tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post587382080971413783..comments2023-04-25T15:52:41.154-07:00Comments on Bronx Political Chatter: An Unhappy Anniversary for the Kingsbridge Armory: UPDATETony Perez Cassinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669140687027259816noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-65151451289266268302011-06-20T20:43:19.656-07:002011-06-20T20:43:19.656-07:00There needs to be a revisit on the subject of the ...There needs to be a revisit on the subject of the armory.ajlounyinjurylawhttp://www.nylawyercaraccident.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-73616168625805841422010-12-20T17:04:33.815-08:002010-12-20T17:04:33.815-08:00Possibly the worst thing that any Bronx Borough Pr...Possibly the worst thing that any Bronx Borough President ever declared publicly was when Rubén Díaz, Jr. said, "The notion that any job is better than no job no longer applies." <br /><br />Baby Díaz is not just an embarassment for the Bronx, he's a disaster! <br />He killed a project that would have brought more than 1,000 construction jobs and 1,200 permanent jobs to a borough with the city's highest unemployment rate. Why oh why oh why???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-26086884202356753612010-12-20T07:57:09.285-08:002010-12-20T07:57:09.285-08:00Sounds like Tony Cassino keeps taking cheap shots ...Sounds like Tony Cassino keeps taking cheap shots at Candice Giove because she wasn't impressed by him. Was he hitting on her? What a little boy he must be...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-22569544913149836772010-12-17T15:41:22.623-08:002010-12-17T15:41:22.623-08:00unfortunately, there's nothing presidential ab...unfortunately, there's nothing presidential about the bronx borough presidentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-48761759050090431782010-12-17T06:39:37.942-08:002010-12-17T06:39:37.942-08:00Hey kids! Let's all giggle at the buffoon'...Hey kids! Let's all giggle at the buffoon's silly tricks ... his name is Ruben Diaz, Jr., and he's our borough's official clown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-41466707539047034462010-12-17T05:45:23.709-08:002010-12-17T05:45:23.709-08:00Who in their right mind would trust the economic j...Who in their right mind would trust the economic judgment of Ruben Diaz Jr.?? He has absolutely no business credentials and holds a basically ceremonial ribbon-cutting position. You'll also notice that no other major U.S. city has borough presidents (a total waste of scarce taxpayer dollars!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-54734604008939314982010-12-14T08:35:20.264-08:002010-12-14T08:35:20.264-08:00Here's another piece on the anniversary of the...Here's another piece on the anniversary of the armory thing<br /><br />http://boogiedowner.blogspot.com/2010/12/armory-anniversary.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-9609129211735299522010-12-14T07:05:04.729-08:002010-12-14T07:05:04.729-08:00Have you been to Target lately? The lot is almost...Have you been to Target lately? The lot is almost always empty - as the developer thought, most customers take mass transit. And those poor people you refer to constantly flood the stores along Fordham and kinda need places to shop too ya know. And not just at dollar stores.<br /><br />These are low paying jobs no doubt but not all minimum wage jobs. Another article on this subject points out the alarming unemployment rate among young blacks and hispanics with no high school diploma - they need jobs too. <br /><br />I trust Related's judgment - this would have been a successful development for them. The living wage requirement was more of a concern for the precedent it set, not the cost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-72485894839112437362010-12-13T19:21:52.233-08:002010-12-13T19:21:52.233-08:00Jeez, let's move on already.
Anyone who think...Jeez, let's move on already.<br /><br />Anyone who thinks the armory mall would have drawn in shoppers from outside the neighborhood is delusional. The plan called for a paltry 400 parking spaces (by comparison, the Marble Hill Target has twice as many), highway access is suboptimal (and that's being polite), and the surrounding streets are already a traffic nightmare. The Gateway Center and East River Plaza are far easier for a driver to get to and offer a indisputably superior retail mix. <br /><br />So the armory's shoppers would have come predominately from the neighborhood, which happens to be crushingly, intractably, generationally poor. It would have been just a matter of time before the armory became the world's biggest and most lavishly subsidized dollar store, and the developers knew it: if the living wage was truly the difference between profitability and loss, it was never a viable project to begin with. <br /><br />(It's also possible that the developers are just shameless, bold-faced liars, but I'm a glass-half-full kind of person.)<br /><br />I don't know what the hell to do with the armory. But I'd much rather have my painful and significant annual "donation" to the city and state treasuries go to the people who need it, not to rent-seeking (in the economic sense) bureaucrats, extortionate trade unions, and politically connected developers. There has to be a cheaper way to create 1000 utterly dead-end minimum-wage jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-56908310831681945722010-12-13T18:10:51.000-08:002010-12-13T18:10:51.000-08:00No need to take a pot shot at GioveNo need to take a pot shot at GioveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-58224260085494954812010-12-13T13:25:27.946-08:002010-12-13T13:25:27.946-08:00Put the blame on Ruben Diaz, Jr. for his role in k...Put the blame on Ruben Diaz, Jr. for his role in killing that amory project. It's a year later and that armory still stands as an empty failure due to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com