Workers Ordered to Give Up City-Owned Cars

“As the Bloomberg administration scrambles to cut spending, it is ordering city agencies like the police, parks and health departments to give up nearly 700 city-owned cars, a cherished perk for their workers.”

“Many city agencies operate their own fleet of cars, which they assign to employees for official use. Buildings inspectors use city-owned cars to travel to construction sites, for example. And supervisors at the Department of Parks and Recreation use them to get to far-flung city properties.

For many of these employees, mass transportation may add hours to their travel schedule.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/nyregion/02cars.html?ref=nyregion

Don’t you feel bad for these managerial and supervisory personnel? This will hit the Parks Department hardest of all – Without their agency cars, how will they get to the ballpark in order use their free tickets to Met’s and Yankee’s games? Life is so unfair.

Caffe on the Green

Caffe on the Green - The former home of Rudolph Valentino

The following full page notice appeared in the January 1st, 2009 edition of the Queens Courier:

Effective Thursday, January 1st, 2009, Caffé on the Green will cease operations and will not reopen at this location. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the New York City of Department of Parks, has decided to prematurely terminate our license agreement unjustifiably and without cause.

In this time of such high financial uncertainty, the city and its lack of responsible judgment and shortsightedness, has placed our employees into an uncertain and stressful position, facing unemployment, and the loss of their future pension and health care benefits.

We are sure the community remembers what an abandoned dangerous eyesore this property was prior to Caffé on the Green’s transformation into the beautiful venue it is today.

Caffé will be relocating locally, and hopes to be up and running again soon with our present family of staff. Our website, Caffeonthegreen.com, will always be available and will keep you posted on our future plans. As our faithful clientele, you will always have the option to sign up for our mailing list by clicking on the link Constant Contacts.

Caffé on the Green is grateful to our many loyal customers who have supported us for the past 17 years and were instrumental in creating the success that we are. Least we forget our dedicated staff who made it a reality.

On behalf of all of us, THANK YOU,
we look forward to serving you again soon

GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS AND WISHES COME TRUE

Caffé on the Green

Park At Your Own Risk

Is it possible that this official vehicle is parked illegally?

On Bell Blvd., between Northern Blvd. and 35th Ave, New York City agencies issued 20,453 parking tickets from July 2007 to June 2008. Included are tickets issued on side streets such as 41st and 39th Avenues, which are used for Bell Blvd. parking Follow the link below, zoom in on a particular area and crunch the numbers for other locations.

A YEAR OF PARKING TICKETS.

New York City has become one big “parking trap.”