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Back to Shul

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“And just remember, the best thing about kids… is making them!”

“Bring us a pitcher of beer every seven minutes until somebody passes out. And then bring one every ten minutes.”

Thornton Melon

WILL kids be going back to NYC public schools this upcoming Monday? Absolutely not because it’s Yom Kippur. So it’s shul for some and a good beach day for others. Come Tuesday, who knows? Which is a phrase that sums up many fall traditions now that Autumn has arrived. Will there be trick or treating and a parade on Halloween? Who knows? Will there be a Columbus Day parade? Who knows, and possibly not ever again in NYC – but public schools will be closed. Will there be family get-together’s on Thanksgiving? Who knows …but it will still take place on the fourth Thursday in November, there will be a lot of turkey on the plate and Lions and Cowboys on TV, and no school. A NYC Marathon gracing Vernon Boulevard? Not in 2020. Christmas sales and decorations and caroling in early November? Highly likely. Oktoberfest? Possibly, in spontaneous and hopefully socially distanced outbreaks while the weather holds and the beer flows freely outdoors. Let’s start with that vision and keep our fingers crossed for school and the rest…

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Live Comedy In Murray Park On Weekends

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live from Murray Park Photo: Beatriz Benares

THIS weekend and every weekend the weather is amenable there will be live comedy shows at the mini-amphitheater in the eastern end of Murray Park in Long Island City. The performances are free and slated to start at 6pm on both Saturdays and Sundays, but follow the instagram account @2Small2FailComedy for confirmation and the lineup for each evening.

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Leaving LIC For $uburbia?

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suburban yes, suburbia no

SINCE shortly after the pandemic began in the U.S., the mass media has gorged on the supposed city to suburbs migration angle. I say supposed because there are a number of complicating factors and spotty data making it difficult to discern whether it’s a torrent or a trickle. Every year there is a migration of some for the burbs, with the bulk of that bell curve moving when school lets out in the summer. This year you also had some that pulled forward that decision, which should create a vacuum in years hence under ‘normal’ circumstances. The additional demand from that ‘pull forward’ is probably enough to lead to bidding ‘insanity’ as described in the NYT title below (link). That’s because unlike toilet paper there’s no way to instantaneously increase supply, which is made more acute (and drawn out) given the strict zoning in NYC suburbs, especially versus say Dallas. Once you net out the two sets above, I think the absolute numbers of those leaving NYC and buying a home1 in the NYC suburbs is smaller than the hype, if solely because of the incremental supply issues. 2

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  1. or even renting [↩]
  2. the way new supply comes on in the suburbs is people list their home at aspirational prices – come and take me! [↩]

Victim Identified & Police Sweep Parks At Night

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THE victim in the deadly shooting in Hunters Point has been identified. According to The Daily News his name was Vickram Sewsankar and this past weekend would have been his 26th birthday. Other details are contained in the article, but not the identity of the shooter, only to say that police are looking for a hispanic male in his 30’s.

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