The statement that New York City's 92 billion budget is greater than most countries surprised me, had to look it up. According to a CUNY page [0], the city's revenue has been around $80 billion the last few years and $70 billion in expenditures. Comparing that to a wikipedia page [1] on government revenues/expenditures does indeed place New York City as collecting and spending more than all but 38 and 35 countries in the world.
It's worth noting that for the same amount of money many countries manage to provide free healthcare, excellent public transportation, decent schools, while also having to maintain armed forces, financial system and a network of embassies abroad.
Another piece of NYC esoterica: the city marshals[1], who are unsalaried, appointed by the mayor, independent from the police (and sheriffs), and are tasked with collecting legal judgments.
It reminds me of how bankruptcy trustees make their money. I was talking with a bankruptcy lawyer about this a while ago. It seemed odd that the court fee for a bankruptcy is only a few hundred dollars but the trustee may have to spend many hours on a complex case.
He explained that the trustee is paid a percentage of the assets they sell off.
> “We’re black and white because the news is black and white — what is there to color?” Mr. Blachman said.
This sounds like a very poetic and simultaneously very New York thing to say. I don't know Mr. Blachman but I like him already. I know everyone on a first-name basis but he sounds like the kind of person you'd strictly refer to as "Mr. Blachman."
This makes me wonder if other cities have this kind of thing or if it's unique to NYC?
The US Government used to publish procurements in something called Commerce Business Daily. By 2002, that had been replaced by the FedBizOps web site, "https://www.fbo.gov/". The paper version is long gone.
NYC puts the City Record online at "https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/". Get your bid in for the new garbage trucks now. It's surprising that NYC still publishes the paper version.
Indeed, and the city probably has open government laws requiring it to publish all of its business. For a town above a certain size, self-publishing may simply be the most economical route. In my little town, they just include a section of public notices in the local paper every week.
> If the original title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and "14 Amazing Ys" to "Ys." Exception: when the number is meaningful, e.g. "The 5 Platonic Solids."
> Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.
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[0] https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/fiscal_data/gfund-rev_ex...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_governmen...
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Marshal
He explained that the trustee is paid a percentage of the assets they sell off.
Must be nice work if you can get it!
[1]: https://nypost.com/2018/11/27/doi-looks-into-city-marshal-fo...
This sounds like a very poetic and simultaneously very New York thing to say. I don't know Mr. Blachman but I like him already. I know everyone on a first-name basis but he sounds like the kind of person you'd strictly refer to as "Mr. Blachman."
This makes me wonder if other cities have this kind of thing or if it's unique to NYC?
[1] https://www.leaguecity.com/bids.aspx https://eprocurement.cityofchicago.org/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?OAFunc...
Here's a list of national government ones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government_gazettes
It can be fascinating reading.
The journaling of election results and other things is somewhat unique and an awesome resource.
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NYC puts the City Record online at "https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/". Get your bid in for the new garbage trucks now. It's surprising that NYC still publishes the paper version.
Does that make it less surprising? Publishing such a paper is routine for national governments around the world, as well as US states.
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> If the original title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and "14 Amazing Ys" to "Ys." Exception: when the number is meaningful, e.g. "The 5 Platonic Solids."
> Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.
Arguably the original title is linkbait.
When we do that, we either use a subtitle or a representative phrase from the article body. In this case it was the latter.
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