tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post1201223911005628356..comments2024-03-29T06:21:22.494-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Bloomberg Obsessed With His "Legacy"reality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-39030687454031190772012-11-13T19:07:27.789-05:002012-11-13T19:07:27.789-05:00You're right, of course. There is a big short...You're right, of course. There is a big shortage of seats in schools. But that doesn't stop the building from our "legacy-minded" mayor.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-61346944263107730362012-11-13T19:06:41.374-05:002012-11-13T19:06:41.374-05:00I walked by St. Vincent's on Saturday. It was...I walked by St. Vincent's on Saturday. It was creepy - the hospital is empty NYU and Bellevue had to be evacuated during the hurricane, Downtown Medical closed before the hurricane. Hard to be believe, but NYC was down four hospitals that week.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-80265974212141693942012-11-13T19:04:41.584-05:002012-11-13T19:04:41.584-05:00Some parts still need electricity and running wate...Some parts still need electricity and running water, but that doesn't have Legacy potential either.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-53661419885342300092012-11-13T18:45:36.182-05:002012-11-13T18:45:36.182-05:00Of course,what NYC really needs is affordable hous...Of course,what NYC really needs is affordable housing, but I guess that doesn't have Legacy potential.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-75302092584397178862012-11-13T16:58:01.122-05:002012-11-13T16:58:01.122-05:00The little man certainly does have an inflated Edi...The little man certainly does have an inflated Edifice Complex, which is nothing new in a politician/oligarch.<br /><br />However, for me there's a special place deep in the Fiery Lake for Bloomberg and his political concubine Christine Quinn, for their standing by and allowing St. Vincent's Hospital - an employer of 3,000 people that provided medical care to Greenwich Village and lower Manhattan for 160 years - to close. The site is now being re-developed as luxury condominiums by the politically-juiced Rudin family.<br /><br />Add in his attacks on the public schools, and there is the Bloomberg Legacy: despoiling public resources relied upon by the many, crony capitalism for the privileged few.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-9517994822310964532012-11-13T09:13:04.213-05:002012-11-13T09:13:04.213-05:00Let's not forger the legacy of grossly overcro...Let's not forger the legacy of grossly overcrowded schools- real estate Bloomberg builds green lights the condos downtown and forget to build any new schools (That would take up valuable real estate for the developer pals).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com