NYC’s bizarre solution to illegal hydrant parking has locals fuming
NY Post
It’s unbe-leaf-able.
The city is bizarrely using massive potted plants in Queens to prevent illegal parking in front of fire hydrants — only to thwart FDNY trucks and Bravest during emergencies, according to fuming pols and locals.
“The placement of these planters is totally negligent, and I don’t understand how anyone could have looked at this and thought it was a good idea,” said City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens), accusing the agency of “endangering the public.”
The city Transportation Department’s planter program has been around for a few years, but Ariola, chair of the council’s Committee on Fire and Emergency Management, said she only found out about it after receiving complaints from constituents this year.
“In an emergency, every second counts, and the precious time wasted by having to move these planters out of the way could be the difference for life and death when someone is trapped in a fire,” she told The Post.
Jackson Heights resident Julia Silber said the heavy pots have also at times blocked fire trucks trying to turn onto 34th Avenue in her neighborhood.
The strikes President Donald Trump launched against Iran Saturday are not just military operations — they are the answer to decades of prayers by Iranians who have suffered under tyranny.
CNN host Jake Tapper’s reaction summed it up on Thursday when he told viewers the future of the network was affected by the decision of Netflix to back out of buying the cable channel’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.
They’re vested in the NYPD.
Kamala Harris has joined other far-left Dems by stating that she doesn’t support regime change in Iran.
There were several reasons why streaming giant Netflix pulled out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery. You might want to add Susan Rice to the list.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani slammed President Trump’s strikes on Iran as an “illegal war of aggression.”
Firebrand Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lashed out Saturday against far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) claim that the US “loves to strike Muslim countries” during the holiest month on the Islamic calendar.
Let history remember when Alvin Bragg went soft on snowball-throwing Diaper Man and essentially endorsed the disrespect of the men and women in blue.