Saturday, May 22, 2010
Christine Quinn Lies a new YouTube by Donny Moss and Mayor Bloomberg has a cameo appearance
Let us rewind and watch his other YouTube behind Christine Quinn's smile
Andrew Cuomo is running NY round up the good the very bad
I have good and bad news. Let us start with the good news. In the smallest and humblest ways, sharing a impromptu birthday celebration with Giuseppi Logan in Tompkins today was wonderful. That is NYC at it's best. People thought this jazz great was dead but he is alive and composing and playing. I rocked the jazz world when I posted a stirring rendition of Begin the Beguine on YouTube.
Today I filmed him celebrating his 74th birthday.
Good news, Andrew Cuomo has finally declared his candidacy for governor and I believe it is a shoe-in but the down side is he is inheriting a mega-mess and corrupted "gov" from Albany to City Hall and New York may be heading towards a depression if we aren't officially in one yet.
Good luck Andrew.
Now for the really bad news. If you want to stab someone or a couple of people to death than NYC is the place to be and simply say it was self defense.
The reporter from The New York Times does not interview the two victims families so we never hear their side. The people that were murdered were rude and offensive and thew a bag with bottles but I believe they were murdered and the murderer and knew what he did and that was why he fled.
Maybe New York needs to do better recruiting for the District Attorney's office?
Also remember Keyanna Jones? If you don't let me introduce her memory. She was a stunningly beautiful teenage girl. Please click on the link to see her beautiful smile face. This beautiful African American girl was in the wrong place at the wrong time, murdered by a man being teased and harassed by teenagers that exited the bus with him. Keyanna had nothing what so ever to do with these teenagers. Maybe the news reporters got it wrong but as I understood it, she had no weapon. Her last words were words of peace and she was murdered because this guy was being harassed by a group of teens and she happen to walk up to the bus stop with her friend and witnessed the madness pouring out on the street and called for calm and was stabbed to death in the heart!!!! The murderer of a girl more than half of his age walked.
The mayor talks about guns but look how people are being stabbed to death and walking free. Take a moment and look at Keyanna Jones's beautiful young sweet face...read the story and explain how her murderer walked away clear and free.
My letter in The New York Daily News
Words to the wise
Manhattan: Keyanna Jones, age 15, died speaking pearls of wisdom and peace ("'God takes good ones,'" June 27). Fragile egos and false pride are driving up the murder rate.
Suzannah B. Troy
I do not believe he will walk free since he has a record and sometimes grand juries, juries and judges get it right but apparently not soon enough because another beautiful teenage girl died in New York City. Apparently even staying home doesn't mean your safe.
Andrew Cuomo and anyone currently in office who is not a lame duck, or too busy stealing tax payer money really needs to step up to the plate calling for "peace on the streets" as well as for Albany to balance their budget which was supposed to be done April 1st.
Welcome to New York.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Suge Knight arrested think of Nick Broomfield's documentary on Tupac and B.I.G.
TMZ reports Suge Knight was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and bail is set at $65,000.00.
Why would this report catch my attention? I have never listened to rap music so how would I even know the name Suge Knight?
One night I was flipping the channels and came across this film Notorious as in Notorious B.I.G and I was riveted by this powerful film directed by George Tillman, Jr. with a terrific cast including new comer Jamal Woolard and "young Biggie" is played by Christopher Jordan Wallace, Biggie's real life son with singer, wife Faith Evans. You learn how Biggie connected with Lil Kim and influenced her career as well as made a staggering fortune with his street poetry telling it like it is although his Mom admits he was a big time embellisher at times but his words hit a chord with the people.
I knew nothing of the rap world and once I watched this film, I started to watch documentaries including the one on Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls by famous documentarian Nick Broomfield who has made films on Heidi Fleiss, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer and many other films.
After watching his film on Tupac and Biggie it seemed one major theory as to why and how these rappers were murdered was Suge Knight was responsible. The theory is Suge Knight knew that Tupac was going to leave his record label and by killing Tupac he would be able to hold on to the massive fortune Tupac was generating for him. Tupac and Suge used to watch The Godfather over and over and there is a scene where Tupac recites lines from the film. The movie suggests Suge lived and continues to live his life like the film. A girlfriend was set to testify against Suge in a separate case and she simply disappeared.
How does all this tie in to the murder of B.I.G? The theory is that Suge Knight masterminded blowing him away and creating this East Coast West Coast rivalry which really did not exist until it was created with a nefarious motive to take them both out and for B.I.G to be wrongly accused of having Tupac killed. Knight has his supporters that deny this.
This time it appears there is enough evidence to send Suge Knight back to jail where you see him in Broomfield's documentary. Nick Broomfield is so tenacious and ballsy he won't take no for an answer and convinces the warden and Knight to allow him to interview Knight. Broomfield shows us Knight's website at the end of the film which seems like a very thinly veiled death threat against Snoop Dogg. To date the police have never caught the murderers of Tupac and B.I.G but if you watch Nick Broomfield's documentary than you might conclude the man that called the shots was arrested today and needs to pay $65,000 bail to get out of jail for packing heat and being threatening....
NYC Gov Street Conditions Observation Mini Car a big waste of tax payer money
http://bronx.ny1.com/content/69978/east-village-water-main-break-leaves-thousands-without-water Remember I called the press and asked them to come and luckily NY1 and Channel 11 showed up. This was 3 years ago and the intersection is still a mess on both sides as is most of the area. 
The intersection has never healed and a NYC City Gov mini car is parking right in front of a crater in one corner of where this medium size water main break took place one block from where Cooper Union was building it "new hideous ugly" Studio building and my opinion Cooper Union's construction was too much for "old" New York's infrastructure. I could not find the city employee that parked the car right by this infamous intersection and one store closed right after the water main break because of it. I spoke to a guy working at the church to share my frustration at this car being parked here on no city gov worker to actually do the job of inspecting street conditions. He shared my feeling and remembered the water main break well. 
Your tax payer money wasted and doing nothing - parked in front of a crater East Village. Here is the back of the mini-car parked right by this on going disaster of an intersection where thankfully no one has tripped and broken their ankle or their neck and why can't the city fix this problem and ditto for St. Marks Place between 1st and 2nd where the street continues to re-open again like a wound...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OefGTKLNJQc&feature=PlayList&p=A5673208E5D31594&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=1 Did my YouTube series finally get the city to resolve a street that kept breaking open for aprox. 5 years and is it really fixed finally? Watch the YouTube series... A few blocks down by the 9th Precinct on 5th Street looking West I asked a guy working are you here working on "street conditions" and he said no, he is here working on a gas line as an outside contractor for Con Ed. 
This mini-car with a custom paint job that says Street Conditions Observation Unit is parked right at this very intersection which has a medium size water main break and now remains a wound that won't heal. How many infrastructure related breaks has the East Village Lower East Side done to and including Chinatown had since Mike Bloomberg pushed a reckless tsunami of development.....? Way too many.... How can you push development without addressing infrastructure first? Easily if you are Mike Bloomberg. Here I talk about Cooper Union in my opinion endangering our community because of infrastructure concerns and since I made this YouTube the build has been put on hold for 2 years. Cooper Union renting to their little yellow Science right now to NY Film Academy but their goal is tearing down the building, supersizing and leasing for 99 years. Even Guiliani's city planner said no -- this is a shell game but Amanda the socialite mega millionaire city planner the people's Burden of course gave it and every zone buster the green light which is why are streets look like this and we have so many infrastructure breaks.
Yetta Kurland - Hands Around St. Vincent's Action, Saturday May 29th 2 PM
Dear Neighbor,
20 days now our community has been without a hospital, without a plan to ensure public health and safety for lower Manhattan and without an explanation for why our hospital collapsed in a matter of days in breach of the law and without so much as an investigation, or public hearing.
It is a testament to your voice, your persistence and your unyielding message that our elected officials are coming together on Friday May 21st at 5pm at Our Lady of Pompeii Church (25 Carmine Street at Bleecker) with a group of health care professionals to discuss "How Can We Get Back A Hospital For Our Community". This is the first time this has happened since the illegal vote to close St. Vincent's Hospital on April 6th.
While this is an opportunity for us, we must show up and make clear that our community needs a hospital at the St. Vincent's site. And though there are many possible ways to do this, there is no question that this can and must be done. Moving the hospital to some remote location or waiting until it is part of some future real estate speculation will not solve the urgent medical crisis that exists today because St. Vincent's Hospital was allowed to collapse without an appropriate back up plan. The leaders and experts who will be at the Friday meeting have the power and ability to make this happen, and we must convince them to do so.
A hospital will bring more revenue to New York City, it will make our community safe and it is the only way to ensure public health and safety for the lower west side of Manhattan. The most efficient way to do this is to adaptively reuse the current infrastructure of St. Vincent's with proper and fiscally responsible oversight. We must ensure the hospital comports with the look and feel of our community, is not determined by real estate interests but by our needs, and offers services for all of our community. We must call for a use lock to be placed on the property by City Council to ensure the only use for St. Vincent's is a hospital. This will stop the real estate forces from using the bankruptcy procedure to grab the site for luxury housing development.
And time is precious. As each day goes by I hear more stories of disorganization, and lack of medical services from my neighbors. Each time one of us needs emergent medical service we realize how serious this issue is, and every day or week that goes by the bankruptcy court allows another piece of St. Vincent's property to go on the bidding block. If they can shut a hospital down in 21 days, they can open one with just as much speed.
If you are able, I hope that you will join me in showing our strength and making clear our message this Friday. We rely on our elected officials to put our interests first, to stand up to real estate interests, privatized health care interests and to corporate malfeasance. We believe that where there is a will there is a way and we must demand our leaders understand our will and find a way.
Also SAVE THE DATE - Hands Around St. Vincent's Action, Saturday May 29th at 2pm.
In solidarity,
Yetta
New Blog -- demand a hospital and my moving photos of St. Vincent's with people's messages are linked to it.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Master Piercer Elayne Angel will be in Phili to pierce in August
ELAYNE ANGEL PIERCING IN PHILADELPHIA AUGUST 13-17, 2010
For the first time in over a year, I'll be piercing on the East Coast in PHILADELPHIA!
August 13-17, 2010
I'll be at INFINITE BODY PIERCING, ths studio owned by APP President James Weber:
626 South Fourth St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Studio: 215.923.7335
The New York Theatre Workshop Go see Restoration!
http://www.facebook.com/nytw79?filter=2
I wrote a review and they posted it on their facebook page!!!!!!
Monday, May 17, 2010
ARS NOVA Worshop Giuseppi Logan
http://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/blog/giuseppi-logan-currently-active-music
Also touching for me because I am acknowledged.
NYC comes in 2nd as lay-off capital and ABC refers to St. Vincent's
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/americas-layoff-capitals/story?id=10639186
You would think king mayor Mike Bloomberg would have fought to keep St. Vincent's open so the West Village had a hospital and although St. Vincent's did not know how to run a business they never turned away a person which is rare these days and there were one of the closer hospitals that was a resource during Sept. 11 although sadly there were many survivors they did treat rescue workers like firefighters who would than run back downtown.
You would think Mike Bloomberg would have fought to save this hospital for the above reason but also to save jobs and keep people employed.
More and more it seems Bloomberg won or stole a third term to help his greedy community crushing developer friends and fiance buddies to obtain their greedy, ruthless goals at the expense of New Yorker in way to many ways to count including pushing a reckless tsunami of development as stupid and greedy as what caused Wall Street to implode. Mike's new hideous New York built with the aid of socialite mega-millionaire city planner Amanda the people's Burden on old NY's infrastructure is collapsing and besides the infrastructure break and related problems that resemble terror attacks from steam pipe explosions to man hole covers the subways are backed to the brim with dilapidated subways stations that literally cannot accommodate the population.
The stair in the subway are so crowded that the flow of people can only go one way and people wanting to get down stairs have to wait until the sea of people exit. Trains that are not expresses suddenly become so leaving rows of crowded people fuming but who cares as long as Mike could push a reckless tsunami of development that continues to blot out the sun...so much for Mike's idea for solar panels when he aids developers like NYU and Cooper Union to bust through our zoning and using their not for profit status as a tax shelter, Columbia University to displace an entire neighborhood called Manhattanville abusing eminent domain and so many condo and hotel developers some with bad tract records that if they were drug dealers they would be behind bars but when it comes to developers, contractors and landlords a bad track record means nothing except business as usual.
The New York Times said something about returning to a recession. We never left but are heading towards a depression and Mike Bloomberg doesn't appear to care. He just wanted to get in for a third term to cover his friends wheeling and dealing but he has good company, ditto for most of Albany and City Hall.
You would think king mayor Mike Bloomberg would have fought to keep St. Vincent's open so the West Village had a hospital and although St. Vincent's did not know how to run a business they never turned away a person which is rare these days and there were one of the closer hospitals that was a resource during Sept. 11 although sadly there were many survivors they did treat rescue workers like firefighters who would than run back downtown.
You would think Mike Bloomberg would have fought to save this hospital for the above reason but also to save jobs and keep people employed.
More and more it seems Bloomberg won or stole a third term to help his greedy community crushing developer friends and fiance buddies to obtain their greedy, ruthless goals at the expense of New Yorker in way to many ways to count including pushing a reckless tsunami of development as stupid and greedy as what caused Wall Street to implode. Mike's new hideous New York built with the aid of socialite mega-millionaire city planner Amanda the people's Burden on old NY's infrastructure is collapsing and besides the infrastructure break and related problems that resemble terror attacks from steam pipe explosions to man hole covers the subways are backed to the brim with dilapidated subways stations that literally cannot accommodate the population.
The stair in the subway are so crowded that the flow of people can only go one way and people wanting to get down stairs have to wait until the sea of people exit. Trains that are not expresses suddenly become so leaving rows of crowded people fuming but who cares as long as Mike could push a reckless tsunami of development that continues to blot out the sun...so much for Mike's idea for solar panels when he aids developers like NYU and Cooper Union to bust through our zoning and using their not for profit status as a tax shelter, Columbia University to displace an entire neighborhood called Manhattanville abusing eminent domain and so many condo and hotel developers some with bad tract records that if they were drug dealers they would be behind bars but when it comes to developers, contractors and landlords a bad track record means nothing except business as usual.
The New York Times said something about returning to a recession. We never left but are heading towards a depression and Mike Bloomberg doesn't appear to care. He just wanted to get in for a third term to cover his friends wheeling and dealing but he has good company, ditto for most of Albany and City Hall.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Grateful Dead The NY Historical Society - Suzannah B. Troy
The NY Historical Society is being renovated so only one small section is actually open and it is filled with Grateful Dead treasures! This collection of powerful photos and memorabilia are on loan from The Grateful Dead Archive on loan from the University of Santa Cruz.
The first blown up image you see is of The Filmore East on the Lower East Side and there are powerful photos of the Filmore with mobs of people lined up to see the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin. I remember reading Janis would go to Ratner's after and Ratner's moved yet again and than finally closed as so much has these days.
There is of course poster art and all kinds of collectibles and Grateful Dead music plays through out this small exhibition. I do want to warn you the price to get in is 12 dollars I think. You may want to double check me on that and the gift shop is filled to the brim with Grateful Dead items. I bought an amazing pair of GD earrings!
“I am incredibly happy that the kind archivists at UC Santa Cruz understand the social value of our priceless archive and its hallowed meaning to our most beloved 'Dead Heads.' Without the care it is now receiving these treasures would be lost. Please join me in preserving the legacy so we can all continue to explore and experience what the "Grateful Dead" means to us.” - Bill Kreutzmann
You can contribute your thoughts http://deadcentral.blogspot.com/ Note: For Suzannah B. Troy fans, my jacket with patches and pin from Rescue Workers and fellow volunteers was on display at The New York Historical Society and is now downtown in the Sept. 11 Museum collection.
AIDS Walk 2010 Massive Turn out!
Huge turn out for the AIDS walk -- HUGE!!!! Which was good to see and I met these very nice women from Bedford Central Presbyterian Church who did their share by participating in the AIDS walk.I can't tell you for sure how many people turned out but it was massive. I read some where an estimated 45,000 people might show up and it sure looked and sounded like it. Truly inspiring and a great fund raiser sponsored by the Gay Mens' Health Crisis.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
St. Vincent's the community needs a hospital in place
I spoke with a a long term community member about why he loved St. Vincent’s.
He said because they would not turn away anyone. Sitting in the emergency room was like sitting in the subway. You had rich and poor all together. If someone was dying and they were a bad person, a really bad character, the nun’s would sit and hold his hand so he did not die alone.
He just felt they mismanaged the business end of the hospital badly.
I have been posting YouTubes filmed by an activist about the on going meetings involving St. Vincent’s and also now the communities hope to locate a hospital in St. Vincent’s place.
I have to praise Yetta Kurland who her on going role trying to save St. Vincent’s and helping the community to find a solution that would bring a hospital in it’s place.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-444574
This is reposted with Louis Flores permission from I Report CNN
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