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Eric Adams scolds NYC big banks for remote work amid COVID surge: 'Can't run New York City from home'

New York City Mayor Eric Adams scolded big banks for sending their Big Apple-based employees back to remote work amid the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant, asserting that the financial powerhouses "can't run New York City from home."
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I speak with these folks on a regular basis. Pretty difficult when they have ALREADY LEFT the city and set up in a more friendly and safe environment. And without the bank paying more, they already received a 15-20% net cash increase in their personal economy!
 
LOL, Elon Musk's Starlink Internet dishes have heating elements to keep off ice and snow in the winter

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Manhattan's newly elected DA, Alvin Bragg, has ordered prosecutors to stop seeking prison sentences for most offenses, and to downgrade felony charges in cases which include armed robberies and drug dealing, according to the New York Post.

More via the Post:

Bragg’s memo also detailed the following instructions for prosecutors to reduce charges filed by cops in various cases:
  • Armed robbers who use guns or other deadly weapons to stick up stores and other businesses will be prosecuted only for petty larceny, a misdemeanor, provided no victims were seriously injured and there’s no “genuine risk of physical harm” to anyone. Armed robbery, a class B felony, would typically be punishable by a maximum of 25 years in prison, while petty larceny subjects offenders to up to 364 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
  • Convicted criminals caught with weapons other than guns will have those felony charges downgraded to misdemeanors unless they’re also charged with more serious offenses. Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a class D felony, is punishable by up to 7 years behind bars.
  • Burglars who steal from residential storage areas, parts of homes that aren’t “accessible to a living area” and businesses located in mixed-use buildings will be prosecuted for a low-level class D felony that only covers break-ins instead of for more serious crimes. Those more serious crimes, class B and class C felonies, would be punishable by up to 25 and up to 15 years in prison respectively.
  • Drug dealers believed to be “acting as a low-level agent of a seller” will be prosecuted only for misdemeanor possession. Also, suspected dealers will only be prosecuted on felony charges if they’re also accused of more serious crimes or are actually caught in the act of selling drugs. That felony would mean facing up to seven years behind bars.
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thank God I now only cross into the 5 boroughs 2 or 3 times a year to visit friends in Richmond county, and the Queens and Bronx zoos.
 
First, I am of 100% Italian descent, since all of my grandparents went through Ellis Island and originally lived in either Brooklyn or 'da Bronx...

A wise philosopher, my son, once remarked, "Dad, if stereotypes aren't accurate, how come their so funny?'"

My answer was, "You HIT the nail on the head."

Well today was stereotype city at the Kennebunk, Maine rest stop. A clean, white pickup truck (No Maine pickup truck is clean, especially on a rainy day) pulled in ahead of me with NY plates. Out came a mid-60ish gentleman with a brand new track suit and a pompadour hair cut. I immediately though, "Typical NY Guindaloon, bet he's from Brooklyn." He certainly could be an extra in "The Sopranos"...

Well when "Guido" ordered his snack at Starbuck, it was "I need "tree coughfees". "And your name sir?" "Antinny."

At this point I was almost dying from stifling laughing out load. Too bad it was cold and that track suit jacket was zipped up. I would have bet my entire 401(k) there would be multiple gold chains and a gold horn that would protect against malocchio.

The Admiral, also of 100% Italian ancestry, saw me laughing and commented, "If you looked like that, I'd never have dated you!!"
 
Roccus7 said:
First, I am of 100% Italian descent, since all of my grandparents went through Ellis Island and originally lived in either Brooklyn or 'da Bronx...

A wise philosopher, my son, once remarked, "Dad, if stereotypes aren't accurate, how come their so funny?'"

My answer was, "You HIT the nail on the head."

Well today was stereotype city at the Kennebunk, Maine rest stop. A clean, white pickup truck (No Maine pickup truck is clean, especially on a rainy day) pulled in ahead of me with NY plates. Out came a mid-60ish gentleman with a brand new track suit and a pompadour hair cut. I immediately though, "Typical NY Guindaloon, bet he's from Brooklyn." He certainly could be an extra in "The Sopranos"...

Well when "Guido" ordered his snack at Starbuck, it was "I need "tree coughfees". "And your name sir?" "Antinny."

At this point I was almost dying from stifling laughing out load. Too bad it was cold and that track suit jacket was zipped up. I would have bet my entire 401(k) there would be multiple gold chains and a gold horn that would protect against malocchio.

The Admiral, also of 100% Italian ancestry, saw me laughing and commented, "If you looked like that, I'd never have dated you!!"
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Probably from Bostin' with plates registered in Newyorkistan

up to bury the bodies in Maine :)
 
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