Jeff

Albany policy guy from Central NY. Huge US Soccer fan. Opinions my own.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Hercules and Nessus, by Giambologna, 1599

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@PeterMoskos this is a great example of the types of issues that the MTA should be focusing on that can improve service significantly at a low price point (same thing with reducing trash being thrown on the rails, which is a significant contributor to fires)

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@PeterMoskos Sure, but the shift to single operator didn't take place until the summer of 1997, and the rides per capita from 1995 to 2000 remained effectively flat. All points to other issues instead of this single variable

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@PeterMoskos Everything with running a system has pros and cons- massively increasing costs to maybe avert a small number of incidents is the true question at hand. And the fact that the MTA is a artificially inefficient system on a ton of metrics that its global peers is a major data point

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@PeterMoskos They made the shift in the late 90s, have any cases of safety being negatively impacted there? And there were savings from that shift, that is a positive in a vacuum, it’s irrelevant if subsequent decisions raised other costs

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@PeterMoskos This just appears to be an example of where MTA training can be improved to meet the standard of the rest of the world

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@PeterMoskos If someone use vibes as a reason for the NYPD to ignore widely accepted policing best practices, I would expect based on all of your excellent work that you’d rightfully call them out. Why is this different?

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@PeterMoskos A tremendous amount of bad policy in NYC comes from people just saying “NYC is different” and using that to justify ignoring best practices from around the world

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@SallyGold Not sure who originally said it, but idea I love is that when we buy a book, we aren’t just buying the book, we’re buying the idea that at some point our life will calm down a little and allow us the time to read it

[Pardon My Take @PardonMyTake]

“Your outie loves the Knicks”

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@kylamb8 @PolicyEngineer Fwiw, Pew found that over 40% of Republicans are in favor of raising taxes on people making more than $400k… a prop that starts at millionaires could very conceivably pass w 60%, and would harm Florida’s ability to attract those folks from other states

https://t.co/E4zDuhIHiD

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@David_J_Bier (this is a parody account)

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@the_bonnfire @ChuckMe92Soccer Dripping Miles, Berhalter, and Roldan for Tanner, Aidan Morris, and Gozo (the ability to attack with speed out wide as a sub is valuable ala Yedlin in ‘14 (with more attacking ability)) and it’s a far stronger roster imo

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@11Yanks That might have looked ugly, but the xVibes was off the charts

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@scuffedpod And somehow not his worst take after gratuitously talking up Seb in the first half…

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@asymmetricinfo @ChaimKatz7 the most useful way I've heard to try to help people conceptualize large numbers is that one million seconds is 11.5 days, one trillion seconds is ~32k years

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

@DominicJPino Tbf, that's not quite true- NYC Transit (subway) workers can't strike due to the NYS Taylor Law, but LIRR is covered by the Federal Railway Labor Act- there is an argument that is no longer the case since they sold off their freight ops in '97, but it would have to be litigated

[Jeff @DeGironimo]

Ironically not in reference to the spurious claims that have been used to justify the new Tier 6 pension sweeteners...

[Rebecca C. Lewis @_rebeccaclewis]

Out of context Jo Anne Simon during Assembly budget debate: "The math, as the kids say, isn't mathing."