[Raquel]

"So, they prefer a store sitting empty than a viable business which will bring in tax money, jobs, and encourage other businesses???????"

Yes that's exactly right. You should hear the loony things the NYC Council is up to. Here they want to act as big brother and control private interests, all for their precious union backers ($$$).

[Gabz]

You should hear the loony things the NYC Council is up to.

I'm moved out of NYC in 1982 with all intentions of coming back after I established myself. Here it is 24 years later and the very LAST place I would want to live is NYC. I knew that within 5 years.

I'm perfectly happy, after 20 successful years in media and politics, now having my little farm in the middle of nowhere and shopping in WalMart.