Streets of New York, 7th and 2nd Ave, right by past water main break, plus an article on NYC's slippery slope

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?&aid=69978&search_result=1&stid=8
(Please look past the garbage at the end is one of the glittery mega builds and one block away the Cooper Union supersizing in progress of the studio building.  It is my opinion that all the vibrations from the CU build caused the water main break.    MY POINT IS ALL THESE MEGA BUILDS WERE TOO FAST TOO TALL ON AN OLD INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY AND ISSUES LIKE MORE DISPLACEMENT FROM THESE BREAKS AND ACCIDENTS WERE NOT CONSIDERED. )

Dear Readers:  Visit the link and you can see me and a diverse group of community members talking about the water main break.   It was "medium" size but it looked like the East River had come to 2nd Avenue.   Before we finally got city officials to hear us -- after how many infrastructure problems, construction accidents that impacted our city with loss of lives, safety concerns and displacement -- people can't bounce back from some of these "problems" and have to leave where this accidents or breaks occur....

Well now the street has a hole in it and so many streets are not in good shape.  There are so many problems and it seems all the focus was on supersizing our neighborhoods city wide with mega dorms, sky piercing hotels and condos ---

it seems like two New Yorks, the new soulless hideous New York and the old New York that is crumbling including the infrastructure especially in this area and affordable housing...

The New York Post has an article today that doesn't even touch on the harsh reality but they took talk about homeless, crime and police officers.   

"As of May, the city had 35,700 officers  -- down from 40,800 in 2001, and the lowest level since 1992.  There are 1,800 openings, with not enough recruits to fill the spots

..."   "What went right could go wrong, Fighting the small things made the city great.  The small things are slipping away."  by Julia Vitullo-Martin

note on my thoughts on the police -- it takes courage to be a police officer, like a doctor if you make a mistake someone can die...so that alone takes courage...they have to deal with a lot of unpleasant aspects of life that many of us prefer not to see.

I am a supporter but I also understand that not everyone is going to get it right or is honorable and that includes retirees so I can't idealize them or any group but I do feel the NYPD is impressive and they are also in an unfair position --- a terrible disadvantage because of the wrong decision to drop the salary which was a bad for the people of this city.  Considering it all and despite the heart breaks they have gotten so much right in a city where there are so many problems that have no solution at least at this time.  They do a lot of good that doesn't make the press and make just walking down the street safe.