If I were living in New York City, and looking to rent for $500 a month, I’d be in less than 200 square feet of squalor. Even if I were a neurosurgeon, making a half-million a year, I’d be lucky to be able to afford a house like this in NYC: DESCRIPTION: STATELY BRICK MANOR Read More
One of the dirty little secrets that the incumbents don’t want to talk about is the world of hurt that our safety forces are about to encounter. Thanks to a pension plan that began years ago, a whole bunch of our senior staff are all going to retire in droves starting next year. All that Read More
This isn’t a post about education. It’s about access to the data infrastructure. My friend David E. Bowman tweeted about the “Long tail of City’s” where access to data was discussed. That took me over to the IBM smarter cities site where they have this synopsis: A city is not some abstract organizational entity, but Read More
If it doesn’t rain, tonight is your last chance to see “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” in South Park. Show starts at 8, come a bit early if you want a good spot for a chair- blankets guarantee a front row seat. It’s 90 minutes of fun. ADDITION: If in it rains- it will be held Read More
It’s not often that I quote myself in posts, but for this one, it seems appropriate- I wrote this back in January. I dedicated to F.B.- who didn’t make it out of the hospital, R.I.P. You are missed. Here is the excerpt: Rooming houses, the regulated and inspected type, aren’t that much different from hotels Read More
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