Times Square Gossip

Empty Boats Arrive At Hunters Point South I really find it disgusting that for weeks I have been watching empty boats, chartered by the Joe Lhota and the MTA for LIRR passengers, arrive and go empty. Almost every boat! The cost has to be in the millions. First they are renting the boats, some from far far away. Then they had to renovate the docks and put in new gates. This was not cheep. Then they have several buses waiting for the passengers that will never arrive and the buses still drive their route empty. You also have the MTA police called here for empty boats as well as dock men and woman to work the gates. Then you have some MTA guy with a clipboard marking the times each boat comes and goes and how many people are riding. Must be hard for him, each boat trip he writes zero. The Department Of Transportation (DOT). The list is endless and this has been going on for weeks now. They also took away dozens of parking spaces that they do not even use. Empty MTA...

John And Margo Catsimatidis I am not going to get into a whole political exchange here. John Catsimatidis should be the Republican pick. John Catsimatidis is a real New Yorker. Having known the Catsimatidis family for many years, the generosity this family has shown to New Yorkers is beyond reproach. I can only tell you what I have seen. There has been many charity events that I have attended, and I would always ask the publicist or host why this huge table is empty? Who brought a table and did not even show. So many times the answer was The Catsimatidis family. I was always told that they knew they could not show, but they brought the table anyway to support the good cause and donated it back to the charity. I knew way before everyone else that John Catsimatidis would run this election. I had discussions with him at mutual friends private dinners and I was really impressed at his love for the city. John Catsimatidis and his wife Margo always got a glow in thei...