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On November 3, 2010 5:58 PM in "David Cuomo" Wins Despite Low Turnout; Senate Undecided, they said:

The math is a bit weird here; based on the numbers on the Post's site, Hawkins of the Green party had third place in the election, with 1.38%. McMillan got 0.97% and Barron 0.50%, neither of which is ...

On September 16, 2010 4:17 PM in [Updated] MetroCard Fare Collectors Sprout From Sidewalk, they said:

Those appear some kind of ticket printers, not metrocard vending machines. In particular, there is no way that I can see to give money to the machines with metrocard slots....

On August 16, 2010 4:01 PM in Is MetroNorth Going Bi-Level?, they said:

Yeah, what exactly is European about this? Lots of US commuter rail systems have bi-level cars....

On May 22, 2010 3:16 PM in Is Tourist Sidewalk Lane A Banksy??, they said:

There was one of these "lanes" painted on E 3rd St a few weeks ago....

On May 12, 2010 1:41 PM in Bloomberg Looks At London's "Ring of Steel", they said:

Except that there is no evidence whatever that putting a camera in your house would save you from being blown up. And if the money that would otherwise be spent on something that could in fact save yo...

On December 22, 2009 6:10 PM in Will Broadway Pedestrian Plazas DOOM Times Square?, they said:

Did I miss the part where there were not a lot of tourists in Times Square before getting rid of the cars?...

On December 15, 2009 2:54 PM in Free Parking Through iPhone App, they said:

The data source for this app hasn't been updated since September. That seems, well, less than useful....

On October 26, 2009 3:46 PM in NYPD Probe Reveals Drastic Increase in White Lies, they said:

There are people for whom it's news that cops lie all the time, even in the most petty of cases? Weird. If these “investigators” could only find 20 cases in a whole year, they obviously weren't looki...

On October 19, 2009 8:05 PM in NY Times Jumps On Express Train To Bash Albany, they said:

The easiest way to know how bad things are at the state level is to note that the Times offers the City as a paragon of good governance....

On May 21, 2009 1:49 PM in 8th Annual NYC Commuter Race Pits Bike Vs. Car Vs. MTA, they said:

according to the press release, it's a single speed — not fixed-gear — bike. ...

some organizations think lowering the drinking age will just mean more drunk driving incidentsSounds to me like the problem is driving, not drinking....

Yo, I think it's supposed to say "$354 million". If it were just $354 Bloomberg wouldn't even notice if he ponied it up himself....

On October 2, 2007 10:58 AM in NYC Real Estate Prices Strong - For Now, they said:

this is “good news” for whom exactly? not for those of us who pay rent or might one day like to be able to afford to buy something....

On September 12, 2007 1:46 PM in Not So Surprising: Most New Yorkers Rent, they said:

Yes, we spend too much money on rent, but I'd be curious to see how our rent + transportation costs compare with people in cities who buy cars and drive everywhere....

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