New York dumped more than 2,000 subway cars into the Atlantic, and 26 years later the seafloor around them looks nothing like before
https://www.vozpopuli.com/indux/en/new-york-dumped-more-than-2000-subway-cars-into-the-atlantic-and-26-years-later-the-seafloor-around-them-looks-nothing-like-before/8159/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
Mayor Mamdani says he has balanced NYC's budget, will not raise property taxes
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46769531
"'Today, after three more months of painstaking work, I am proud to announce that we have closed the gap entirely down to zero. It has not been easy, but we have balanced the budget, and we have done so without placing the burden on the backs of working New Yorkers,' Mamdani said.
That remaining $5.4 billion has been filled with $4 billion in aid from Albany and $1.77 billion in savings, mostly through efficiencies and not filling vacant positions. Mamdani said he wouldn't tap into the city's "rainy day fund" to balance the budget."
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-budget-zohran-mamdani-property-taxes/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
Traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck driving above the speed limit or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. It belongs to an NYPD cop.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/to-protect-and-swerve-nypd-cop-has-527-speeding-tickets-yet-remains-on-the-forceOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1035330
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-truck-drive-spent-20-years-making-this-astonishing-scale-model-of-every-single-building-in-new-york-city-180988443/Open linkView original on lemmy.world