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High school life in nyc how it compares to gossip girl etc

Hi all, can I ask people who went to high school in NYC what your experience was like and how it compared to Gossip Girl? Were there bullies and if so what did they do? Were you allowed to have phones in class or at school? Did girls wear high heels? Did anyone wear designer or what did everyone wear? What were parties like and was everyone drinking underage
Thanks so much

President Trump this week called New York City's new pied-a-terre surcharge a dangerous experiment and said he is exploring whether the federal government can block it. City property records suggest he has a direct stake in the answer: the largest surcharge exposure in Trump Tower belongs to his own triplex.

I pulled every Trump Tower unit from the city's FY 2026-27 assessment roll, the file the surcharge runs on. (I chair a NYC brokerage; this is my own analysis of the public data.)

The building splits cleanly. Of 229 residential condo units on the roll, 180 fall under the $1 million market-value threshold and owe nothing under Phase 1 of the tax. The median unit carries a Department of Finance market value of $794,535. The surcharge reaches 49 units, about a fifth of the building.

At the top sits the unit the roll styles 66N: market value $6,019,167, assessed value $2,708,625. Those figures match, to the dollar, the values news outlets have attributed to the president's triplex. At the flat 6.5% rate that applies above $5 million, the surcharge on the unit comes to $391,246 for any year it is not someone's primary residence. Mr. Trump changed his primary residence to Palm Beach, Fla., in 2019. Whether he was among the roughly 17,000 owners who received notices from the Department of Finance has not been made public.

Two different taxes are in play here, and much of the coverage has blurred them. The regular property tax is computed on assessed value, which for condos is 45% of the DOF market value run through the standard Class 2 rate. On the triplex, that produces the roughly $323,000 annual bill the unit owes in any case, occupied or not. The pied-a-terre surcharge is separate. It ignores assessed value, applies to the full market value, and is owed only in non-primary years. A non-primary triplex would owe roughly $714,000 all told: the $323,000 it always owed, plus $391,246 in surcharge. Condo owners sizing up their own exposure should note the same distinction. The figure on an ordinary tax bill says nothing about the surcharge.

There is also the question of the $6 million itself. DOF derives condo values largely from income rather than sales, and the triplex would trade for far more than its roll value; estimates over the years have ranged from the tens of millions upward, a gap that figured in the state attorney general's civil case. Measured against what the unit would actually fetch, the surcharge Mr. Trump wants blocked is charged on a fraction of its value.

The legal picture moved quickly this week. A Staten Island judge halted the rollout on Monday; the city appealed within hours, which stayed the order, and the matter returns to court Aug. 31. The exemption filing deadline remains Sept. 18. Owners who received a notice on a genuine primary residence should file rather than wait on the litigation.

The remaining 48 over-threshold units in the building start at $1 million in value, with surcharges beginning around $40,000 a year. A unit at the building's median owes nothing. Within Trump Tower, the tax is confined to the most expensive fifth of the building.

All figures are from the public DOF roll. Happy to run any building in the comments.

This is a long shot but my family lost a camera on the lower east side at the park at Broome and Suffolk by the kids rope climbing tower. It had a bunch of my kid’s photos from his first photography exhibition on it.
It was lost on Friday August 7th around 4 or 5pm.

I chipped one of my front teeth years ago and finally want to fix it. First consult said bonding, second dentist tried to sell me six veneers which seems insane for one tooth. Anyone have a cosmetic dentist in NYC who does really natural-looking bonding? Would love to hear from someone who’s had theirs for more than a few months.

it’s my last night in NYC and I am looking for things to do, any recs?

If you need a Friday night, things to do, head to a NYC museum. You will have a good time. Guaranteed. Just come with that killer fashion statement.

My friend: "Wow, is NYC like this all the time?"

"Kinda." As he stared at his bowl of $25 lettuce at the Chelsea Market. But seemed to have fun. "I have to save this receipt", he said with a smile.

NYC is back. Like on a rocketship now.

:-)

This just happened in union square, Thurs 8pm. As I was crossing the street some guy walking in my direction seemed to walk towards me, raise his elbow and then strike me directly in the chest. I was rushing at the time and it didn't hurt much, but I was pretty stunned.

The really unexpected part for me was that the guy was well dressed and groomed, white maybe hispanic, no warning signs at all. And for context I'm an asian male on the smaller side.

This was my first time experiencing this in over 4 years of living in the city. Wonder if anyone has experienced this in the area? Or is this more common than I thought?

Very random question but I was in Manhattan in 2014. I don't remember the hotel but it was close to the empire state. I remember walking around the city with my stepfather and I found a kmart, I remember being underground. I bought there a nintendo 3ds xl and some games. Someone on reddit mentioned that was close. Is this true? What happened? This was a really nice place with some nice games and the guy who helped me there was really nice. I'm just asking because it was a nice that I would like to go there again in the future.

To whom it may concern,

My name is Theo Chino, and I live at 640 Riverside Drive, and I was born in this building.

Today, I learned on AM New York that our building's empty units are for sale, and questions about the finances are still unresolved.

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Three months ago, our sister building was put on the market by this nonprofit called UHAB, and I posted this question here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nychousinglottery/comments/1t6y4n6/anyone_bidding_for_park_towers_hdfc_or_644

As you can see, smaller apartments are more expensive than those at 644 for a shittier construction.
https://640rsd.new-york.ny.us/ConstructionJournal/ConstructionReports644.pdf

Do you want me as a neighbor? https://youtu.be/8_zjO4oMgwg?t=832

f you want to see all the documents, go to https://640rsd.new-york.ny.us, and if something smells fishy, call the Manhattan DA to report this ad.

If the internet can flood the DA with a link to this story, that would be beautiful: danyhousing@dany.nyc.gov

The ex CB9 chair and Current Manhattan Democratic Party secretary writes:

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The nonprofit corporation benefiting from this is UHAB, Inc.
https://politicsny.com/2018/10/15/city-takes-black-owned-property-tells-residents-they-have-to-move/

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Here is the ad you will see. These are lemons, and you will not be protected by the RGB when the time to pay for the fix rolls around.

We have asked for help for a long time, as shown in this Resolution from Community Board #9. The work is subpar, and the rent will go up more than the Rent Guidelines Board will say as shit will break.

https://preview.redd.it/q9tqf2ykw0jh1.png?width=1232&format=png&auto=webp&s=182078357f5affab9f41b822264c7dbdaf716630

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To whom it may concern,My name is Theo Chino, and I live at 640 Riverside Drive, and I was born in this building.Three months ago, our sister building was put on the market by this nonprofit called UHAB, and I posted this question here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nychousinglottery/comments/1t6y4n6/anyone\_bidding\_for\_park\_towers\_hdfc\_or\_644Today, I learned on AM New York that our building's empty units are for sale, and questions about the finances are still unresolved.As you can see, smaller apartments are more expensive than those at 644 for a shittier construction.Do you want me as a neighbor? https://youtu.be/8\_zjO4oMgwg?t=832f you want to see all the documents, go to https://640rsd.new-york.ny.us, and if something smells fishy, call the Manhattan DA to report this ad. If the internet can flood the DA with a link to this story, that would be beautiful: danyhousing@dany.nyc.govThe nonprofit corporation benefiting from this is UHAB, Inc.
https://politicsny.com/2018/10/15/city-takes-black-owned-property-tells-residents-they-have-to-move/Here is the ad you will see. These are lemons, and you will not be protected by the RGB when the time to pay for the fix rolls around.We have asked for help for a long time, as shown in this Resolution from Community Board #9. The work is subpar, and the rent will go up more than the Rent Guidelines Board will say as shit will break.

Ran the DOF supplemental roll (the July 24 file, 959,710 records) by Manhattan neighborhood. Some of it is what you'd expect. Some of it isn't.

Where the condo exposure actually sits: 10019. Nine buildings in that one ZIP carry roughly $70m a year of maximum surcharge between them.

• 217 West 57th (Central Park Tower): $14.3m/yr, 144 of 179 units over the line
• 220 Central Park South: $12.3m, 89 of 117
• 157 West 57th: $8.9m
• 53 West 53rd: $8.8m
• 111 West 57th: $8.4m, and 56 of its 60 units are over
• 25 Columbus Circle: $7.1m
• 768 Fifth: $6.0m

For scale, every over-threshold townhouse in the West Village adds up to $58.5m. All 605 of them. Nine towers on one strip beat an entire neighborhood of townhouses.

Townhouses by ZIP, over the $5m line:

• 10014 West Village: 605 homes, median $9.2m, $58.5m combined
• 10021 Upper East Side: 291 homes, median $12.5m, $58.2m
• 10065 Lenox Hill: 301, median $8.7m, $41.2m
• 10011 Chelsea: 358, median $8.4m, $35.2m
• 10128 Carnegie Hill: 253, median $7.6m, $22.9m
• 10075: 140, median $10.5m, $21.6m

10021 is the one worth staring at. Half as many houses as the West Village, same total exposure, because the median house there is $12.5m against $9.2m downtown.

The part I didn't expect. The tax ranking does not match the wealth ranking. 740 Park has 31 of its 33 units over the threshold and tops out at $4.4m a year for the entire building. 15 Central Park West: $6.7m. Meanwhile 301 Park Avenue, which nobody puts on a trophy list, carries $11.7m, because it has 352 units and 206 of them clear the line.

The reason is that the surcharge runs on DOF market value, which for co-ops and a lot of condos is derived from rent rolls rather than sale prices. Top DOF value at 15 CPW is $4.3m. Apartments there have traded north of $80m. So the addresses with the deepest old money often show the smallest bills, and a big stack of $2m units beats a small stack of very expensive ones.

Oddities from the roll:

• 340 East 74th has exactly one unit on the roll. It's valued at $34.2m and owes $2.2m a year on its own.
• 781 Fifth: 31 units, all 31 over the threshold.
• 435 East 52nd: 76 of 78.
• 980 Fifth: 43 of 45.
• 607 Hudson: 9 units, all 9 over, $3.2m between them.

Citywide it's 24,173 units over the line across 2,236 buildings, $1.73bn maximum before anyone files an exemption. Actual collections land far lower, since primary residences and 12-month leases are exempt and the filing deadline just moved to September 18.

Chairman of a NYC brokerage, fwiw. All figures are from the public DOF roll. Happy to run any building in the comments.

Hi! Im currently working on a paid fandubbing project for a manga series/anime called Banana Fish. One of the male leads, Ash Lynx, is originally from Manhattan and so we're looking to find someone who's originally from the area. We are looking to diversify our talent pool and scout people who are actually from the surrounding NYC areas given the character's background. Thank you in advance.

For more information, please check out the official casting call link down below for more in depth information: https://www.castingcall.club/projects/fandub-banana-fish

(fyi you don't have to ACTUALLY be from Manhattan, but I thought it'd be a fun idea to post this here regardless. Thank you once again!)

I’m moving to NYC from Florida and apartment hunting in Manhattan right now, and this has probably been the biggest culture shock for me lol.

I know I’m gonna sound like an annoying transplant here, but a lot of the brokers I’ve dealt with have been shockingly unprofessional. In Florida, even if you’re just looking at a normal rental, agents generally show up looking put together, introduce themselves, know the property, and at least pretend they care about getting your business.

Manhattan has been a completely different experience. I’ve had brokers show up late in gym clothes, barely introduce themselves, give me one-word answers about the apartment, and basically stand there on their phone while I look around. One guy genuinely seemed annoyed that I was asking questions about the building.

And then I find out there’s a broker fee involved and I’m like wait, I’m paying thousands of dollars for THIS interaction?

Obviously I’m generalizing and I’ve met a couple who were great, but the difference has been noticeable enough that I’m wondering if this is just how the Manhattan rental market works. Like because apartments move so quickly, is there basically no incentive for brokers to actually sell you on anything or act particularly professional?

I expected NYC apartment hunting to be brutal. I didn’t expect the brokers themselves to be the part that annoyed me the most.

I have a New York Non Driver Identification Card. It will expire in a few weeks. It was last issued about 4 years ago. I normally go to the DMV office in 11 Greenwich St. in Lower Manhattan in NYC and fill out the form to renew my non driver identification card and have my picture taken. I would do this every 4 years at this office. I recall I just go there and never make an appointment as they accept walk ins.

1. Do most people these days just renew it online and then they get their new Identification card in the mail? I considered doing that but if you do that, they use your last ID picture right? So only people who want their ID with their new picture taken would go there?
2. How long does it take for you to receive the new identification card in the mail? I recall all the times I did it, it would be usually 2 weeks or so. It might be 3 weeks but generally it's about 2 weeks? Anyone receive if faster than that?
3. Do people typically renew their identification card for 4 or 8 years? I always do it 4 years each time because I want an updated photo each time but it seems there are people that don't bother with this and their ID picture could still be from 12 years ago or so? Do people here still use their old photo from 12 years ago because of this? It's best to renew 8 years whenever you do it right?
4. If you are fine with your picture, don't even bother going to the DMV and just do it online? Is it faster online as oppose to doing it there? I did read some people mentioned a while back they renewed their non=driver id or drivers license online and somehow, the photo that was used was an even older photo and this was somehow messed up? Has this happened to people before? That makes me want to just review it at the DMV because of this reason.
5. No point in getting an Enhanced ID right if I already have a US passport? My current non-driver identification card that is going to expire, I'm pretty sure it's just the Real ID and not the Enhanced ID.