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April 22, 2024
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated that the European
Union (EU) and NATO appear to be preparing for war. He stated that
many leaders in NATO are suffering from what he called "war
psychosis". He was referring to the Ukrainian-Russian war.
April 22, 2024
Today is the Jewish holiday of Passover.
April 21, 2024 The
New York City storefront vacancy rate is now 11.2%, which is up from
2019, when it was 6%.
April 21, 2024 The
African country of Chad has reportedly asked American Troops to
"stop their activities" at an air base near the capital of
N'Djamena. Many feel that this is a prelude to Chad asking the
Americans to leave Chad.
April 20, 2024
Hundreds of people in the Nigerian city of Agadez have protested the
U.S. Military presence in their country and are demanding that the
U.S. Military leave Nigeria.
April 20, 2024
According to the New York Post, a high school soccer game was forced
to cancel after a group of about 30 illegal migrant men refused to
leave the field, even after the police were called.
April 19, 2024 A
Florida man named Max Azzarello, 37 years old, has set himself on
fire, outside of the Trump hush money trail in lower Manhattan.
Witnesses say that he was completely engulfed in flames.
April 18, 2024
Shoplifting is making it difficult for many businesses to stay in New
York City. Basic goods, such as tooth paste are not being locked away.
Part of the problem is that shoplifters are no longer detained but
rather given desk summonses. So called "bail reform" has
allowed perpetual law breakers to avoid prison, if their theft is
below $1000 each time they shoplift.
April 18, 2024
Google quickly fired 28 employee's who had demanded that Google not
do business with the Israeli government. In prior cases of employee's
protesting, they normally protest for higher wages, better working
conditions or better benefits. It is very rare that employee's
protest who a company can do business with.
April 15, 2024
Today is Tax Day whereby every worker is required to file and pay
their annual Federal, State and City income tax. Income tax first
started in 1913.
April 15, 2024
Thousands of Japanese have flooded that streets in Tokyo protesting
WHO, WEF, Bill Gates and vaccinations. They do not want Japan to sign
the World Health Organization "Global Pandemic Treaty",
which the protesters say will limit Japan's souverenty.
April 15, 2024 The
World Economic Forum wants ICANN (the governing body on domain names)
to seize website domains that publish non mainstream content. Many
people say this is censorship.
April 14, 2024
According to reports, Iran's recent retaliation against Israel for
the attack and killing on the Iranian Embassy in Syria, consisted of
185 drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface to surface missiles
launched from Iran. All of the missiles used by Iran were apparently
outdated and according to some reports, do not represent a vast
stockpile of newer missiles in Iran's stockpile. Israel stated that
over 99% of the missiles fired at Israel were destroyed. A retired
Israeli general, Brigadier General Reem Aminoach, has stated that
Israel used over 1.3 billion dollars in missiles to stop this attack.
In addition, it is estimated that the United States, Great Britain
and France also spent in excess of 1.5 billion dollars to stop the
attack. The assumption is that had Iran launched a significantly
larger number of missiles, that the destruction level would have been
much greater. A patriot missile system costs over 1 billion dollars.
April 14, 2024
Israeli citizens are said to have been panic buying and some
supermarkets are said to have been shopped bare.
April 12, 2024
Reports have stated that Germany missile reserved are depleted since
they have given the missiles to the Ukraine.
April 12, 2024
Iran launched a massive missile attack on Israel in retaliation for
Israel's attack and killing of Iranian diplomats at their consulate
in Damascus Syria. Israel stated that over 99% of the missiles were
shot down.
April 9, 2024 It
is being reported that hundreds of bodies were found in a mass grave
at the Al-Shif Hospital in Gaza and that the Israeli's bulldozed and
buried the bodies.
April 9, 2024
According to Palestinian authorities, over 30,000 people have now
died as a result Israel's invasion of Gaza, with an additional 15,000
missing. Further the injury rate is now close to 100,000.
April 8, 2024
Eclipse in Upstate New York: From Mexico and all the way across the
United States, there was a total eclipse. The time of totality was
between 3 minutes and 3.5 minutes, depending upon the location. The
width of totality was about 109 miles/170km. In the case of News1.net
and Frank Didik, our telescopes were set up just north of Lake Placid
New York, about 300 miles/500km north of New York City. A total
eclipse is vastly different than a 99% eclipse. First, within just 4
seconds, the temperature dropped by 7 degrees Fahrenheit. During
totality, animals and insects were confused. We were set up by a lake
and immediately, the ducks, geese and loons could be heard screaming.
The totality was different than just being dark. The colors, for some
unexplained reason, seemed to shift. Further, our digital cameras did
not seem to function well and we had to rely on film cameras. It is
regrettable that we did not bring radio testing equipment. There are
articles written in the 1950's by Ham (short wave radio) operators
who wrote that the eclipse effected short wave communication.
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March 31, 2024 Today is Easter Sunday, for Catholics and many other
Christian groups, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. A
significant part of the Orthodox Christian world, however, celebrates
Easter on May 5.
March
23, 2024 Today is Palm Sunday for Catholics world-wide. Today is
also the Jewish holiday of Purim. In the Hsidic community, children
dress in costumes, similar to Holoween, however rather than asking
for candy, they ask for money. I was told that the average child
makes from $600 to $1,000!
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One of the leading citizens of the Satmar Hsidic
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March
27, 2024 The Baltimore bridge collapse has closed Baltimore harbor
which has been a major import port for motor vehicles. This collapse
underscores the vulnerability of American shipping ports to
unexpected events, such as this disaster. Six people are believed to
have died in the collapse
March
24, 2024 Squatter crisis. Seemingly out of nowhere, the country is
suddenly facing a Squatter crisis where knowledgeable people break
into homes and claim that they have a right to be there. Shockingly,
after a certain period of time, these trespassers gain certain rights
and the real home owner has to take the squatters to court, which may
take years and cost tens of thousands of dollars to try to get them
out. In New York City, a Squatter only has to be in the property for
28 days. There are cases of families returning home from a vacation
only to find out that someone is now living in their home!
March
23, 2024 Russia has detained 11 suspects in the Moscow concert hall
massacre that has killed over 133 people.
March
16, 2024 Parkinson's disease has vastly increased over the past 20
years. Some say that common pesticides used in the United States is
causing this increase.
March
15, 2024 President Vladimir Putin of Russia has won another 6 year
term by a huge majority.
March
14, 2024 The NYPD is now conducting random bag checks on the MTA
subway system. This is based on increase of subway crime and concern
of the migrant crisis.
March
14, 2024 The controversial and conservative alleged Catholic news
site "Church Militant" has agreed to pay a Catholic priest
$500,000 for running a story about him that apparently was without
proof. The site has also announced that they are closing down.
Pro-Palestinian /
Anti-Israel protest in Shibuya, Tokyo |
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This Japanese man
in Shibuya, Tokyo, is wearing a Donald Trump mask and is very much
for Trump for president, for a variety of perceived reasons. |
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A pro Ukraine,
anti Russian protest in Shibuya, Tokyo. Since the professionally
printed signs and numerous flags was a costly operation, one must
ask, who is funding this protest. |
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Protests
for and against various issues has gone global. Above are examples of
protests on the streets of Tokyo, Japan.
February
24, 2024 A U.S. Airforce member set himself on fire in front of the
Israeli Embassy in a protest to "free Palestine". This is
reminiscent of the Budist monk who killed himself in 1966 in Saigon
in protest of the Vietnam war.
February
18, 2024 It is reported that anti Christian threats and violence in
the United States has risen by a astounding 800% since 2018.
JAPAN UPDATE
Technology for 360
degree plus imaging. This camera however, was developed in China. |
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Many protests in
Tokyo, but by foreigners, not by or for Japanese! |
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Micro toy/model trains in Z gauge. Notice the pen in
the photo for size comparison. |
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National museum in
Ueno, Tokyo. This small, postcard sized flag was allegedly brought to
the moon on the Apollo 11 moon flight on July 20, 1969. |
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This small stone
was given to the Japanese people by NASA, after the said July 20,
1969 moon landing. Hopefully it is a real stone from the moon, unlike
a similar stone given by NASA to the Dutch people, that turned out
not to be from the moon, but rather a piece of petrified wood!! |
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This display is
alleged to be of early human beings. Science is the ability to test
and retest and always get the same results. If something can not be
tested, it falls under the domain of philosophy. Anything that ends
with "theory" is mere speculation and may or may not be
true. For example, the molecular theory, the theory of evolution or
theory of global warming, etc, etc. |
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Excellent for home
security...well not exactly. In Japan, it is almost impossible to buy
a gun. These are realistic looking replica's in a toy/train/model store! |
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In the opinion of this author, cars from the 1960's were a lot better
looking than cars from today. Shown is a 1966 Nassan/Datson. |
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The bi-annual famous Matsua Ginza classic film camera show. |
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February
11, 2024 Superbowl. In a surprising upset and comeback, the Kansas
City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in an overtime play. San
Francisco was in the first half winning 9 to 0.
February
11, 2024 Superbowl. It seems that the television commercials during
the super bowl are becoming more and more ridiculous. Sadly the half
time show has also fallen. Years ago, the halftime show was something
to look forward to. This year, the show lacked dynamics and was
lackluster to a number of people.
February
9, 2024 News commentator Tucker Carson interviewed Russian President
Vladimir Putin. The interview seemed drawn out to many, with
President Putin giving a long, detailed talk, for perhaps half of the
interview, on early Russian history, apparently truly to explain that
Russia and the Ukraine have always been together and have a thousand
year history of working with each other. There were no surprises in
the interview.
February
9, 2024 It seems that many countries are extremely critical of
Israel regarding the Israeli-Palestinian war. Turkish president
Tayyip Erdogan compared the Israeli attack on Gaza to World War 2
Nazi atrocities. It would seem that Israel has lost the propaganda
war and there is now fear that the current conflict may become a
regional war.
February
9, 2024 A Brazilian tourist was shot in the leg during a shoot out
between teenage illegal aliens and police, after the teenage illegals
was stopped from stealing from a local store. Illegal aliens in New
York City has significantly increased the rate of crime. Sadly, not
only is the USA southern border not protected, but illegals are
actually being paid and given debit cards of $1,000, that are
automatically refreshed every 28 days. Almost all Americans are
opposed to this obvious injustice.
February
7, 2024 Former President Donald J. Trump has said that if/when he is
back in office, he will deport millions and millions of illegal's who
have snuck into the country.
February
7, 2024 The controversial and highly unpopular Congestion pricing
toll, that was originally proposed by former Mayor Bloomberg, may
come into force in mid June and cost New Yorkers $15 to enter the
city, south of 60th street. Many feel that businesses will suffer,
Uber and taxi riders will pay more, deliveries will be more expensive
and that real estate values will decline and many other possible
downsides. News1.net recommends that the entire congestion pricing
plan be permanently abandoned.
February
5, 2024 The U.S. Department of Justice and the Attorney General of
the United States has issued a scathing report on both President Joe
Biden keeping secret documents as well as President Joe Biden's
cognitive ability. At one point the 332 page report refers to
president Biden as an old man with poor memory.
February
5, 2024 South Australian court rules employers who mandated Covid
vaccines can be held liable for injuries. So it begins. It is perhaps
only a matter of time that similar rulings will happen in the USA.
February
5, 2024 King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer. The nature
of his cancer was not disclosed, however there is a photograph of the
King in his car that looks as though he is under massive stress.
Prince Harry immediately rushed from the USA and visited his father.
They spoke for over an hour.
February
3, 2024 Polish president Andrzej Duda has stated that the Crimea is
historically Russian and he further expressed doubts that Kiev would
be successful in trying to take back that region.
January
19, 2024 Japan has landed on the Moon with a space craft called
"Slim" or Smart Lander for Investigating Moon. Japan has
become the fifth country to land a craft on the Moon. Prior to this
achievement, The Soviet Union was the first to land (or crash) a
human made craft in 1959, followed by soft landings by again the
Soviet Union, followed by the United States, and many years later,
China and India. The United States is said to be the first to land
people on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
January
19, 2024 The controversial American actor Alec Baldwin has been
charged by a New Mexico grand jury of involuntary manslaughter over
the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021.
January
19, 2024 U.S. home sales have had the worse year since 1995.
Swiss update. Switzerland
is beautiful, with its spectacular natural beauty and some of it's
architecture, but if you rent a car, be very careful of their speed
cameras. Going just 2km (1.5 miles per hour) above the speed limit
can result in hefty fines. Switzerland today, is not the monolithic,
sophisticated culture it was, just a few years ago. Much has changed.
They have allowed in significant immigration that has changed the
original Swiss culture.
January
17, 2024 The United States Army has removed it's highly
controversial LGBT recruitment commercial that it put out in 2022
amid drastically reduced number of new recruits.
January
17, 2024 "Having children is saving the world" said Elon
Musk. This phrase is now being used on a billboard by a diaper
company, in Times Square. It is true that at 3:30PM, most American
playgrounds are empty and very few couples are getting married and
having families. This is an industrial world phenomenon. The cause of
this is complex. Women are encouraged to seek careers first, and
often this means that they lose the opportunity to meet a man to have
a family with. Further, some say that general selfishness prevents
families, while others say that the collapse in the relative standard
of living and salaries in the industrial world, are to blame. In the
United States, men often think twice before getting married since
there is a perception that the court systems are anti-men and if a
divorce should occur, men are forced to pay significant amounts of
money to women under the guise of excessive child support.
January
17, 2024 Photographs of United Airlines CEO, Mr. Scot Kirby, dressed
as a woman, have been circulating on social media sites. This writer
was on a flight from Tokyo to New York in June, 2024, and noticed
what is believed to have been a Transgender Stewardess.
January
17, 2024 The World Economic Forum meeting in Davos Switzerland is
advocating greater news censorship in the guise of reducing
"Mis-information". Be confident that News1.net should be
the goal post in news accuracy. Further, we are willing to assist
other news agencies to censor all news that we do not agree with.
January
17, 2024 Pope Francis sent a message to the World Economic Forum
meeting in Davos Switzerland praising their goals. His message is
somewhat unusual in that he did not mention religion, or Jesus and
nor did he mention abortion which is strongly advocated by the WEF.
Boat Show in New York City. Imagine, a power boat the
shape of a Fiat 500!
January
16, 2024 President Putin of Russia declared that the U.S. 2020
election was falsified and that Donald Trump won the election.
January
16, 2024 Dimitry Medvedev, the vice president of the Russian
security council has stated that the Ukraine will be erased from the
map and will join the Russian Commonwealth. He further added
"better life in Russia than death".
January
16, 2024 It was announced that since Roe vs Wade, which was
overturned in 2022, 65,464,760 abortions has occurred in the United States.
January
15, 2024 There are massive protests in Warsaw Poland against the new
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk who the protesters say wants to
destroy Polish culture by importing large numbers of non Slavic, Non
Polish, non-Christian immigrants, who they claim is pushing LGBT
"propaganda" and who they say is a puppet of the west and
the World Economic Forum. Estimates say the protestors numbered over
300,000 people.
January
13, 2024 Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has
married he long term live in boyfriend. They already share a child
together. Under Ardern's rule, New Zealand had some of the strictest
laws limiting almost all freedoms under the guise of protecting the
population from the alleged Covid dangers.
January
13, 2024 Mr. Gonzalo Lira, the well known United States alternate
news journalist, jailed in the Ukraine for allegedly saying things
that the Ukrainian government did not like, has died in prison. Mr.
Lira's father stated that he was tortured to death and that the
United States government did nothing to secure his freedom. Mr. Lira
was 55 years old.
January
13, 2024 Former President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has
won the Iowa Republican caucus by a huge margin, said to be the
largest in Republican history.
January
11, 2024 The New York City Department of Buildings have issued a
vacate order to the synagogue with the illegal tunnel. The buildings
department has ordered that an engineer be hired to determine how to
upgrade a structure and if necessary, fill in the illegal tunnel.
January
9, 2024 Illegally dug 60 foot long tunnel between the headquarters
of the Jewish Chabad Lubavitch global headquarters in Crown Heights
Brooklyn and a smaller adjacent building. The tunnel was apparently
dug by radical, young Orthodox Jews from Israel to expand the size of
the synagogue, without permission of the Rabbi or the higher ups.
When the tunnel was discovered, the Rabbi ordered that the tunnel be
filled and the young radicals objected. Police were called and a riot
ensued with a number of young Orthodox men being arrested. This is an
evolving story.
January
7, 2024 Today is Christmas day for many Orthodox Christian groups,
using the Julian Calender. It is also the Epiphany or Three Kings day
for most of the other Christian/Catholic groups.
January
7, 2024 Ukrainian President Zelensky has banned the Ukrainian
Orthodox Christian Church and has ordered that their Christmas be
celebrated on December 25, as listed in the Gregorian Calender,
rather than January 7, as listed in the Julian Calender. President
Zelensky is of Jewish background.
January
4, 2024 Automobile sales data shows that the sale of Electric
Vehicles is slowing down. It is believed that the long charging times
or 1 hour for a 40% charge or 8 hours for a full charge, plus limited
range and high initial cost plus a lower resale price is contributing
to the decline in electric vehicle sales.
January
4, 2024 Reports/rumors have been floating around the Ukraine stating
that the Ukrainian government is considering exempting high earners
from military draft. During the U.S. Civil War, it was possible for a
drafted person to be exempt from military service in the North, if
they could find someone to take their place or if they paid a fee of
$200. In the 1860's, $200 was the average yearly income for the owner
of a farm.
January
1. 2024
Happy New Year! Wishing all of our readers peace, health and
happiness throughout the new year.
Happy
2024!
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PRIOR
YEARS
An excellent selection of photographs
and commentary, primarily from
New York City:
Main
Page and index to more recent months
2023
Full Year
2022
Full Year
Christmas
season 2021
Holloween
October
2021 September
October 2021
July
August 2021 Defeat
in Afghanistan, NYC Vax passport, new rules to prevent unvaccinated
from entering restuarants, social events
June
2021 New York Opens up for summer and about the Tokyo Olympics
Late
May 2021 NYC
is coming back to life.
Early
May 2021
Covid hysteria is dying down and people are beginning to live life
April
2021 NYC and the World
March
2021 Life
in NYC getting back to a new normal
February
2021 Snow,
cold, people getting used to the so called "New Normal".
Relative calm in NYC
January
2021
Protests around the United States including in Washington DC, NYC
Snow storms, eating outside in the cold in NYC
Christmas
Time 2020 Christmas
time 2020, election results between Donald Trump and Joe Biden,
Protests and more
Summer
and Fall 2020
Happenings around New York City in relative calm
May
and June 2020 Massive
protests, looting and rioting by the groups Antifa and Black Lives
Matter. Also shows the after effects of a boarded up city.
March
and April 2020
An empty, silent New York City from March and April, 2020
Earlier
months and years
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Index from around the world
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Opinion
Congestion
Pricing favors the upper income people and will
significantly reduce local business, while pushing middle class
drivers to shop elsewhere that does not have this burdensome tax.
Ultimately this will work against the city.
Subway
barriers: New
York, NY January 21, 2022 With falling and being pushed onto the
subway tracks becoming a daily occurrence, it is time to promptly
install subway barriers / gates on all 480 subway and elevated
stations. Frank Didik, who has been desperately pushing subway gates
to the MTA and other agencies since over a decade points out that
hundreds of people could have been saved over this period of time.
Further, thousands of people could have been spared hideous, life
transforming injuries, including by MTA workers. Further, the MTA
could have avoided paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in
liability, that could have already paid for the entire subway gate system.
Subway
Safety-Subway Gate Every year hundreds of people are
killed or severely injured when they fall onto the tracks of trains
and subways. The prevention is cost efficient and greatly reduces liability ...
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Greatly
reduce train noise A significant
amount of train noise is caused by the train wheels rolling over the
expansion joint of the tracks. This vibration creates noise,
vibrations, an less pleasant ride and also reduces the life cycle of
the train. The solution is relatively simple and cost effective..read
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Cell
Phone Etiquette
Advice for the modern person -
December 9,
2016 read
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Time
to Rethink Bike Lanes
Advice for bicyle based cities
- August
3,
2016 read
more
From the right,
Frank Didik, Dr. Eric Bitterman, Chairman of Deutche Welle, Dr.
Jachem Reppmann, and publisher Walter at the Von Steuben formal event
in New York City. Though Frank Didik does not have any German
background, he enjoys the inginuety and drive of the German people.
Frank
X. Didik with former NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and first lady Chirlane
McCray, at Gracy Mansion. Former
Mayor DeBlasio served two terms in office and then as per term
limits, had to leave office at the end of his second term. Mr
DeBlasio original birth name (May 8, 1961) was Warren Wilhelm Jr. and
later used the name Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm and then finally adapted
his mother's maiden name DeBlasio and today is commonly known as Bill
DeBlasio. Mr.DeBlasio was succeeded as mayor on Jnuary 1st, 2022 by
new mayor Eric Adams, who became New York City's 110 mayor.
Social
Media or Vanity Media With the development of the so
called smart phone, a new phenomenon of "social media" has
developed that caters to the vanity and inner ego of millions read
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Bicycle
Lanes favors the young and healthy, while inconveniencing
older citizens, drivers and delivery trucks. Further, for the most
part, they are rarely utilized during the winter months... read
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Fact
Checkers "Fact Checkers" present an opinion
rather than absolute fact. Further,
who will fact check the fact checkers"? Recently read
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A
reminder to fellow
citizens When
you walk down the street, just remember that every person who you
pass by, regardless of their race or physical appearance, or if they
are rich or poor, has their own goals and aspirations, trials and
tribulations and each person must be treated with basic respect and
dignity. It is essential to individualize and not generalize. Each
group has their good and bad and one must not fall into the trap of
assuming that everyone in a particular group is the same or thinks
the same. Sometimes in our rush or arrogance, we forget these basic truths.
DO
NOT DEFUND THE POLICE With
skyrocketing crime, it is clear that NYC must have an effective and
well funded NYPD otherwise we will be like the wild west.
Time
to start enforcing the laws covering motorcycles,
powered bicycles and powered scooters:
The laws covering
motor vehicles (gas, steam, electric), must be enforced including
having proper registration, insurance and make sure that the driver
has a proper drivers license and skill to drive the motorcycle. NYC
has become like the wild west. Here we see unregistered, uninsured,
motorcycles and their unlicensed riders, using the bicycle lane over
the Manhattan Bridge. Electric scooters are extremely dangerous but
are very popular. They really are unlicensed, unregistered
motorcycles. Originally the State of New York, Vehicle Traffic and
Safety Laws permitted human/motorized hybrid vehicles, primarily
wheelchairs, for disabled people, including veterans after the
Vietnam war. But now the rule is completely abused.
2023
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OP-ED
It is time
for the New York City to take action to control bicycles Lets
face it, the quality of life in New York City is suffering
from bicycles, electric powered bikes and scooters. The riders feel
that they are above the law or don't even know the law. These vehicle
almost without exception, never obey traffic laws, go through red
lights and even go through crosswalks while people are crossing. It
is time to start requiring all bicycles to have registration, and
clearly visible license plates, and insurance. If cars and trucks
have to "share the road" with bicycles, bicycles must also
pay their fair share and obey the law. read
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Share
the road: This NYC sign says "Share the road".
Good idea! Perhaps it is time for bicycle riders to obey traffic laws
and also pay a road tax, just as the car drivers have to do. Indeed,
share the road!
App based taxi ride services often block traffic
traffic while picking up customers. read
more
Is it wrong for
a company to make
a payment in order to protect the reputation of the company? Large
international companies often make payments for certain
"business expenses" such as ransoms paid to pirates to
release ships, kidnaping ransoms, or suppressing unfavorable news, or
paying off people who make false allegations and then deduct such
expenses as business expenses. The companies make a business decision
to determine if it is better to fight an allegation in court, that
may generate bad publicity and damage the company's reputation, even
if the allegation is completely false.
It is
essential to maintain law and order in New
York City There
has been a type of collapse of law and order in NYC. Shoplifting is
rampant, with little chance of punishment, even if caught.
Shoplifting is so prevalent that some stores have simply closed their
businesses. Unfortunately, the recent state law that removes the bail
requirement for many smaller crimes has given the green light to
criminals to continue their criminality.
Besides the
shoplifting and new bail rules, New York City has become like the
wild west when it comes to motorcycles. Today, very few motorcycles
seem to even have license plates, which means that they are probably
uninsured, unlicensed, and unqualified to even be riding. Further the
motorcycles rarely obey traffic laws and almost always go through red
lights, ride on the sidewalk or ride the wrong way down one way
streets. In the past, Police commissioner Bratton and others
maintained that by enforcing smaller regulations, the larger laws
also benefit.
We must have
reasonable police enforcement in New York City and certainly let us
not even consider reducing funding to the NYPD.
Vision
Zero is without vision. Is the well
intended Vision Zero New York City program started under former Mayor
DeBlasio to reduce pedestrian deaths from vehicles working? Some of
the actions taken was to reduce the speed limit in NYC from 30 miles
per hour to only 25 miles per hour. In addition, when the cross walk
light says walk, the traffic light for cars changes a few seconds
later, allowing pedestrians to start to cross before cars start. In
some areas, there has also been guides put on streets so that cars
must make a larger diameter turn. Has these measures work? Actually
these measures have not helped at all. Our speculation as to why
these measures have not worked are as follows. The crossing
pedestrians have come to take it for granted that the cars will
always allow them to cross and unfortunately, the pedestrians do not
look both ways. Further, many pedestrians are oblivious to their
surroundings because they are staring at their smart phones and do
not take a moment to carefully look to see if all is clear to cross
and also many pedestrians wear ear buds playing music or talking on
the phone that further reduces their attention to traffic. It should
be noted that many years ago, the brother of this writer was hit and
killed by a car.
Are
people really living longer today, than in the past? Time
and time again, we are told that people today liver longer than in
the past, but is this true? The answer is that people have about the
same life expectancy as people had 200 years ago. As proof, one only
has to go to a 200 year old cemetery, and look and see how old the
average person was when they passed on. You will find that the
average was between 75 and 85 years old. Also of interest, This
writer purchased an English cookbook from 1795 and discovered that
most recipe required heavy cream, butter or lard. Seed oil, such as
olive oil was very expensive and not widely used back then. Most
dishes were meat or dairy based with very little vegetables, since
vegetables were only available for a few weeks per year. They did
have dried vegetables and also jams. Many nutritionist today would
object to the diet of 200 years ago, but the fact is that as per the
tomb stones, people seemed to have lived as long then as they do
today. Life was arguably less stressful back then and also their work
day was not organized and the people probably worked considerably
less than today's 9 to 5 job. If we go back a thousand years, the
number of days people worked in the fields or work shops was much
less than today, being on average, 150 days per year because of the
numerous "Holy Days" or holidays! It is true that during
the industrial revolution, the factory workers were extremely over
worked, often working 12 to 14 hour days and lived under very dire
conditions. Essentially those workers were worked to death and thus
the average life expectancy did decline during that period.
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