And a relic of why they're associated so much with city dwellers. You're part of a NYC historic tradition!

My mom volunteers with the Philly Goats and it's basically the cutest thing on the planet. And you can hire them for yardwork or book them to just come visit. The goats are so chill!

Frankly it's going to be hard to find a private place with few people at that price that allows a tripod setup, and is secure enough to leave a professional camera unattended for a long stretch. But there might be other suggestions, good luck

I would put that money towards hiring a local photographer rather than leaving a camera unattended and hoping you get the shot. Especially since you don't live here.

I'd also recommend you post this in r/askNYC - people give some really helpful suggestions there

I love that you're getting downvoted for pointing out homeless kids in non-English speaking families might need some slack getting their live in order. the brainworms on this subreddit when it comes to asylum seekers...

It isn't true, that's why. All transfer students have a window to get the required vaccines, based on the assumption its better they have a slight risk of infection over being a month behind in learning.

I don't know if you've ever lived in a NYC shelter, but while you get access to city funded stuff "fast" and "efficient" are not the word people usually use to describe the process.

hmm yes the triple whammy of the New York Post, unchecked NYPD statistics, and Mayor McSwag claiming there's a reason to give cops more money. This will surely be a good, rational conversation for this subreddit.

Hey Regan called, he said you should shut up. They retired that dog whistle a while back.

You misspelled "racist"

Look, rent is really expensive in New York, they're doing their best.

...the current system is "people need to borrow stuff for free and use free tech sometimes because they don't own any" and they go to a neighborhood location and do that. How do you propose they do that more efficiently?

Cutting schools to save libraries feels like trying to put out a fire by starting another fire in a different place. But yes, libraries are a very small part of the budget.

The library provides many, many more resources than books for people. Physical locations (which are owned by the city) are central to how most people use the library. They keep track of usage, even during the pandemic ebooks only made a fraction of the loans they normally make.

More importantly the library 's social value is who they serve, which includes a lot of people who need IRL support. Seniors, children, people who live in poverty and need access to technology all need branches, that's why they're opening new ones. They also have tech and spaces for at home workers too, at the new branches, so white collar workers benefit as well.

In case anyone is wondering, the $20 million dollars they're cutting is less than .2% of the NYPD's 10.8 BILLION dollar budget. At least when all those kids can't go to the library after school they can be rounded up and jailed efficiently.

haha, if that's important to you, I don't think you're eating a lot of street food in queens in general.

Asylum seekers applying for legal status must do so within the US. They are following the law.

This needs repeating every time this topic comes up, I feel like we need a bot.

Nobody is actively recruiting mentally ill people and criminals to live in the subway and get shit faced. People dislike the st Patrick's parade too.

Avoid Manhattan on December 10, got it.