New York City’s budget is $112 billion for 8.8 million people.
The budget for the entire State of Florida is $117 billion for 23.3 billion.
See the problem? 🕵️HINT: It’s not revenue.
@RossBarkan You were lucky! I spend 10 days in London for work every year and have definitely experienced delays. It helps that their system doesn’t run 24 hours, so they have more time for overnight maintenance. And that doesn’t mean that the MTA isn’t crumbling and mismanaged…
Been trapped for 20 minutes on the D train at 34 because someone pulled the emergency brake. They won’t open the doors to let us onto the platform and the mood is getting ugly in the train car…
@NYCTSubway Not a signal problem. Someone pulled the emergency brake on a D at 34th. The mood got VERY ugly in my car when we weren't let out onto the platform - people yelling, banging on doors.
There’s a magical British children’s book I love called The Children of Green Knowe and I’ve just found out that it was made into a movie with Maggie Smith and Carice van Houten. I’m a little afraid to watch it in case it’s terrible. But of course I will.
I prosecuted sex predators. Trump is one.
I shut down for-profit scam colleges. He ran one.
I held big banks accountable. He's owned by them.
I'm not just prepared to take on Trump, I'm prepared to beat him.
@NMalliotakis A jury of his peers found him guilty. Are you challenging the rule of law? I’m one of your constituents and find you to be a disgrace to your office.
Every time my 6th grade daughter tells me a story of something that happened at school, I think that middle school teachers deserve SO much more money.