'So-called'? nytimes.com/2015/09/24/nyr…

Vanderbilt Hall (formerly the 'Main Waiting Room') in Grand Central, during the bad old days.

Most crime in the U.S. goes unpunished

At the NYPD, 'Subjects shot and injured' figures are down by over 90% since the early 70s. #BlackLivesMatter

Joan Didion says that doing interviews for a piece is pointless.

Bed-Stuy in the late 1960s (from Jack Newfield's 'RFK: A Memoir')

Staten Island trails most boroughs in % college grads but leads all boroughs in % high school grads.

The NYT used a union official as their source for whether Scott Walker is a racist nytimes.com/2015/05/25/bus…

The amazing depravity of the pre-Bratton I NYPD. Worse than the Vietnam Army. (McAlary, Buddy Boys)

South Bronx family values, pre-WWII (Jonnes, South Bronx Rising)

In 1999, Calpers actually argued that CA needed to boost public pensions to keep govt retirees out of poverty.

Our expectations for police are not always realistic.

According to Mike McAlary, the police union did not play a constructive role in the Michael Dowd affair

In coming years, NYC govt projects healthcare benefit costs for retired workers to grow at an above 8% annual clip.

Balzac, Eugenie Grandet ('...drive the neighborhood distracted with his splendour')

Baudelaire on dandyism, 'the last spark of heroism amidst decadence'

Another shot of the Lorelei Fountain from the #graffiti era.

The Lorelei Fountain, before and after its late-1990s restoration. #streetart

This bill, now under consideration at the NY City Council, would create a 'customer's bill of rights' for nail salons legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDet…

NYS lawmakers not sure it's right to change constitution to deny pensions to all corrupt govt workers cc @BruceRauner capitalnewyork.com/article/albany…