He might not be constitutional, but at least our new Lieutenant Governor has good taste in restaurants:
This is my favorite restaurant, and I wouldn’t take the oath of office anywhere else.
I guess Ravitch will find out soon enough what the Albany restaurant scene is – I assume he is in for a let down.
Paterson’s surprise decision to appoint Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor, legally questionable as it is, works for the accidental incumbent…
The Senate’s sandbox pissing match isn’t Paterson’s fault, but it sure hasn’t helped him look any more gubernatorial. Or capable. Maybe that’s why the Governor himself* called me this evening to explain what a great idea it is to bypass the constitution and open state government up to a whole new level of lawsuits and stalemates. If anything, this latest move proves that not only do we need to elect an entirely new State Senate, we also need to seriously revamp the State Constitution.
* It was a robocall – you probably got one too.
Its not built yet – hell, ground hasn’t even been broken for it – but the Bushwick Inlet Park District Headquarters and Community Facility (aka the sloped green building that will go in front of the soccer field the City broke ground for yesterday) has won a design award from the Public Art Commission.
Today’s post article on stalled development sites has gotten a lot of play, but there really is no “news” there. Its pretty simple – Brooklyn was the center of speculative development (some of it ill-conceived) in New York City. Williamsburg/Greenpoint was the center of speculative development (some of it ill-conceived) in Brooklyn.
So guess which borough has the most stalled development sites?
Guess which neighborhoods have the most stalled development sites in that borough?
Duh.
Want real news? A huge percentage of development sites continue to be active, despite the miserable economy. Want man bites dog news? Since January 2009, a number of new developments have broken ground and are still going up.
I have no idea why all these projects are moving forward, but they are.
Hard fought, but I’d call it a draw.
I suggested that Yassky, Katz, Liu and Weprin settle the comptroller race by a game of four square. David was up for it – think of all the taxpayer matching money that would be saved.
Greenpoint is ground zero for counterfeit Mister Softee trucks.
Conway [of the real Mister Softee] said he spotted the trucks parked in a junkyard as he was going over the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge in Brooklyn. The environment, he said, was unsanitary for a food truck and “it makes us look bad from head to toe.”
The latest on the Broadway Triangle, the Lopez and Markey bills and the Catholic church. Aaron Short owns this story.
PS – Now that it finally has content online, yournabe.com has upgraded it web design. Its still a UI nightmare, but at least its one circle of hell removed from the old version. Keep trying, folks.
The Times takes a walk around South Williamsburg and finds an “anachronistic pleasure” (they also can’t tell Grand Avenue from Grand Street, but hey, they don’t get out to these parts much).
Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Deerhunter and Mission of Burma, to name a few. And all free.
I understand not running for reelection as a prelude to mounting a presidential campaign, but quitting midstream? Quitting midstream through your first executive position above the municipal level?
Strange.
