The pandemic should have taught us that the “same old” does not work – we need a new generation of FRESH ideas for business survival! bob howe and his aged cohorts DO NOT SPEAK FOR US! Remember when they said “cant, no, impossible” Well this we showed them that 1. You can have lights and have the city pay 2. You can have a FREE web site presence (WWW.BIBNY.ORG) 3. You can and we do have clean streets WITHOUT an additional; tax! 3rd ave is changing – has changed – its time for these people to be QUIET and step out to pasture!

While you were hiding and making stupid tic-toc videos – your political leaders were plotting to take more of your money! Despite pandemic, agency handling city fines still going strongUnlike much of the city bureacracy that shutdown during the pandemic, the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, OATH, immediately switched to remote operation, using online video and phones.

Where is your outcry to protect your business and families? Are we all super rich that we can do this forever? HAVE YOU ALL PAID YOUR BILLS AND RENT? What about your employees? The virus is no longer news, wear a mask stay apart if you wish BUT open for business!ONLY WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!Dont ever forget the 3rd ave merchants use the association for their own personal advertising and agenda – THEY DO NOT SPEAK FOR US.

Facts! MOST on the BID committee do not own property on 3rd Most do not have a business on 3rd, many do not live on 3rd ave Some beg on the internet for money These are the people who want to tax us with a BID! No skin in the game, they will never pay for this tax they want to force on us. IF THE MERCHANT ASSOCIATION CANT COLLECT ITS FEES NOW, WHY WOULD WE Want to be forced to pay? – YOU MEAN IF YOU DON’T WANT TO PAY THE MERCHANT FEES NOW, YOU WILL WANT TO BE TAXED AND PAY FOREVER? A bid is a lie! ask…

Happy new Year! Just today I was walking down third ave from 75 st to 67 st and MY GOD i noticed 10 vacant stores in 8 blocks! I have not checked upwards from 75st to 90st yet. I have not seen this many vacant stores in quite some time. These stores make the avenue look – well – desolate & abandoned. Why so many stores not rented yet? Well it could just be an aberration that many people went out of business at the same time and these stores will be rented quickly. It can be that retail is losing more and more steam as on-line stores become the…