bobtehpanda Posted February 5, 2020 Share #26 Posted February 5, 2020 10 hours ago, N6 Limited said: NYS and NYC wouldn't let them secede 🤣 Should've let the door hit them on the way out. Man, if you thought Nassau County's finances would look bad, wait till you see an independent Richmond County. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted February 5, 2020 Share #27 Posted February 5, 2020 On 2/3/2020 at 11:26 AM, Lawrence St said: Staten Island always says that they're the forgotten Borough, I mean they aren't anywhere near the actual boroughs and the only way to get there is via a over expensive bridge... And that is why the V-Z will never actually return to two-way tolling (despite legislation allowing it): Staten Islanders don't like the one-way double-toll, but they do like being able to complain about it. On 1/18/2020 at 12:45 AM, Lex said: If he really wants it, he'll have to go all-in on securing the proper funds for operations in order to support that sort of move. We can't even talk about securing the proper funds for operations under the prices we had literally a decade ago. Nah, he'll just demand that the SIMs be subsidized with non-S.I. tax and fare dollars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share #28 Posted February 8, 2020 On 2/5/2020 at 2:30 AM, bobtehpanda said: Should've let the door hit them on the way out. Man, if you thought Nassau County's finances would look bad, wait till you see an independent Richmond County. https://www.silive.com/news/2019/11/does-new-staten-island-secession-effort-have-a-chance.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianstallion Posted February 11, 2020 Share #29 Posted February 11, 2020 On 2/3/2020 at 9:50 PM, Lawrence St said: Thank you, I dont know how that wasnt obvious lol. What's the story with SI anyway? Why is it a NYC boro and not a NJ one? That was decided between the 2 states about 250 years ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 11, 2020 Share #30 Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Italianstallion said: That was decided between the 2 states about 250 years ago. Is there still time to give it back to NJ? Lmao 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted February 11, 2020 Share #31 Posted February 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: Is there still time to give it back to NJ? Lmao yet borelli is trying to get them out of nyc again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 11, 2020 Share #32 Posted February 11, 2020 35 minutes ago, BreeddekalbL said: yet borelli is trying to get them out of nyc again If that were to happen, what would happen to the bus network over there? Transferred to NJ transit? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted February 11, 2020 Share #33 Posted February 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Lawrence St said: If that were to happen, what would happen to the bus network over there? Transferred to NJ transit? It might evolve into "Staten Island Transit" or "SIT" with the motto, "SIT down and shut up"! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted February 11, 2020 Share #34 Posted February 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Italianstallion said: That was decided between the 2 states about 250 years ago. More like 345 years ago. This item might shed some light on the matter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted February 12, 2020 Share #35 Posted February 12, 2020 9 hours ago, Lawrence St said: If that were to happen, what would happen to the bus network over there? Transferred to NJ transit? The bus system's already struggling. I can only imagine how bad it would be under NJT... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xfer2Nowhere Posted February 14, 2020 Share #36 Posted February 14, 2020 On 2/12/2020 at 12:19 AM, Lex said: The bus system's already struggling. I can only imagine how bad it would be under NJT... At least there'll be more buses over the bridges? But at the expense of pretty much everything else, I see it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jova42R Posted April 3, 2020 Share #37 Posted April 3, 2020 On 2/4/2020 at 3:31 PM, N6 Limited said: NYS and NYC wouldn't let them secede 🤣 On 2/3/2020 at 9:50 PM, Lawrence St said: Thank you, I dont know how that wasnt obvious lol. What's the story with SI anyway? Why is it a NYC boro and not a NJ one? See this video for answers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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