Foreign Object
By Urban Thought at 5 February, 2009, 11:07 am
Briskly walking through the streets, thinking of lying in bed to rest up for another day, I make my way to my building. Luck and time are on my side as I see the elevator awaiting my arrival. Pressing the button for my floor, I contemplate the many activities I must complete before I count [...]
Read More >>Door 2 Door Trash Inquiry
By Urban Thought at 7 November, 2008, 2:47 pm
While walking out of my building this morning I came across a bag of trash blocking the door. After returning to the building and watching a bit of the morning news, I heard a series of knocks in the hallway followed by several doors closing. And then, I heard a knock on my door. “Housing,” [...]
Read More >>Does Low Income Equal Low Class?
By Urban Thought at 8 July, 2008, 9:29 am
Most of you know by now that I am what you would call a Morning Person. I appreciate the title and own up to all that it stands for. Like most mornings I jump out of bed with ease. This morning I woke up on the couch. I arrived home late last night (or should [...]
Read More >>U.N. Predicts Urban Population Explosion
By Urban Thought at 30 June, 2007, 6:50 am
(June 30) — By next year, more than half the world’s population, 3.3 billion people, will for the first time live in towns and cities, and the number is expected to swell to almost five billion by 2030, according to a United Nations Population Fund report released yesterday. A United Nations study predicts that the [...]
Read More >>Renter’s Cant Catch A Break
By Urban Thought at 21 June, 2007, 1:06 pm
New York renters squeezed by the lowest vacancy rates in three years are unlikely to get any relief next week when rent-stabilized guidelines come up for a vote. The Rent Guidelines Board recommended increases between 2 and 4.5 percent for one-year leases and between 4 and 7.5 percent for two-year leases at a preliminary vote [...]
Read More >>240-year sentence for NYC hate crimes
By Urban Thought at 23 March, 2007, 12:00 pm
NEW YORK – A judge gave a 240-year prison sentence Wednesday to a black man who took hostages in an East Village bar, injuring several with bullets and kerosene, while telling the patrons that “white people are going to burn tonight.” State Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley told Steven Johnson, 39, that he had forfeited [...]
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