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The Bloomberg Rule: Technology Is Only As Good As The Revenue It Creates

Otherwise, it’s “impractical”. The context of all this is that Sanitation ticket agents have been caught on film issuing tickets for violations that either didn’t exist or were insufficiently investigated. (Do they have quotas, too, or something?):

At the news conference, two Democratic state lawmakers, Senator Jeff Klein, who represents the Bronx and parts of Westchester, and Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who represents Brooklyn, said they would introduce legislation to require Sanitation Department agents to photograph the condition of a property at the time a sanitation ticket is issued.

The agency and the city oppose the bill.

The Bloomberg administration says photographing every instance in which a summons is issued would be impractical and would interfere with the Sanitation Department’s operations.

. . .

Councilwoman Letitia James, the chairwoman of the Council’s sanitation committee, said photographic evidence would save the city money by reducing paperwork and the cost of adjudication proceedings.

“This administration has been all about embracing technology,” Ms. James said. “If you don’t embrace technology in this case, then its about revenue, not sanitation.”

And all of the sudden you find yourself agreeing with Letitia James . . .

Posted: February 28th, 2012 | Filed under: Jerk Move
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