down right deadly from explosions to holes so big in the streets and sidewalks it is amazing New Yorkers and visitors do not resemble war causalities and it has nothing to do with terrorism but the reckless stupidity and greedy that drove Wall Street to implosion.
Two Vets Time Square Heroes post by Suzannah B. Troy
I posted an early piece today and also yesterday how a street vendor and now it turns out it was two men did what we have been instructed to since Sept. 11 through ads in the subways, etc. if you see something suspicious alert the NYPD and they did just that. They are Viet Nam Vets so it was second nature to them.
They saved lives and we must remember them and do the same if we see anything that could be a bomb, etc.
http://newyorkfocus.blogspot.com/2010/05/bombing-suspect-caught-on-tape-post-by.html
Also here is one of my favorite postings because I tell you about the history of NYPD Bomb Squad and show you their very own YouTube!
http://newyorkfocus.blogspot.com/2010/05/time-square-bomb-square-post-by.html
Lynn Redgrave dies post by Suzannah B. Troy
I was on the train when I got the text message from 1010 WINS that Lynn Redgrave passed away here in NYC now reported at her home in Connecticut Sunday night.She was surrounded by her family and past at home which is a peaceful and loving way to go after a 7 year battle with breast cancer. One of my all time favorite films is Georgy Girl which if you have not seen, you must! James Mason is superb as well as the supporting cast. Lynn Redgrave just shines and this somewhat chubby platinum hearted free spirit that the much olderand very rich Mason lusts for. I don't like watching The Oscars for many reasons and one is the winners often are not the most talented but the most popular. I often find myself saying he was robbed, she was robbed and
Lynn Redgrave was robbed of the Oscar for Georgy Girl.
Elizabeth Taylor beat her out for a powerful performance that year but I can't watch Elizabeth's performance
over and over and I can watch Lynn's performance over and over appreciated the subtleness and complexness of
her acting. It does upset me that over the years so many have picked
up Oscars and they did not deserve them. Lynn deserved to have an Oscar and
didn't get one. Lynn Regrave was a great actress of theatre and film. She had just deeply moved audiences here in NYC. I called Ken Geist , a writer and film expert to break the news and he was heartbroken.. He said a great loss for the Redgrave family and praised her speech to the audience remembering her years at the National Theatre with Noel Coward as spoke -- she impersonated Noel Coward, Maggie Smith and Edith Evans. Ken told mshe did this at Carnegie Hall honoring the Noel Coward Centennial and also last year in her powerful performance at The Manhattan Theatre Club. She was also an advocate for the right for women to breast feed in public and took on CBS. Gloria Allred jumped on board to be her lawyer and than backed out which is hard to believe. It is hard to believe the powers that be would not let her breast feed on the tv set of "House Calls". It was a long drawn out case and she had to part ways with other law firms but the bottom line is breast feeding Mom's in Hollywood are treated with respect now and honored but the battle took years, cost Lynn Redgrave a lot of money and being a courageous outspoken woman rather than a "barbie doll" makes getting worker harder. People aren't always eager to higher woman that rock the boat Lynn Redgrave had lost her niece, Natasha Richardson last year in a shocking accident that took her young life and cut short the career of another much loved actor in the family dynasty including Natasha's Mom, Vanessa and their father Michael. Lynn and Vanessa's brother died only a short time ago as well so the family has had their share of loses. Rest in peace dear Lynn, a great actor, advocate and I imagine a true friend to anyone lucky enough to call her friend.
