"Thumbs up, my FRiend."
Posted on 03/01/2016 7:29:39 PM PST by Beave Meister
Go ahead and pop the champagne: the NYPD will no longer arrest most people who are caught drinking alcohol in public in Manhattan, the city announced today—but they can still get a summons.
Unless it’s “necessary for public safety reasons,” the NYPD will no longer arrest people for certain low-level offenses in Manhattan, including public consumption of alcohol, public urination, littering and riding between subway cars or taking up more than one subway seat—and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. will no longer prosecute those infractions, his office said today. Offenders can still receive summonses, which require them to pay a fine but don’t give them a criminal record, for those offenses. Summonses are already an option for this offenses, and are often given to violators who do not have a warrant.
“Using summonses instead of arrests for low-level offenses is an intuitive and modern solution that will help make sure resources are focused on our main priority: addressing threats to public safety,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement. “Today’s reforms allow our hardworking police officers to concentrate their efforts on the narrow group of individuals driving violent crime in New York City. This plan will also help safely prevent unnecessary jail time for low-level offenses.”
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I think the Occupy people (and I use that term very loosely) got away with that.
Can’t you already do that in San Francisco?
Back to the pre-Giuliani days.
I don’t usually urinate in public.
But when I do, I choose a place where it’s legal like Manhattan.
I was threatened with WWOC on a railroad grade in the western U.P. of Mi.. He called it a public right of way and when I ask if there were beer in the car I said there better be. There soon wasn’t.
"Thumbs up, my FRiend."
Makes me want to jump on a train and head into the Big Apple for lovely evening of dinner and show right now /s
The old brown paper bag holding the adult beverage will be missing though.
City can’t afford to jail em is my guess.....
Can’t wait to visit. /s
Yes. You can stroll about nude in broad daylight in certain districts of San Francisco. Most restaurants discourage that kind of customer, for obvious reasons, unless they bring a pillow to sit on. When it happens’ it’s almost never anybody you would want to see w/o clothes.
People here in New York City have just about always gotten away with drinking wine or champagne in public parks, particularly during outdoor concerts such as by the Metropolitan Opera or New York Philharmonic. It's the guy with the can of beer that almost always got the criminal (pink) summons. It of course shouldn't matter if one is sipping alcohol from a fancy wine glass or drinking a $1.00 beer from a can, but it certainly seems to be the case.
They want to be more like Europe so they can pee anywhere in public in broad day light!
I’ve heard that many parts of San Francisco have the unmistakable miserable stench of urine in the air.
SF has tried to be very lenient and liberal with homeless, nudists, extremists in the LGBT community, etc. But where does being liberal get you???? You end up pushing the envelope too far, and then decent people avoid your city.
They would only have gone to jail if they failed to appear in court, or failed to pay the fine by mail before the court date. Then a warrant would be issued for their arrest, and the next time they were asked for their ID by a police officer it would show up on the computer and they would be cuffed and taken away.
That is how it works, starts with the small sh!t and eventually grows. Welcome to the Cesspool!!
Unfortunately, that is still true in certain areas of town, and under certain weather conditions. There are some beautiful areas to see, just be careful where you sit or place your belongings. Some areas are almost too popular.
My gym 24hr fitness is in the city of Larkspur. A few yards from the gym, you will find the Ferry Boats. I love going on the Ferry Boats when I’m not in any big rush. One of the few things I miss not being in the Navy, is traveling on the water. Problem is, many people use the boats as regular transportation to get to work, so all the little ships are filled during the day. That provides good money for the county, and it brings people together for a while. I long ago stopped trying to use the Streetcars, too full, and long lines awaiting. But again, it’s good money and ambiance for The City.
This is rich. Many New Yorkers look down at Southerners & call us “backwards” and “hicks”. Yet, they allow urination on the streets.
Hilarious.
Actually yes Manhattan is big on drinking, the difference is the bar closing times. In NYC they close at 4am while in England I believe it's 11pm
In my younger drinking days I lived in places where the bars closed at 1am - 4am. In places like NYC where the bars close at 4am, people generally stay at the bars and then slowly calmly filter out and go home over time.
In places where they close early, everyone leaves the bars at the same time and they all hit the street at once and they continue drinking on outside or go to after hours parties.
So early bar closing times tend to have the opposite effect.
Fred Dicker: What is it going to mean for Donald Trump to have Bill de Blasio as [New York City] Mayor? "
Donald Trump: "He's a smart guy that knows what's going on really big league and I think he is not going to want to destroy New York."
(Voice Over: That was Donald Trump a little over two years ago, endorsing [Marxist] Bill de Blasio for New York Mayor)
Donald Trump: "I think pretty strongly that he'll end up being a good mayor, maybe a very good mayor."
(Voice Over: De Blasio ran on class warfare, sanctuary cities and ending stop and frisk. De Blasio's sided with looters and cop killers against the police, with teachers unions against schoolchildren and with PC liberals to let the homeless run wild on city streets)
Donald Trump: "I think he is going to want to make New York great. ..."
http://www.redstate.com/2016/01/19/trump-endorsed-bill-de-blasio/
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