...should've had sock puppets.

Here's my little video with all my precious thoughts and feelings.

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MTA Service Cuts...For the Greater Good

This is a post from the blog BushwickBK about how subway and bus service changes will effect Bushwick. The news is good and bad. The MTA proposal can be viewed here.

My last one wasn't about New York

This one is.

Hmong Hunting Radio Show

This is the link

wanna be in government?

Spring Semester Internship with

Manhattan Community Board One

Time commitment:

Approximately 6-10 hours / week

Attending community meetings when possible

Description of responsibilities:

Approximate breakdown of responsibilities

50% administrative support

50% independent project

Interns would be expected to assist staff in answering phones, addressing constituent issues, and organizing materials for meetings. Long-term projects under the direct supervision of staff may require researching a specific issue within the community, gathering data, speaking with representatives at governmental offices, working with Community Board members, and attending several community meetings. Attendance of full board meetings will also be encouraged.

Initially, time will be spent learning about local government in New York City, the role and responsibilities of Community Boards; and about present day issues in the district. Interns will also be expected to work on a long-term independent project through the semester.

Internship is unpaid but can be used to satisfy course or school requirements.

Skills and qualities desired in a candidate:

* High school or college student living or attending school in the district;

* Interested and enthusiastic in learning about local government and potentially considering a career in government or nonprofit in the long term;

* Competent with Microsoft Office suite and a Windows operating system; and

* Highly skilled in time management

* Able to work independently

To Apply:

Send a cover letter and resume to Yume Kitasei at ykitasei@cb.nyc.gov. If you have any questions, you can also call (212) 442-5054.

Community Board #1-M

49-51 Chambers Street, Room 715

New York, NY 10007

PHONE 212-442-5050 ~ FAX 212-442-5055

Julie Menin, Chairperson

Noah Pfefferblit, District Manager

Michael Levine, Director of Land Use and Planning

Lucy Acevedo, Community Coordinator

Yume Kitasei, Community Liaison

Website: WWW.NYC.GOV/HTML/MANCB1

Legendary Brooklyn Banks Closing

Brooklyn Banks, a popular skate park situated under the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn bridge is a world renown legend in the extreme sports scene. It is also a legend that's in danger of being partially if not totally closed due to a Brooklyn Bridge construction project that will begin this winter with a predicted completion date in 2014.

Not only has the banks been the locale and/or source of several of my stories covering the inline skating scene in NYC, but also the source of fond memories of my rough start in the big city even with the blotches of pigeon poop and broken beer bottles jutting out of its cracks.

Longer Life for New Yorkers

New Yorkers now have the highest life expectancy they've ever had, but the question is why?

The NY Daily News seems to believe that the crackdown on smoking in the city is a major cause of the five month increase of life for babies born in 07 compared to 06.

Popular online blog Gawker.com shares the same information(and links to the Daily News story), but goes beyond what the news story said, adding their own input on the same fact.


This difference, and the linking by Gawker.com, is interesting because it shows the way that these online blogs and web-mags differ from the newspaper story. Everyone is saying that print media is leaving us and everything will soon be online; we need to think not only of newspapers switching to online format, but also sources of news that were born online and grew online.

Robert Moses' Legacy

Slideshow of Moses' contributions to the city

19 Schools to Close

http://www.1010wins.com/19-Schools-Get-Axed/6217412

After eight hours of protest today the City Panel voted to close 19 schools due to poor performance. The closures will begin in June, affecting over 10,000 students.

Student Metro Card Cuts

Click here.

RENT REFORM NOW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usbA3hIImt8

Yet another malady that afflicts our state. Its a shame that New Yorkers have to be subjected to this unwholesome and desperate condition that our government has yet to rectify.

'Za from the quirky and very particular.

The best pizza in the world (seriously), from a fellow whose love for his ingredients borderlines on the obsessive. Anthony Mangieri closed the doors to his small East Village shop earlier this year, leaving fans from all over the New York-New Jersey area hungry and heartbroken. Mangieri moved from his first restaurant locale (in my hometown on the Jersey Shore) over a decade ago, and maintained quite a loyal following, despite drastic environment and price changes. What's a truly enamored pizza-lover to do when the most hard-headed, diligent, pizza guru closes up shop and talks of reopening in San Francisco of all places? All that's left to do is reminisce, I suppose... 

The East Village & Ray's Candy Store

I wanted to share this blog that I've consistently enjoyed reading: EV Greive. The blog deals strictly in the realm of the East Village - whether from businesses changing, closing or opening to small little occurrences on the author notices on the street. It's an incredible perspective, really intimate but also honest. The blog is also obviously heavily communal - most the comments on the posts are East Villagers. Really great place to get minute and quick updates on everything going on in the area (and I mean really tiny things - some things the author posts are inclusive to whoever is there at the very moment of something occurring). Right now the big topic is the closing of Ray's Candy Store (the writer seems to have a huge interest in the thread to the E.V. by things such as high rents, development, etc).

Here is a recent article (Jan. 17 2010) in the NY Times discussing what is happening to Ray's store

Coney Island Matters

http://kineticcarnival.blogspot.com/