 Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg unveiled the city's fiscal year 2012 budget (the year starts in the middle of 2011), a $65.6 billion plan that was bolstered by a previously unprojected $2 billion in tax revenue—but it's still a plan that includes the loss of over 6,000 teaching positions (mostly through layoffs), shutting down 20 fire companies, closing at least 100 senior centers, and eliminating day care for 16,000 children. One senior center regular told the Daily News, "People will be left to the streets. Elders with problems at home will have nowhere to go. What happens when they can't get the meals?" [MORE]  | For drivers, bad potholes are typically more costly than they are dangerous, but for cyclists they can be deadly. And after our extreme winter—which is most definitely over, no doubt about that, right, eh?—many cyclists are returning to the streets to find their commutes pockmarked with new landmines. Thankfully, the DOT is taking the war on potholes seriously, and spending a pretty penny to get the pavement pretty again. Streetsblog crunched the numbers, and you may be surprised to see how much the city is spending compared to, say, bike lanes. ... [ MORE ] |  | Late last month, a bloodthirsty nine-year-old thug encouraged his classmates to violently assault a student at an Upper East Side school, by taping a sign that said "Kick Me" to the child's back. The unidentified tormentor got off easy with just a two day suspension, but now his mother is complaining to the NY Post that her little angel was punished too severely. But let's face it: today it's a Kick Me sign, tomorrow it's atomic wedgies, and by Junior High he's running a cock fighting ring behind the bike racks. And besides, the Education Department's strict anti-bullying rules leave administrators no choice but to make an example of the miscreant.... [ MORE ] |  | We give them special little lanes for their bikes, we commission David Byrne to design artsy racks where they can lock them up, we even let them borrow bikes for free when they come to Governors Island for their precious MIA concerts. But it's never enough! Now some needy cycling advocates say they should be able to load their bikes onto the fronts of buses, like they do in other cities like Chicago, Las Vegas, and Kansas City. What's next, raising the height of bridges so cyclists can ride under with their tall bikes without bumping their delicate heads? ... [ MORE ] |  | Sarah Jessica Parker will not let Blake Lively steal her thunder, once the Sex and the City prequel starring the much younger vixen is out, the real Carrie wants back in. The LA Times says she's not willing to give up on it, and in a recent interview the actress said, "I would go back. I think there's one more story to tell. I know there is." (Like that one about beating a dead horse?) "I'd definitely tell that [third] story. But maybe not now. Maybe in five years, you know?" Yes, after five years of moisturizing.... [ MORE ] |  | With the snow having almost melted completely, New Yorkers are slowly realizing that the pavement below them, upon which they frolic and bounce with high heels and designer sneakers, has been completely replaced by dog poop. Calls to 311 for poop violations ("Enforcement of Failure to Pick Up Canine Waste") have increased sharply in the past four months, from 169 complaints in November, to 276 in January, to 235 this month as of Tuesday. Couldn't we just enlist some of our local rats to eat it?... [ MORE ] |  | Watch your back David Blaine (and Snooki)! In an interview on Sirius this morning, Lady Gaga claimed she was in her Grammy egg for 72 hours straight. See how she suffers for you little monsters. When asked, "Did someone send you food in there? Or the bathroom?" She replied, "I am not going to explain the details. I am a lady."... [ MORE ] | | |
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