Has the BID decreased the number of vacant stores? Has the BID increased the value of the realestate? Has the BID made businesses WANT to open on 5th ave?
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Is 5th Avenue Better?
Over 5 million dollars spent and counting! Is 5th ave better after spending all this money? Say NO to the 3rd ave BID!
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My God – So many Empty Stores!
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…
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3rd ave Businesses Targeted by City for Awnings
The city of New York in its effort to destroy local businesses by their corrosive oppressive policies, has struct yet again! A stretch of 3rd ave businesses received $400 – $8000 fines for their awnings. Did someone call? Did the city target a wealthy neighborhood? We will never know. All we know is that we have to pay – yet again. Councilman Brannon – came to help by having a moratorium (correct me if i am wrong) on the fines to give businesses a chance to understand their rights and challenge the fines. If this did not happen, than the fines would continue to increase with late fees, taxes and…
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Local retail rebound is uneven, uncertain
Will a BID address current market trends? The inability of smaller retailers to compete with online vendors is the main reason for the rise in vacant retail space in New York City. It comes as employment in the retail sector increases because of the rebound of larger companies, but it’s unclear if consumer spending can sustain that. [Greg David on New York]
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Out of touch with the community
Time for a new perspective We certainly wanted Marty Golden to win – I voted for him. We are not debating an election. We are showing the “old guard” who’s out of touch with the communities wants and needs. Yet they are the advocates of a BID with their insistence that it will be “good for the community and business”. They were very wrong about an election candidate and went “out on a limb” with the same gusto they have for a BID. Perhaps its time to reconsider who actually speaks for the community, who actually is in touch with current business trends, who understands that Amazon in a neighborhood…
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Make 3rd ave Great Again!
Lets Make 3rd Ave GREAT Again! Plan to Greatness What WE need is an asymmetrical solution – a new generation with a whole new explanation tempered with historical perspective and leveraging technology to make 3rd ave great again! Step 1 Support Your Local Business Weekends Every other weekend Saturday and Sunday, all local businesses offer SPECIALS to 3rd ave and Bayridge residents only! This is a great way to get the community involved and to have them not shop on line and spend money supporting their local businesses. You can easily build repeat customers, offer family restaurant discounts and more. Let the community know our services and products Lets support…
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City to target business licenses in fine-collection effort
Businesses are under siege! In an attempt to collect more than $1 billion owed New York, the de Blasio administration is drafting rules to revoke the licenses of businesses with outstanding city fines Will a BID protect us from a crazed voracious caustic administration hell bent on putting us out of business? NO! Say NO to the 3rd ave BID We have many more problems that we need to address!
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Chinatown BID Needs More Money
The NY Chinatown BID needs more money to collect garbage. The Monsters Appetite is Never Ending! The 3rd ave BID will is no different It will consume your money wanting more year after year!
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Many Vacant Stores on 5th Ave
Is this a measure of this BID’s success? I hope not! How many stores are still vacant or closing? A Quick survey of 5th ave shows a number of stores for rent We hear a number more will also go out of business. Has the BID decreased the number of vacant stores? Has the BID increased the value of the realestate? Has the BID made businesses WANT to open on 5th ave? If the 3rd ave will mirror the 5th ave BID, should we not know this information? Over 1.5 million dollars spent! The 5th ave BID spent $450,000 a year for how many years: 2,3 or 4? Is 5th…
