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A new sign popped up on the 277 grounds “NO IDLING CHILDREN BREATHING”. While I’m all for clean air for children to breathe, I’m more for saving money by avoiding fines. The city decided to cut the idling time from three minutes to 60 seconds in a school zone. They also gave the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Sanitation, along with the Police and Transportation Departments, to issue summonses, appearance tickets and violation notices for engine idling.
Watch out if your one of the parents who double park, you could get hit up with a few HEAVY taxes fines. This new law the fines range from $220 to $2,000 for repeat offenders.
This is one of those times when I think the city officials are treating us more like criminals then as taxpayers who elected them to represent us, as New York city residents.
Continuing to find more and more ways to separate us from our money while voting themselves raises and perks. As someone who voted for Bloomberg in the last two elections, I find he and the city councils decisions of late have been detrimental for the working class citizens of this city. Circumventing the two-term limits that we overwhelmingly voted for shows disrespect and contempt for the very people who voted them into office.
Please, Mr. Mayor, explained to me why my vote for term limits means less then when I voted for you for mayor?
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I think it is a shame people have to be told to shut their engines off after a few minutes. Use your common sense.
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I think the real culprits of producing dirty air are the yellow school buses. The black exhaust that spews out of the tail pipes of just about everyone of them is disgusting and I really don’t understand why the city doesn’t address this problem. This city has one of highest asthma rates among children in the country and yet the BOE tolerates these filthy buses.
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I’m not 100% on this but as I read it it includes buses. However it includes something about keeping the passengers at a comfortable temperature which I think means A/C & heat.
I’m working on confirming that.
I believe the signs were meant for the buses. When the windows are open in the school, the exhaust hits the inside of the school, putting the lungs of our little blessings in jeopardy.
Good thinking PS277! Thank you for proptecting our little ones.
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That’s right, is that sign intended for the school buses?. I bet not.
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many folks who drive are rich to ignore the fines or care about others but themselves. they want to keep the car either warm or cool for their little ones. what you gonna do? they have the money and you don’t.
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Good point. Once again its the haves and the haves not. I have not, therefore I will park my car a block away legally and walk to school.
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What is wrong w. you idiots? If you went to work and your boss told you what to do would you b***ch and complain and refuse to do something? Dont park where you are not supposed to. Now if you went to work would you park where you are not supposed to? NO! Why bc you would get fired! IF the school says do not park infront I can not see why you all have to complain about this! Now bitching bc the gov is trying to keep OUR!!! children healthy? OMG! whats next they may ask you to recycle? Suggest you bring your own bag to the supermarket? O M G! what is this world coming to? O wait maybe they would ask you to NOT smoke on school grounds! HOLY CRAP!!!!
Why dont you teach your children to respect the law. Dont park where they ask you not to park. Turn off your freakin engines. I dont know why everything has to be chatted about and blogged about and bitched about!
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liz: I couldn’t have said it any better. You are 100% right. Thanks for your comments. People complain about everything. You don’t want a ticket….Don’t double park!!!!!!!! the end.
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now you better tell the ones in the white caravan to move
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Didn’t you read the post about the haves and the have nots?
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Why are you so concerned with the caravan? Why does it bother you so much? They are not doing anything wrong. Get a life!
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IDLING IS NOT MEANT FOR THE BUSES IT’S MEANT FOR CARS AND THOSE SIGNS WENT UP ALL OVER THE CITY, IT’S NOT A NEW LAW…IT’S JUST BEING ENFORCED MORE…IDLING IS AN EXPENSIVE SUMMONS AND THIS IS THE CITY’S WAY OF GETTING MONEY!
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It is meant for buses. The signs did not go up all over the city. It is a new law. It is not being enforced more, enforcement is a problem hence why parks and sanitation can issued tickets. Anything else?
I wouldn’t say its an expensive summons, but you are right, it is a way for the city to make money, that’s why I said a tax above.
it’s not new
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I told you it was meant for the buses. Thank you for clearing that up GerritsenBeach.net
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I understand that people have the right to do as they wish with their own bodies, but why are they smoking over their strollers and mine? I choose not to expose my children to second hand smoke, nor do I smoke myself being pregnant. Also, why do all these inconsiderates flick their ashes wherever they please? Do you know how many times ashes have landed in my 2 yr old sons mouth? I think it’s disgusting. Isn’t their some kind of law in effect that there is no smoking around schools and playgrounds? If not their should be. Smoking is as bad for little lungs as exhaust is. Stop being selfish and put our children first. Your child didn’t ask to be put here, you put them here, so give them a fighting chance in life.
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Yes, there is no smoking on school grounds, go to the PA meeting and bring this up.
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IT’S NOT NEW, IT’S NEW PUTTING THE SIGNS UP BY THE SCHOOLS AND IT’S NOT JUST GERRISTEN BEACH…IT WENT UP ALL OVER, IT’S 1 MIN IDLING BY A SCHOOL…THERE’S 3 MIN IDLING BELIEVE IT OR NOT IT’S JUST NOT ENFORCED AND THERE IS A 3 MIN IDLING SIGN UP ON PENN AVE…
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The no smoking signs have been up in front of the school. Mysteriously, they are removed. Look today, they are up again. Again, it’s common sense. You do have to leave room for the people that just don’t agree with you. These are the people who , both Mom & Dad smoke in their houses in front of their kids. I know, we grew up that way for years.
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The no smoking signs have been up in the main entrance for over 3 years and have never come down. the law is you are not allowed to smoke within 100 feet of any entrance of a public building
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