ryan cooper: it truly is a shame that the New York City charter requires that the mayor be "thee largeft heap of fhite within thirty Miles" but the law's the law

it truly is a shame that the New York City charter requires that the mayor be "thee largeft heap of fhite within thirty Miles" but the law's the law

"The roadway once carried between four and six lanes for motor vehicles, despite 88 percent of people in the area traveling on foot and squeezing into 30 percent of the space." And now Adams wants to give it back to cars?

Mayor Adams May Nix Sidewalk Expansions on Bustling Eighth Ave. - Streetsblog New York Citynyc.streetsblog.org Mayor Eric Adams cast doubt on years of city efforts to give pedestrians more space to walk on overcrowded Eighth Avenue.

all credit to @lubchansky.bsky.social for the joke format bsky.app/profile/lubc...

i gotchu lol

by sheer chance this time the heap of ſhite happened to be located across the river in NJ

I remain baffled by NYCs inability to solve basic problems. Definitely one of those cities that’s powerful in spite of its leadership, not because of it.

NYC's mayors are like Goku's weighted clothes, they'd be far too powerful without some form of major debuff

The Old English really makes the joke work.

to be fair I stole the idea from @lubchansky.bsky.social in a tweet (I think) I couldn't find

i gotchu lol

damn, this is a great tweet

I am once again asking how the hell he won the primary.

it was a very close run thing to be fair

True. I just can't help but be baffled by the results though.

Everyone had their eyes on stopping Andrew Yang and Adams slipped under the radar. Also, a series of progressive candidates got either MeToo’d or milkshake ducked before people decided too late on Maya Wiley.

(being a full-time resident of New York not a requirement)

Programs take awhile. Can they stall?

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