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should instead be prepping for military service #tootallmcgraw

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@professlou @enforcelawsNYC Oh, we pay. What I have a problem is subsidizing public transportation for people who CAN afford to pay $12 a ride. The people who can’t ALSO seem to work for the people who CAN. Yes, Working Poor Immigrants seem to work for people too vain to see how conservative they are.

@_ROTE_ @enforcelawsNYC I know this is going to be hard for you to swallow but YOU choose your lifestyle. If you don't like it, change it. Everyone else doesn't need to cater to you.

@professlou @enforcelawsNYC No- some of us live in the material world. Some of us cross two rivers, or work odd shifts. We’re not just your un-taxed Domestic Help, or the busser in your restaurant curb shanty. We’re not Laptop Class non-profiteers doing social media seeding for NGOs and Planners #Capture

@enforcelawsNYC Only because they have no other choice. Well, some are just stupid

@BartGonnissen Rumsfeld brought us Nutrasweet and Depleted Uranium Tank Weapons and Hegseth brought us a defunct Bear Stearns and an Express Security Agreement, paid for with Stable Coins.

Mike is right... and again ..W...T....F

@GovKathyHochul Lies- a 2024 FHV Insurer default was paid for by all insured, at the direction of NYC. Then the City passed a law limiting FHV liability insurance to $100K (twice the State minimum). Are you saying lawyers and courts are corrupt? Why would I ever serve on a NYS jury?

We’re cracking down on car insurance fraud and putting money back in your pocket. Period.

@DannyDrinksWine Holy crap. No, I mean I got to see this when it came out, got to hear stories from Ken Kelsch, worked with his childhood friend and Key Grip- but what you are saying informs Dangerous Game in a way I’ve never thought of before- Madonna as Lorraine Braco: youtu.be/a4_OxNTF0qE?si…

Abel Ferrara explains how Harvey Keitel completely changed the "Comedic" tone of "Bad Lieutenant" (1992) to a "nightmarish" tone because of his breakup with Lorraine Bracco: "Interviewer: Many people think of that film as your masterpiece. Had you ever worked with Keitel before then? Ferrara: : I didn't know him from Adam. Christopher Walken was supposed to play the part of the lieutenant. Then he says, "You know, I don't think I'm right for it." Which is, you know, a fine thing to say, unless it's three weeks from when you're supposed to start shooting. It definitely caught me by surprise. It put me in terminal shock, actually. Interviewer: Are you saying that Keitel prepared for that role in three weeks? Ferrara: Actually, when we gave him the script the first time he read about five pages and threw it in the garbage. Luckily, Victor Argo, the actor, convinced him to give it a second chance. So in a way, Walken's leaving was good timing. Because right at that point in his life, Harvey really needed an opportunity to play a lead role. He needed to work on something he could relate to. And this film came around right as he was splitting up with his wife, Lorraine Bracco. She had just gotten nominated for an Academy Award for 'Goodfellas' (1990). And up till then, he'd basically dedicated his life to her career — he'd practically retired from acting to help her — and suddenly she takes off with the director! He was in total agony. Interviewer: It certainly comes through. Ferrara: Let me tell you. When people break up with the love of their life, it's always traumatic. But with Harvey, everything is the most traumatic. So that was the most traumatic breakup in the history of the world. And you see it in the movie. Originally, 'Bad Lieutenant' wasn't written to be quite as nightmarish and hellish – originally it had some humor in it. Interviewer: Can you give me an example of how it changed with Keitel in the lead? Ferrara: Take the scene where he pulls over the two girls in their father's car. With Walken as the lead, the lieutenant was going to end up dancing in the streets with the girls as the sun came up. They'd be wearing his gun belt and hat, and they'd have the radio on, you know what I mean? But oh my god, Harvey, he turned it into this whole other thing. Interviewer: In the movie, he forces the girls to talk dirty while he m@sturb@tes in the driver's window. Ferrara: Yeah, he just whipped it out. And that was his live-in babysitter in the car! I said, "You sure you want to do this with your babysitter?" He says, "Yeah, I want to try something." [laughs] Interviewer: Did you consider that shocking at the time? Ferrara: I didn't even know it happened! One take. 'Bad Lieutenant' was a low-budget movie - we didn't even have video assists. Interviewer: So you were lucky to have the camera at the right angle. Ferrara: I know. God forbid he moved an inch. But that's what's great about guys like Harvey and Chris. Try taking the camera off them — they were born in frame." (Abel Ferrara's interview with Cory Reynolds, 2002) P.S: On this day, 34 years ago, "Bad Lieutenant" (1992) premiered at the Broadway Screening Room, New York.

TWU Local 100’s contract demand handoff was yesterday. Let’s remind management about the importance of negotiating in good faith and the consequences of attempting to penny pinch when it comes to our contact: #FlashbackFriday to when the TWU, led by our founder Michael J. Quill, shut down the city in 1966 after being provoked by New York City Transit’s bad faith negotiation practices. As a result Quill and other union officers were jailed. Quill memorably told the judge in charge of negotiations to “drop dead in his black robes” and only 12 days later the TWU won a contract settlement worth an estimated $43 to 70 million in 1966–more than any prior New York City Transit contract. This meant a 15% wage increase spread across two years. Despite Quill passing away two weeks after the strike ended, the demonstrated power of the union would force incoming Mayor John V. Lindsay to recognize the collective power of transit workers as a powerful force. Lindsay agreed to another large package in 1968. This contract provided retirement at half pay after 20 years of service after age 50, allowing senior workers and many early TWU members to retire. #WeMoveNY #UnionStrong #UnionSolidarity #WhenWeFightWeWin @transportworker @aflcio @CentralLaborNYC

@d4doome In NY, there’s a slew of subsidies that any business can apply for. But what we really need is the product itself. How to get Guaranteed Cash has always been a problem.

Bad idea. The next step would be state subsidies. If they have a product that people aren't buying let them go broke.

@RaceCanada_ca It makes me think of the scene in Frankenheimer’s Grand Prix when Yves Montand goes over the wall at Monza.

@_ROTE_ This has disaster written all over it.

Neither of these cars are Jackie Stewart. I don't know why this is so hard.

@FreightAlley Student Trucking companies turn over their fleets every 6 months or so, when being insurable means a year of experience. If truck drivers are a commodity, there is a supply chain, an upstream and a downstream, no? “A CDL is worth its weight in gold” implies becoming the worth.

Anyone want to take the "driver shortage" discussion? I am tired of having to clear the record - there is no perpetual driver shortage.

@CBS6Albany @RegionalPlan calls it capture.

Gov. Hochul announces nearly $350M to create, preserve 750 affordable homes across NY More: bit.ly/3PZrrwF

BREAKING: Iran says the strait is closed. BREAKING: Trump says the strait is open. BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open. BREAKING: Bloomberg says 3 ships crossed. BREAKING: Iran says those 3 ships are Iranian. BREAKING: Maersk says it needs clarity. BREAKING: The strait is a philosophical concept at this point. BREAKING: A fourth ship attempts to cross. BREAKING: The fourth ship turns around. BREAKING: The fourth ship's captain says he "needed to think." BREAKING: Insurance for the fourth ship is now $47M. BREAKING: The fourth ship is still thinking. BREAKING: Trump posts on Truth Social that Hormuz is "TOTALLY OPEN, BEAUTIFUL, LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN." BREAKING: 800 ships remain trapped in the Gulf. BREAKING: Trump posts again that this is Biden's fault. BREAKING: Iran announces tolls of $2M per ship. BREAKING: Iran announces tolls must be paid in crypto. BREAKING: Iran has not specified which crypto. BREAKING: Someone on CT says it's XRP. BREAKING: XRP is up 34%. BREAKING: It is not XRP. BREAKING: Russia and China veto the UN resolution on Hormuz. BREAKING: Russia proposes an alternative resolution. BREAKING: The alternative resolution does not mention Hormuz. BREAKING: Nobody is surprised. BREAKING: Israel bombs Lebanon. BREAKING: Iran says this violates the ceasefire. BREAKING: Trump says the ceasefire does not cover Lebanon. BREAKING: Netanyahu says the ceasefire does not cover anything Netanyahu is currently doing. BREAKING: Ceasefire is now 11 hours old. BREAKING: Iran closes Hormuz again. BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open. BREAKING: Trump floats joint US-Iran toll venture to manage the strait. BREAKING: The White House clarifies Trump was "just thinking out loud." BREAKING: Iran says it will consider the proposal. BREAKING: Trump says Iran's 10-point peace plan is "not good enough." BREAKING: Trump says it is "a workable basis." BREAKING: Both statements were made within the same hour. BREAKING: 20,000 seafarers are still trapped on ships inside the Gulf. BREAKING: The IMO says the priority is evacuation. BREAKING: Iran says passage requires "coordination with armed forces." BREAKING: Nobody has coordinated with the armed forces. BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open. BREAKING: The strait remains closed. BREAKING: This is day 41. BREAKING: We will keep you updated.

@JohnDMacari @TheFinestCast Police should be held to a higher standard than criminals. No remorse, stricter sentencing (not activism).

🚨NYC officials want it both ways🚨 They want to: • Lower the prison population • Stop prosecuting repeat violent offenders • Allow known public safety threats to remain on the streets • Push a full “de-carceral” agenda But in the same breath, they are celebrating sending an NYPD Sergeant , who poses no danger to anyone to prison for 3–9 years, for attempting to apprehend a fleeing suspect. Rapists & pedophiles do not get that long in prison. Let that register. Violent, repeat offenders cycle through the system with little or no consequences, but a cop trying to do his job gets years behind bars. That’s not reform it’s a contradiction. At CompStat today, on the same day their former sergeant is being sentenced to prison, for attempting to apprehend a fleeing suspect on a moped, Bronx Narcotics is getting praised for the amount of arrests they’re bringing in. Even more disturbing is at the same time NYC Council & the Mayor is pushing for no bike enforcement, @NYPDChiefOfDept Mike LiPetri is praising the moped enforcement unit and pushing for more moped enforcement. I hope all of you in Compstat today were thinking of Sgt. Duran and his wife & kids before rushing to tell your troops to engage in more of this, but I doubt it. For those of you apathetic souls saying “when were we trained to throw a cooler ?” let me ask “when were you trained to stop a suspect fleeing on a moped ?” If you wouldn’t throw a cooler, because you’re not trained to do so why would attempt to apprehend a suspect fleeing on a moped as your are also not trained to do that. Since Bronx narcotics along with many other members of the NYPD clearly do not understand the message NYC is sending, let me break it down for you. NYC officials expect you to: Make arrests but not get physical. They expect you to apprehend resisting suspects but make ensure they are not injured or offended. They want you to be proactive but not use necessary force. They want you to enforce the law but understand you accept the risk and liability alone. NYC doesn’t want proactive policing. It wants the illusion of enforcement without the reality of police work. Sgt. Erik Duran will serve this sentence on his own. His family will be left to fend for themselves, no income, no health insurance and no husband or father around. That is his reward for doing what most people in society and many in the NYPD will never do, GOD’s work. A life was lost in a freak accident but putting Sgt. Duran in prison serves no legitimate purpose.

@InnaVernikov @NYCPBA @NYCCCommonSense @susanzhuangnyc @DMCarr @PhilWongNYC2025 @CMDarleneMealy I’m guessing the perp plead out and the cop didn’t: No remorse, stricter sentencing (not activist behavior). Police should be held to a higher standard than criminals.

The judge who sentenced a GANG MEMBER to 9 MONTHS in prison after he BEAT A MAN TO DEATH just sentenced an NYPD veteran with no record of misconduct to 3-9 YEARS, as punishment for a split second judgement call made to protect his fellow officers. Our statement below:

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@ImMeme0 @ImpunityCity Nope- an impulsive move. His defense was BS.

🚨BREAKING: NYPD officer who threw a cooler at a fleeing drug dealer has been sentenced to 3–9 years in prison. In 2023, Sgt. Erik Duran was part of a drug sting in the Bronx when a suspect sped away on a scooter toward two officers making another arrest. Trying to protect them, Duran threw a cooler, knocking the suspect off the scooter and causing fatal head injuries. Despite an exemplary record, he was convicted of manslaughter. At sentencing, Judge Guy Mitchell rejected the defense that Duran was safeguarding his team. The judge stated that Duran should have simply let the suspect drive by, adding that "he could've been captured another day." This verdict and sentence represent a profound miscarriage of justice. Activist judges are sending officers who risk their lives to serve and protect to prison, while career criminals continue to terrorize NYC streets with little consequence. The conviction of Sgt. Duran sends a dangerous and unprecedented message: police officers can no longer risk prison for split-second decisions to protect their colleagues or the public. Instead, every suspect, no matter how dangerous or evasive, must be handled with kid gloves. This indefensible outcome undermines law enforcement morale and public safety. It is a shameful day for justice in New York.

@JoannAriola32 So it is okay to be just as impulsive as the perps. Copy. He got what he deserved.

Another travesty of justice. No MOS should lose their freedom for doing their job. This is just another way for the far left to defund and demoralize the police. The message this conviction and sentencing sent is - If you do your job of protecting and serving the people of this city, YOU are the one that will pay the price not the criminals. #backtheblue