Venice Louisiana ghost town do to massive oil spill heartbreak

Just to heart breaking to report in words but I am watching ABC news on Channel 7 and it is a ghost town.

The heart break is for the sea life, the animals that are fighting for their lives and the environmental damage is at the forefront.

Even Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger who I am not a fan of said this disaster has made him rethink his stance on off shore dwelling.  I think of Sept. 11 and what a ghost town it felt like -- the utter silence.....

Time Square Manhole Explosion day after Time Square Bomb Scare

Photo from this link http://www.wcbs880.com/Explosion-Below-Times-Sq--Blows-Manholes/6743396
Read the article and you all know my take on this....welcome to king Mike Bloomberg's hideous new New York where he pushed a way too rapid tsunami of community crushing development on old New York's infrastructure.

Mike Bloomberg put a reckless tsunami of development a head of infrastructure concerns and the safety of New York and this nightmares are way too frequent and again today we can say thank goodness no one was injured or died and it had nothing to do with terrorism.

Read the article and you all know my take on this....welcome to king Mike Bloomberg's hideous new New York where he pushed a way too rapid tsunami of community crushing development on old New York's infrastructure.   

We New Yorkers have grown used to the many man hole covers exploding, gas leaks, water main breaks like this one in the East Village where I called tv stations because it looked like the East River came to 2nd Avenue http://www.ny1.com/6-bronx-news-content/69978/east-village-water-main-break-leaves-thousands-without-water.

After since Mike Bloomberg and his reckless socialite mega millionaire city planner Amanda the people's Burden pushed this reckless development for their developer friends street conditions are hellish to down right deadly from explosions to holes so big in the streets and sidewalks it is amazing New Yorkers and visitors do not resemble war causalities and it has nothing to do with terrorism but the reckless stupidity and greedy that drove Wall Street to implosion.

Lance Orton and Duane Jackson Vets & Times Square Heroes

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/lance-orton-is-times-square-hero-dpgoha-20100503-fc_7355291


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/03/national/main6455732.shtml

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/02/2010-05-02_times_square_vendors_duane_jackson_lance_horton_alerted_cops_to_smoking_car_bomb.html

http://newyorkfocus.blogspot.com/2010/05/two-vets-time-square-heroes-post-by.html
Just remember here on this blog I covered the new owner of The Mercer Hotel trying to sweep vendors who happened to be Vets off the street!

Lynn Redgrave dies of breast cancer, mourned as great actress, activist

I was on the train when I got the text message from 1010 WINS that Lynn Redgrave passed away here in NYC, now reported she died Sunday at her home in Connecticut  Sunday night.She was surrounded by her family and past at home which is a peaceful and loving way to go after a 7 year battle with breast cancer. One of my all time favorite films is Georgy Girl which if you have not seen, you must!  James Mason is superb as well as the supporting cast. Lynn Redgrave just shines and this somewhat chubby platinum hearted free spirit that the much olderand very rich Mason lusts for. I don't like watching The Oscars for many reasons and one is the winners often are not the most talented but the most popular. I often find myself saying he was robbed, she was robbed and 
Lynn Redgrave was robbed of the Oscar for Georgy Girl.  

Elizabeth Taylor beat her out for a powerful performance that year but I can't watch Elizabeth's performance

over and over and I can watch Lynn's performance over and over appreciated the subtleness and complexness of

her acting. It does upset me that over the years so many have picked

up Oscars and they did not deserve them. Lynn deserved to have an Oscar and

didn't get one.

Lynn Regrave was a great actress of theatre and film. She had just deeply moved audiences here in NYC. I called Ken Geist , a writer and film expert to break the news and he was heartbroken.. He said a great loss for the Redgrave family and praised her speech to the audience remembering her years at the National Theatre with Noel Coward as spoke -- she impersonated Noel Coward, Maggie Smith and Edith Evans. Ken told mshe did this at Carnegie Hall honoring the Noel Coward Centennial and also last year in her powerful performance at The Manhattan Theatre Club. She was also an advocate for the right for women to breast feed in public and took on CBS. Gloria Allred jumped on board to be her lawyer and than backed out which is hard to believe. It is hard to believe the powers that be would not let her  breast feed on the tv set of "House Calls". It was a long drawn out case and she had to part ways with other law firms but the bottom line is breast feeding Mom's in Hollywood are treated with respect now and honored but the battle took years, cost Lynn Redgrave a lot of money and being a courageous outspoken woman rather than a "barbie doll" makes getting worker harder. People aren't always eager to higher woman that rock the boat Lynn Redgrave had lost her niece, Natasha Richardson last year in a shocking accident that took her young life and cut short the career of another much loved actor in the family dynasty including Natasha's Mom, Vanessa and their father Michael. Lynn and Vanessa's brother died only a short time ago as well so the family has had their share of loses. Rest in peace dear Lynn, a great actor, advocate and I imagine a true friend to anyone lucky enough to call her friend.

Suzannah and health

I know you all think I tell you everything but I don't.  Many of you ask me about my health.  It isn't what it used to be and dealing with a series of very traumatic events took it toll.  I had to stop donating my platelets and white blood cells and take care of myself.

I do feel exhausted all the time.  I am going in for a ultrasound soon and than I will find out if I need surgery or not.

I also have had to go to the NYPD, lawyers and community activists with very sick stalking from cyber to having an obsessed stalker photograph my back and his little gang post anti-semitic gay bashing misogynist comments and it all gets handed in because it is connected.  I also have the "other" one that steals people's identities in my newest email I describe them as groupies...even more unusual than the guys that send me their telephone numbers.   The police have the info and it may evolve in to a criminal case.  Lawyers have the info and it may evolve into a civil case or both.  Just like my health concerns for now it is about patience.

By the way -- here is the newest sicko dishonest creeping posting sent by the Bloombergforlife identity thief and stalker that stole a woman YouTuber's identity as opposed to Tony Avella than a city council member not a YouTube member.

(Using Stolen Identity of a woman he writes:) I agree with Suzannahartist that Mike Bloomberg has been a force for good recently in NYC by promoting entrepreneurship. It is great how he has set up incubators for biotechnology start-ups with NYU. This is what is going to create sustained job growth in NYC.

He sent this crap to enough people that contacted me and recognized it for what it is lies and a stolen identity.

Anyway, the writing and YouTubing is a lot of work and I can't answer all the emails and comments I get but thanks for the interest.

I think of one ex-boyfriend...I hate that term boyfriend so silly, not a boy and it was brief...he did me wrong after the fact.  He can't find it in himself to own up and apologize but I do think of him with pleasure because although a challenge in some ways he was a lot of fun and inspiring.

All is well that ends well.  I am sure I will be fine although health care here in NYC is not what it should be and western medicine just is awful treating body parts, being forced to go from one specialists to another, filling out form after form like we are in communist Russia paying obscene capitialist prices.

Bombing Suspect Caught on Tape

Please see more photos and article in The New York Daily News.    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/03/2010-05-03_untitled__2bomb03m.html


Folks:  You can make the difference.  Because a guy working as a T-shirt vendor spoke up and notified the NYPD as the countless signs on the subway and elsewhere ask us to do the bomb was prevented from going off.

The NYPD did an excellent job and continue to do so because we now have photos of a possible suspect.  
http://newyorkfocus.blogspot.com/2010/05/bombing-suspect-caught-on-tape-post-by.html
Above is a link that talks about the fact we have less NYPD in number ever policing more people than ever in NYC history so that is why we need civilians staying alert, speaking up because it saves lives.

Now more than ever we need people to speak up if they see something and make a difference.

Here is video footage posted on The New York Post
http://newyorkpost.com/p/news/local/suv_bomb_man_D8G3yS3sNOwLf2tykoJ0TJ

Save Coney Island stop the demolition of historic buildings

Stop the Demolition of Historic Coney Island! Dear Save Coney Island supporter, Last week, Thor Equities announced that it would immediately begin demolishing the historic buildings that it owns along Surf Avenue in the amusement district. This could mean the end of historic Coney Island. The threatened structuresinclude the Grashorn Building (built in the 1880s), the Henderson Music Hall (built circa 1900), the Shore Hotel (built circa 1903), and the Bank of Coney Island (built circa 1923). These buildings have great historical and cultural significance: They provide a link to the period of Coney Island's emergence as the world's greatest amusement area. They also offer tremendous potential to provide a unique Coney Island experience if they are restored and reused. Don't let Thor to destroy Coney Island's history and ruin the amusement area for future generations. Save Coney Island, working with other groups such as Coney Island USA, is applying to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) for the creation of a historic district that would preserve these and other buildings from Coney Island's heyday. These buildings should serve as a historic core around which to develop a new and exciting 21st-century Coney Island. Thor's mad rush to begin demolition is a clear attempt to get rid of these buildings before the LPC can even evaluate the merits of a Coney Island Historic District.   Rather than find ways to contribute to the success of summer 2010 in Coney Island, Thor would turn the district's commercial heart into a vast demolition zone. In the place of these historic buildings, Thor says it plans to build a collection of retail structures by the summer of 2011. The New York Observer described its plans for the sites as "simple - presumably cheap - (temporary) one-story retail."  It went on to characterize Thor's renderings as "almost designed to inspire distaste." (See Thor's "2011" rendering to the right.) Thor is threatening to forever dash the possibility of a revitalized historic core for Coney Island's amusement district. We are putting together a campaign to prevent that from happening, and we need your help. Here's what you can do: 1) CALL: Coney Island's City Council member, Domenic Recchia (718-373-9673), recchia@council.nyc.ny.us Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (718-802-3700), askmarty@brooklynbp.nyc.gov The Landmarks Preservation Commission (212-669-7817), comments@lpc.nyc.gov and tell them: · Preserving and reusing Coney Island's historic buildings is essential to its successful redevelopment. · A historic district should be created to maintain a connection to Coney Island's heyday. · Stop Thor's plans to demolish Coney Island's historic buildings. · They need to act now, before it's too late. 2) DONATE We are working to raise public awareness about this urgent threat to Coney Island's remaining historical structures and to promote the creation of a historic district in a renewed Coney Island amusement area. We have designed printed materials to distribute for this campaign but we need funds to print them. Please help our efforts by making a donation. 3) ACT We will be organizing a public event on this issue soon. We would like you to attend. Please stay tuned for further details. We need you to make your voice heard.   FOR BACKGROUND ON THIS ISSUE: http://www.saveconeyisland.net/?p=1095 http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2010/04/29/2010-04-29_developer_joe_sitt_has_no_plans_for_tattered_coney_island_lots.html http://www.observer.com/2010/real-estate/sitt-demolish-coney-buildings-envisions-fast-food-their-place http://kineticcarnival.blogspot.com/2010/04/thor-equities-sacrafices-pieces-of.html http://amusingthezillion.com/2010/04/21/thors-coney-island-tattered-tents-deathwatch-for-historic-buildings/ Thank you for your quick action on this important issue!! Save Coney Island www.saveconeyisland.net Save Coney Island 237 Flatbush Avenue #248 Brooklyn, New York 11217

NY Pension Funds Goldman not delivering "gold" powerful piece by Susan Edelman of The New York Post

http://newyorkfocus.blogspot.com/2010/05/ny-pension-funds-goldman-not-delivering.html

The piece I wrote above is scathing.

I also posted this comment on The New York Post under Edelman's article.

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  Susan Edelman! You rock. Just cutting edge reporting from New York Public Schools and the obscene rubber room to all that glitters is not necessarily Goldman Sachs and oh dear, here we are back at the NY Pension Funds! As anyone asked Mike Bloomberg for a sound byte on Steve Rattner and the fact Quadrangle disavowed him meaning the pension funds scandals fall completely on solely in Rattner's lap and the blame cannot be deflected on to Quadrangle. Looks like we need live tv cameras at City Hall including in the rooms where they are overseeing the pension funds! Great reporting!

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ny_pensions_are_losing_on_sachs_S2Y7ONjxrV2zeGmCUPZSPI#comments#ixzz0mofEAuo6


Dear Readers -- It is best to go to the blogging link at the very top but just in case you are as tired as I am.

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  Goldman Sachs was revealed today in The New York Post for not delivering "gold" when it comes to handling the New York Pension Funds as reported in a scathing piece by one of the post's star reporters Susan Edelman.   I have to laugh because The New York Post tried to push the professional sex worker caught in the Elliot Spitzer scandal as their star columnist and it fell flat and as usual a true dynamo as far as I am concerned is this reporter, Edelman who brought us right inside the NY Public School Rubber Room where teachers were collecting obscene amounts of money and even larger pensions bleeding the tax payers dry for doing nothing.  Thanks to consistently strong reporting by Edelman and her fellow reporters, the Rubber Room is no more!
  
  I happen to catch our mayor Mike Bloomberg at a press conference that lucky for him I can't attend because I don't have a press pass saying something like this -- what will you report on now, now that the Rubber Room is closed?
  Well Susan Edelman found something of interest and that is all that glitters is not necessary "Goldman" as in Goldman Sachs.
  I can't sum up this well written piece so I am hyperlinking this article right here and to sum it up in one sentence more egg on the face of Goldman Sachs.
  Also please note for anyone following the Goldman Sachs media nightmare of their top dogs being grilled by senators one face you don't see is ex-top dog aka ex-CEO, Chair of GS Hank Paulson who like many GS alumni go on to top positions in politics.  Like Robert Rubin did for Clinton, Paulson became Secretary of Treasury for Bush.
  I hear many whispers or even a very powerful clearly spoken voice in a  YouTube by Debtruth1 who calls Hank Paulson to task on the YouTube I hyperlink to on the left.  The YouTube below Deb visits "Goldman past" and manages to give Paulson a very hard time!  YouTubes are brilliant.  She has an entire series on Goldman Sachs.  
  The title of her newest  YouTube:  
  Goldman Sachs: Deception and Disclosure
  I am sure the powers that be at Goldman Sachs headquarters are deep in discussion about how to counter all the bad
  press and the newest "bomb" dropped by Susan Edelman about Goldman Sachs's less than shining success on behalf
  of the NY pension fund has caught their attention!
  Note: Jon Corzine, also an ex-CEO chair of Goldman Sachs, like our royal mayor king Mike Bloobmerg spent an
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  of New Jersey sent a powerful message.
  Unlike Bloomberg who just squeaked by winning or stealing a third term, 
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Donny Moss activist takes on Mayor Bloomberg and horse drawn carriage trade!!!!!

Donny Moss sent out this email....

Dear friends:

At a public hearing on April 27th, Mayor Bloomberg justified his support of the bill to protect and strengthen NYC's horse-drawn carriage trade by stating that the ASPCA believes the industry is humane. I made a short video so that you can see this perversion of the truth for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jWz6s6r5f4

Why does the ASPCA protect the horse-drawn carriage trade by allowing lawmakers, carriage operators and even a Franciscan monk to (falsely) suggest that the ASPCA supports it?

Enabled by the ASPCA's refusal to speak out publicly, Mayor Bloomberg and Council Member Christine Quinn held press conferences boldly declaring their support of NYC's carriage trade. Now that they've passed a pro-industry bill, why would either of them address this issue for years to come? The passage of this bill is a MAJOR set back for the horses and the movement to end this inhumane trade.

Please let me know if you have any thoughts on how we can pressure the ASPCA to use their power, authority and influence to publicly demand a ban or phase out of horse-drawn carriages from the streets of NYC.


Thanks.

Donny Moss
www.blindersthemovie.com
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Also  please check out this website for more info....http://banhdc.org/ch-news-20100427.shtml

Lynn, 2nd Avenue Deli, The greatest job in the world! Suzannah interviews Lynn and Abe's brother Jack

Lynn told me she has the greatest job in the world.  (I have heard that before but only from New York City Firemen, especially long term fire eaters from the old days!)


Remembering Abe......

Lynn credits Abe Lebewohl for the love she has for her job and really for everything she has.  Talk about attitude with gratitude!

Lynn said to me, "Abe was so big hearted."  When she was started working there 17, maybe 18 years ago, she was told she was hired but she had to serve Abe soup first.  For anyone who has not dined at the famous deli you have no idea what an endeavor that is.  All the portions at the 2nd Avenue Deli are huge!!!!!

According to Lynn, Abe still lives...she loves working at the Deli and I get the vibe from her Abe's big hearted energy still can be felt  like a guardian angel accompanying the many photos of Abe with many movers and shakers.  My favorite picture is of Abe and his wife Eleanor with Dustin Hoffman.  Lynn spoke lovingly of Eleanor saying she was such a down to earth woman that when she came to eat you would never know she was Abe's wife.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ8EQ_DPLX0


I  remember being greeted warmly by Abe every time I stopped in.


I also remember when my Uncle passed away I stopped in the Deli when it was really on 2nd Avenue Deli and I need to get a tin of rugelah  and I couldn't reach the shelf high above the counter and a big young teddy bear NYPD officer reached up and got a tin for me.

I do believe one day the NYPD will solve this crime. Call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477); Text "TIP577" (plus your message) to "CRIMES" ( 274637); Submit Internet Tips · rss Subscribe to NYPD Most Wanted RSS ...
www.nyc.gov/nypd   There is a park by St. Marks Church near where the original deli was dedicated to Abe's memory.


I interviewed Jack, Abe's brother asking him when did Abe open the deli?

Jack did the math.  Abe was born in 1931.  He was 23 years old when he opened the del with 2 partners.  Shortly there after they bought out one partner and in the 1960's Abe bought out the other partner becoming the sole owner with soul serving Jewish Soul Food!!!!  Those are my words, not Jacks! I am heavily into soul.

By the way I asked Lynn if you had any celebrity stories I could blog about and she said,
No, discretion is the greater part of valor!   I asked Jack as well....similiar response but the walls are filled with photos of celebrities, NY characters, politicians, sport stars & their owners as well as Yiddish theatre stars!!!!!

Lynn is the official Jewish Mother on the premises and decided since my tummy hurt I was to have ginger ale, no ice, no straw and that I must slowly sip my soda.   She recommended kasha varniskes.

My Dad is the true driving force that brings me to 2nd Avenue Deli.   We had a great time.  I because I love my Dad as well as the Jewish soul food.

Time Square Bomb Scare & NYPD Bomb Squad history

First and foremost highest praise for the NYPD for their response and handling of what appears to be some kind of crude amateurish bomb that could have  harmed innocent people if it had gone off.    A t-shirt vendor heard some suspicious noises and alerted police and highest praise for a civilian coming forward. Here in NYC we have signs in the subways and else where always alerting us if we see something suspicious to alert the NYPD and in this case someone did just that and helped prevent would could have been a terrible tragedy. I am signed up on the Notify NY program with the City of New York so I get a text messages and emails alerting me but it gave no details, just police activity and that the area was closed off.  The t-shirt vendor alerted police at 6:30 but I got my text, May 2 at 12:50AM, still I am glad to get it and glad Notify NY is up and working.  I wrote Commissioner Kelly asking if the NYPD could actually have a more extended notification system than this, that alerts New Yorkers about crimes that could help us to be even safer and give info if the NYPD need help catching a criminal by texting the people a description.  I am critical of the mayor for denying us a referendum and pushing a reckless tsunami of development but as far as 311 which needs work in terms of the city actually solving problems rather than answering calls and Notifying NY,the ideas are good, both need work. Also here in NYC the 911 system has been overhauled,  called the UCT Dispatch System  and there are major problems especially alerting the FDNY and EMS  that still need addressing but last night all was good and every system worked as it should thank goodness!!! Today thankfully we have a happy ending.  The NYPD are going to find the person responsible I am sure and that person will be spending some quality time in jail.  Thank goodness no one was hurt and many people that were there so see Broadway shows got first hand New York City Street Theatre for free. Here is video from The New York Post.

Again highest praise for the NYPD.  Also for anyone interested here is a YouTube made by the NYPD about their amazing Bomb Squad check it out.   Personally, I have to say I am in awe.  I also got to speak to one of these officers and asked him some questions including about his gorgeous dog w/ a badge, a four legged NYPD officer which was "a bomb" - as in a good and wonderful experience for me.  Here is the slang dictionary for bomb being cool! http://onlineslangdictionary.com/definition+of/bomb,+the

If you have seen the Oscar awarding winning film Hurt Locker than you will recognize the safety clothing these brave officers wear so watch this YouTube!

Also for NYPD buffs -- Do you know who created The Bomb Squad? 

I have been told that Lt.  Joseph (Giuseppi) Petrosino created The Bomb Squad and he did so because he was fighting the Black Hand who were setting off explosives here in NYC.  

I found this comment posted to back up what I was told by an NYPD officer after 9-11 and also what I have read in the internet.

Lt. Petrosino's memory lives on in infamy. He was responsible for forming the NYPD Bomb Squad along with being the leader of the "Italian Squad". Lt. Petrosino went after "The Black Hand" and early form of the "Mafia" as we know it today. He stood for all that is good about Italian-American's and gave his life defending his belief. I have had the privilege to meet and work with his Granddaughter who is director of Bishop Kearney high school in Brooklyn's 66 Pct. May we never forget his ultimate sacrifice. God Bless.

— Det. John D'Onofrio

Lt. Joseph (Giuseppi) Petrosino was the 1st NYPD officer to die in the line of duty abroad.  Here is a YouTube where I take you on a short tour of a special exhibition at the NY Police Museum honoring Lt. Petrosino.   An Italian film maker is making a new film about him but there are have been others including a Hollywood film starring  Ernest Borgnine playing Lt. Petrosino called "Pay or Die".

In this YouTube I show you an NYPD pin I was given with Lt. Petrosino's badge number.  I treasure this pin and I thought I lost in Grand Central Station.  The pin had fallen in to my bag and a kind man got on his hands and knees along with me to help  find the back of the pin which he did as many people busily past us.

1010 Wins: NYPD needs your help! Do you recognize this person?

http://www.1010wins.com/Do-You-Recognize-this-Person-/6943513
The New York Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in identifying a suspect in regards to a sexual assault of a 24-year-old female that occurred on Friday, April 30, 2010, at approximately 11:20 p.m. near 7th Avenue and West 14th Street.

According to police, as the victim was entering her apartment, the suspect pushed his way in and forced the victim to the floor, sexually assaulting her. The suspect fled the location when the victim began to scream.

The perpetrator is described as a white or Hispanic male, between the ages of 30 to 35 years old, and about 5’5’’ to 5’7’’ tall. He is said to have a slight mustache and beard, long brown hair, and a long ponytail. He was wearing a white shirt and white pants.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident or knows the whereabouts of the suspect seen in these photos is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
If you do please contact:
Call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477); Text "TIP577" (plus your message) to "CRIMES" ( 274637); Submit Internet Tips · rss Subscribe to NYPD Most Wanted RSS ...
www.nyc.gov/nypd

Mike cares about banks not St. Vincent's closing disgusting

Assemblymember Gottfried questions Mayor Bloomberg's inaction to save St. Vincent's Hospital

St. Vincent's Shocker!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XBtpawY_3Q

St. Vincent's Hospital Shocker Above is Yetta Kurland who almost beat city council speaker Christine Quinn who like Mike Bloomberg barely won her seat back the way mayor Mike Bloomberg spent the most obscene amount of money ever in NYC history, close to 110 million dollars for the most humiliating win and tainted because the people of New Yorker were denied a referendum! Well Yetta Kurland, a Civil Rights lawyer and community activist is going strong and full out for the community as is she had won the city council seat and this short YouTube above gives you some insight in the fact St. Vincent's may be closing but it is not a closed case!






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR5LPVLCFLE


This YouTube is called "St. Vincent's Shocker. A nurse gives an extremely moving and rousing speech.
She calls for a revolution. She says you people need a revolution downtown. She conjurs up the 1960's!!!  This is a very rousing speech and I agree. We need to tell the politicians this is just not good enough!!!!

I think of Peter Finch in Network! "I am as mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore!"

The speaker followings speak up about the concerns that nurses may not get their pensions. Some yells out Enron.
Some now unemployed and tried to apply unemployment and were denied. A call for a Federal Investigation for what has been going on. Please watch this you.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kh1NYAHvOMD
Dr. David Kaufman explains why we need an emergency room and he points out too many people use the emergency room for non-emergencies. He doesn't mention that many people do so because they have no health insurance. By the way St. Vincent's never turned anyone away according to what I was told. These YouTubes are deeply moving and I hope you will watch them. "The St. Vincent's Shocker" is a must see. Very shocking and I do hope a Federal Investigation does happen! Even more I wish for a late in the 9th Inning miracle that the hospital is re-opened but for now it looks like
a dead issue and I don't know what the people of the neighborhood will do!  


We need this hospital bailed out more than any bank!

Con Ed tends gas leak? right around the corner from zone busting NY Law Dorm

I past a chalk warning written on the sidewalk to be careful -- the side walk had a massive crack where you could easily break your ankle.  I kept walking, next block the 9th Precinct, kept walking down 1st Avenue and than I smelled a gas smell and there was Con Ed.  This is just around the corner from an illegal zone busting build by NY Law that jumped on the NYU band wagon mega dorming the East Village to death.

No one could stop the greed of the tsunami of illegal, corrupt reckless zone busted builds pushed by Mike Bloomberg and his mega millionaire socialite city planner Amanda the people's Burden and on old NY infrastructure at the people's of NY's expense and our safety -- at least the people that have not been displaced, mass evictions thanks to the Bloomberg administration.

Yetta Kurland exposes shady closing of St. Vincent's post by Suzannah B. Troy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XBtpawY_3Q

NYC Beats Back at Arizona post by Suzannah B. Troy

Thousands of workers and immigrants demanding FULL RIGHTS NOW and people supporting equal rights, human rights and standing up to what they feel is racism showed up at Union Square to protest Arizona's stance on immigrants as well as attend the the 6th Annual May Day March starting at Union Square which was jammed packed with protestors and all with shoppers at the Farmers Market so I took photos of protest walking through the market as well a very brief clip of just how crowded the protest is and it is going very strong even as I post this.

I was sent an email from the organizers that also used facebook and the attendance was very strong and people of all ages including parents with small children holding flags.

Protestors walking thru the Farmers Market and believe me this photo and the others give you no idea of just how crowded the area was and is and also how hot it is today! New York is overwhelming liberal and there were no counter-protestors in site just shoppers buying lilacs and fresh fruits in contrast to the many immigrant workers that showed up with their family members and lots of supporters.

Two massive disasters Eco-disaster and Economic

This newest terrible oil spill is an eco-diaster beyond what people maybe understanding and it is heartbreaking but also here in NY,  the budgetary crisis is devastating as well and we maybe moving from a recession to a depression.    The oil spill is worse because entire populations of sea life maybe obliterated but both are nightmares as far as I am concerned and should never have happened.

The economic crisis  here and for the country is not being  addressed effectively and I am sure it will have world wide tremors but here in NY Albany's politicos can't get it through their thick skull how actually devastating this economic crisis is and refuse to work together to close the budget crisis.  President Obama did inherit a disaster but here in NY it has been more the making of Albany and City Hall and they are not doing anything effectively to address the problem.  Most New Yorkers see politicians as corrupt fat cats...not all but many.

We also have an accidental governor who is not a strong leader or one with integrity who should have resigned quite a while ago and I am guessing he spends a lot of time on the phone with his defense attorney because of all the scandals, at least 3 significant ones that make him an even more ineffectual leader if that was possible.

Both the eco-diaster -- this massive oil spill and this economic disaster are hard to wrap one's mind around.  The nature disaster is a travesty beyond words and comprehension but this economic disaster means even more people lay-offed and more pay-cuts, more closings, quality of life here in NYC continuing to spiral downward.  I continue to ask is City Council unvoting themselves a raise.

Here is my YouTube from Oct. 13, 2008 Gloomy Bloomy News Sub-Zero Trickledown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnkhunOHe6g

How did I know this and the mayor seemed not to know this and he made promises and brokered deals to win or steal his third term which would further bankrupt NYC as he gave away or spent over a hundred million dollars with sub-zero trickle down.  Mike Bloomberg is also in big trouble with his spending close to a million dollars that he  can't account for to buy his third term and this is being investigated by an appointee of Cy Vance's as well as Mike Bloomberg's association and continue loyalty to Steve Rattner who has essentially been blamed for anything and all things corrupt with Quadrangle and the pension fund scandals.  Of course Rattner says he is innocent although his own firm, Quadrangle disavowed him and of course Rattner will just pay some hefty fine by real peoples' standards but small change for him and no jail time or even a guilty plea.  In the US if you are rich, a celebrity, a politico or well connected you get to plead no contest.  

All this spells disasters that will be affecting people and the eco-diaster the planet for a long time.