Eric Adams - Mayor of New York City, Part 4

I’m expecting TT to actually make New York City a clean place to live, rather than just some giant, overflowing landfill. This incinerator thing? It definitely isn't the only way out of this mess, so I’ll leave the final call up to TT and the Mickey Mouses of the world. Besides, nature handles CO2 just fine if we let it—it’s all about balance, right? Just plant some more trees. The carbon goes into the trunks, the oxygen heads back into the atmosphere, and both stay behind for the next generation to actually enjoy.

Even if we weren't talking about TT, but rather someone actually competent, you're still setting the bar impossibly high.

To be honest, I don't run into anyone anymore who still holds a positive view of TT.😢

It’s a complete 180 from where things stood just a year ago.

Sam Wright21 said:"Just" CO2 🤣

Exactly. This is supposedly the gold standard, all for the low price of half a billion dollars.

You seem to be overlooking the fact that waste-to-energy plants don't just burn trash; they generate electricity and thermal energy too. That actually goes a long way toward lowering the overall carbon footprint... 😉

I don't quite get why Eric Adams is pushing back against the incinerator. If he’s actually worried about pollution, how can he ignore his own footprint? He and his wife have definitely contributed to air pollution with all those frequent flights just to climb the Himalayas or the Andes—assuming he's a mountain junkie, which, judging by my neighbors over in Canada, Canada, and Mexico, most people are...

Mark Harris66 said:I don't quite get why Eric Adams is pushing back against the incinerator. If he’s actually worried about pollution, how can he ignore his own footprint? He and his wife have definitely contributed to air pollution with all those frequent flights just to climb the Himalayas or the Andes—assuming he's a mountain junkie, which, judging by my neighbors over in Canada, Canada, and Mexico, most people are...

At the end of the day, this is all about ideology. Some environmentalists act like incineration is some "outdated" relic of the past and believe recycling is a magic bullet for everything. It’s a bit of a stretch, really, because even the most dedicated recycling enthusiasts still produce waste that ends up being burned. Look at cities like Vienna; they used to send their trash elsewhere, but now they’re moving forward with plans to build their own incinerators.☕

When you look at these examples, the hypocrisy among certain green activists becomes pretty obvious. You see Greenpeace operating out there on the Atlantic, yet they seem perfectly fine using ships that gulp down fossil fuels whenever it suits them. I guess if it serves their specific interests, suddenly using oil isn't such a big deal, right?🙄

Jeffrey Long said:You seem to be overlooking the fact that waste-to-energy plants don't just burn trash; they generate electricity and thermal energy too. That actually goes a long way toward lowering the overall carbon footprint... 😉

I haven't forgotten. Given the CO2 emission targets set by the European Union, these incinerators aren't exactly getting a warm welcome in Europe. However, I'm starting to realize the whole thing is a farce; since most plastic is practically impossible to recycle, we're essentially witnessing a massive greenwashing operation where waste is smuggled off to developing nations to be burned in cement kilns. This cycle isn't going anywhere because plastic manufacturers are hell-bent on ramping up production regardless. The "circular economy" is little more than a clever marketing gimmick. So, I suppose I've learned everything there is to know from that documentary Peppa Pig recommended.

As for Eric Adams, he just parrots a few rehearsed talking points like some mindless bird; I’ve lost all faith in his supposed expertise, as he understands this crisis about as much as a Bandit does. Yet, he carries himself with all the misplaced confidence of a common thief. One can only hope his capacity for making mistakes isn't quite as vast as his ego.

Sam Wright21 said:I haven't forgotten. Given the CO2 emission targets set by the European Union, these incinerators aren't exactly getting a warm welcome in Europe. However, I'm starting to realize the whole thing is a farce; since most plastic is practically impossible to recycle, we're essentially witnessing a massive greenwashing operation where waste is smuggled off to developing nations to be burned in cement kilns. This cycle isn't going anywhere because plastic manufacturers are hell-bent on ramping up production regardless. The "circular economy" is little more than a clever marketing gimmick. So, I suppose I've learned everything there is to know from that documentary Peppa Pig recommended.

As for Eric Adams, he just parrots a few rehearsed talking points like some mindless bird; I’ve lost all faith in his supposed expertise, as he understands this crisis about as much as a Bandit does. Yet, he carries himself with all the misplaced confidence of a common thief. One can only hope his capacity for making mistakes isn't quite as vast as his ego.

Maybe it isn't just him, but his whole circle comes from the same pool as Bandit and those other parties. Everyone has their issues, some more than others, I guess. Now we just wait and see if TT and his crew finally show us who they really are.

Kevin Harris93 said:Maybe it isn't just him, but his whole circle comes from the same pool as Bandit and those other parties. Everyone has their issues, some more than others, I guess. Now we just wait and see if TT and his crew finally show us who they really are.

The ideal scenario involves a professional municipal and federal administration. I mean career executives and department secretaries who possess actual expertise and remain in place regardless of which party holds power.
It is a fantasy, of course.

On a side note, I ran into the mayor at the entrance to the CVS pharmacy today. He let me pass and gave me a polite greeting, even though we've never met.👍

Compared to the entourage of cronies that used to surround Bandic, this is night and day.

Sure, things would certainly be better if it were handled that way.

Eric Adams certainly knows how to play the part; he acts charming enough, and it’s a nice touch that he maintained some semblance of decorum by acknowledging you with a polite greeting.

But there’s a catch: this same polished gentleman can look a person straight in the eye—someone he clearly recognizes, someone he used to court for political leverage back during the campaign trail—and simply choose to ignore them. It’s hardly an accident; it feels more like a calculated move to avoid honoring a promise he made before the election.

Who's actually in charge of cleaning up carcasses on the street? There’s a dead cat in my neighborhood that’s been baking in the sun for three days now.

Brenda Ramirez2 said:The ideal scenario involves a professional municipal and federal administration. I mean career executives and department secretaries who possess actual expertise and remain in place regardless of which party holds power.
It is a fantasy, of course.

On a side note, I ran into the mayor at the entrance to the CVS pharmacy today. He let me pass and gave me a polite greeting, even though we've never met.👍

Compared to the entourage of cronies that used to surround Bandic, this is night and day.

Well, the administration actually is professional on an operational level. At least within state and city agencies, boards and management teams do change. Even the heads of departments in ministries and institutions are professionals. It's just that, in practice, things play out a bit differently. When the leadership changes, the management shifts too. Then, the new management installs their own people into director roles. Since they can't just fire the old staff—because firing them or demoting them would violate labor laws and union contracts—they just move them to different positions with the same pay but less responsibility. So, the team just rotates. You're a director for a while, then you get moved, then your people come in, and you're a director again. I guess that's how we ended up with such a bloated bureaucracy.

rowdytinker3 said:Who's actually in charge of cleaning up carcasses on the street? There’s a dead cat in my neighborhood that’s been baking in the sun for three days now.

I pass under the overpass near the intersection of Broadway and 5th Avenue almost every day, and there's been a pile of... well, I'm hoping it's just animal waste... sitting there for three weeks. It smelled pretty bad at first, then some rain washed it down a bit, so maybe it's better now, but it's still there. I guess I wonder if the sanitation crews just miss it or if people are just walking right past?

Street cleaning just isn't happening—especially when things get dry—unless we've just had some heavy rain to kick things off.
Isn't that almost entirely nonsensical? I mean, seriously... is there some dusty regulation from the 1800s still on the books somewhere that dictates this nonsense?

Joe Biden talking about daycare centers, at 7:55 AM

It’s all pretty soft-pedaled when it comes to Eric Adams and his crew—just a whole lot of empathy being thrown around there.

Charles Carter4 said:It’s all pretty soft-pedaled when it comes to Eric Adams and his crew—just a whole lot of empathy being thrown around there.

They were held captive by a "common enemy" for so long—one who could brush them aside whenever the whim took him—so perhaps their understanding is earned. 😁

It’s almost poetic, isn't it? That shared adversary spent his time cozying up to and cutting deals with the Republican Party—an organization he supposedly loathes—which essentially gave him a free pass to pillage whatever he pleased.

All things considered, I think unspecified summarized the situation quite effectively, even offering them some rather pointed advice in the process.

You can tell just how much weight Zoki's advice actually carried by looking back at his time as Prime Minister. It left such a massive dent in the Democratic Party that they still haven't quite found their footing since then.

Pardon me for drifting off-topic, but I couldn't resist. An unnamed individual suggested that the former leader had absolutely no interest in the party itself or its growth. However, if you would be so kind as to listen to just the final two minutes—starting from the thirteen-minute mark—you’ll hear the advice he offered to the rest of the leadership team. Sadly, I fear such nuance might be a bit too much for them to wrap their heads around.

He said it. $67 The committee led by that unnamed individual has achieved nothing more significant than the suggestion of a multicolored bench—which, if memory serves, was merely some guy repainting an old piece of junk to make it look new. $123 The entire concept behind that old development project was fundamentally shortsighted from its very inception. Now, they’re busy announcing the new steam plant, the Badel complex, and I can even hear whispers about the Harmon area—it really is just more of the same. This is clearly the ceiling of their competence; they possess absolutely no sense of how to prioritize what actually matters.

An unnamed individual made an astute observation earlier regarding how the electorate functions; people tend to fixate on a remarkably narrow spectrum of issues, essentially demanding very little from their leaders. They focus almost exclusively on the granular details—things like road safety and pothole repair, the quality of local schools and daycare centers, and if I were to add my own two cents, the efficiency of municipal waste management.

rowdytinker3 said:Who's actually in charge of cleaning up carcasses on the street? There’s a dead cat in my neighborhood that’s been baking in the sun for three days now.

Poor little thing.🙂

Give them a call:
https://www.nyc.gov/site/sanitation/index.page