Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, and more.
Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, and more
13 Havemeyer Lane, asked $999,000 and has sold for $1,010,000. The Stamford border runs through its backyard, but it does qualify for a Greenwich address and Greenwich schools, so there’s that.
Copy nothing. #Jaguar pic.twitter.com/BfVhc3l09B
— Jaguar (@Jaguar) November 19, 2024
(UPDATE: The comments to Jaguar’s effort are pretty hilarious)
(Former sheriff) mayor Mark Dion is upset, but he has to deal with the City Council Portland’s citizenry also voted in, and they laud the “compassion” of these deranged individuals, exemplified by the one hobo holding a blanket up to shield his compatriot from view while she craps on a landlord’s steps.
Portland city officials on Tuesday responded to a disturbing video published this week by a Bayside neighborhood landlord showing rampant drug abuse, violence and public indecency outside of his building.
The video, shared on Monday by Portland landlord Ned Payne — viewed over 4,200 times on Youtube as of Wednesday — is a compilation of security camera footage recorded over a period of several months depicting the scene outside of 19 Portland St.
Payne’s footage shows clips of young children having to step over homeless individuals sleeping on the stoop of the building, tent encampments, open drug use and apparent drug deals, public urination, fights and a man racking and showing off a handgun to a group of people.
City Councilor Kate Sykes, who was elected to represent District 5 last November and is the former co-chair of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (Maine DSA), said the video is “really hard to watch,” but that it also contains “some kind of beautiful moments between human beings there.”
“As difficult as those interactions are, and the things that are happening, there’s kindness there,” Sykes said.
“And so I think this is one of those moments in a community where we can become really divided, and I think understanding that the suffering that we’re seeing there is all of our suffering,” Sykes added. “It’s the suffering of the people on the street, it’s the suffering of the people who have to live in that area and see that every day, it’s the suffering that gets compounded when videos like that go out to the rest of the community and, you know, reverberate.”
Committee Chair and At-Large City Councilor April Fournier expressed similar sentiments, saying “I think we feel compassion and sadness for the individuals who are the ones that are sleeping on the stairs, because I can only imagine having someone take a video of one of the lowest moments of my life and disseminate it to the public for everyone to see.”
Responding to the video Portland Mayor Mark Dion said that while he appreciates the Councilors’ “balanced approach,” he is “troubled” and that he has to “speak for the neighborhood.”
“You know, I can contemplate this is an abstract fashion, but they have to live with it, that’s their stoop, they walk that neighborhood,” Dion said. “I don’t know how I’d feel as a father having to traverse that space with my daughters having to go off to school — I don’t want to lose sight of that.”
“When they’re racking a handgun, I’m not sure outreach is the answer,” Dion said. “When they’re injecting somebody into a vein or artery in their throat, I’m not sure therapy is the appropriate answer at that point.”
“I don’t want the neighborhood to feel like we’re trying to create some equity balance here that everybody’s needs are being met as we approach it,” he added. “I think we have a responsibility to meet needs, but we have a responsibility to our residents and their safety, because it’s their home.”
District 1 City Councilor Anna Trevorrow responded to Dion saying she “felt the need to offer some rebuttal comments.”
“I don’t feel we should be setting up a dynamic we’re picking sides in this,” Trevorrow said.
Trevorrow said Payne’s video being publicized is “very divisive,” and “capitalizing on fear and stigma.”
“We need to be looking at global solutions to it that doesn’t pit one side against the other, and certainly not the people who are the most marginalized and have the least resources,” Trevorrow said.
“I appreciate the rebuttal Councilor,” Mayor Dion replied to Trevorrow. “I don’t have problems picking sides — I’ve spent a career picking sides to try to advance one proposition or another, and the side I took tonight is for the general public safety.”
TOFU LIne
(Bicyle not included; it was stolen immediately after this picture was taken)
27 Tait Road, $2.8 million on a $2.9 million ask. That’s a lot of money, either way.
Get the government out of the way as Milei did, and this can happen in the USA, too. https://t.co/dO5dbkqM6Q
— Tara Servatius (@TaraServatius) November 17, 2024
Joe Biden wandered into the Amazon rainforest after giving a speech warning of the dangers of climate change.
Wearing an open-necked blue shirt, dark slacks and his trademark Aviator sunglasses, the 81-year-old outgoing US president turned away from the podium and ambled into greenery.
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In addition to the high taxes and the out-of-control inflation, the burden of regulations under the Biden administration amounts to $15,000 a year per family.
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) November 14, 2024
That is a staggering number. pic.twitter.com/hUGozhvM9i
Two men were killed and a woman was left clinging to life by a knife-wielding maniac who went on an “unprovoked” random stabbing spree in Manhattan Monday morning, Mayor Eric Adams and cops said.
The alleged madman – a homeless man, 51, with eight past arrests – was identified and apprehended by cops thanks to the help of a good Samaritan cab driver, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny.
Police have no other suspect, Adams said during a Monday afternoon briefing.
“Today, we have three innocent New Yorkers, just going about their lives, who were the victim of a terrible, terrible assault,” he said.
“It is a clear, clear example of the criminal justice system, mental health system that continues to fail New Yorkers.”
And this, from the current trial of Daniel Penny: Alvin Bragg’s
Daniel Penny's defense team is relying on the testimony of mothers and other female witnesses aboard the New York City subway when he put Jordan Neely in a chokehold in an effort to subdue his ...
6 days agoGonzalez (in the tan trousers) jumped in to help Daniel Penny restrain Jordan Neely until police arrived. Juan Vazquez. And it was the fear of losing his freedom, Eric Gonzalez said, that made him ...
Nov 8, 2024Witnesses testified they were scared for their lives and thanked Daniel Penny for intervening. The former marine is charged with Manslaughter after putting Neely in a chokehold on a crowded train.
nypost.com
May 18, 2023The witness also said Jordan Neely was threatening other subway riders the day of his death, and made riders fear for their lives. AP. Penny seized Neely around the neck following the
We’re about to find out. 37 Barton Lane, Cos Cob, priced at $1.275 million, is reported pending after 28 days on the market. The land lies in the R-2 zone, but an acre is still a perfectly good-sized lot, and the maximum FAR allowance is 3,920 sq. ft., so there should be room for a builder to turn a profit here.
169 Old Church Road, $1.950 million, 7 days. On November 8th I wrote, “Sold “as is”, it’s not unfair to say that it’s worth whatever an acre of land of Old Church is worth, and no more.”
We’ll soon discover exactly what a one-acre lot on this street is worth.
26 Valleywood Road, asking $1.795 million, but it was on the market for 152 days so the selling price may be lower. 1928 home on a popular (if busy) street, updated. No back yard to speak of, but a very nice garden, as shown in this video from a prior, 2022 listing (when these sellers paid $1.465).
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