New Yorkers: Rats Bad, Subway OK
By Azi Paybarah
In a survey of 135,000 randomly selected New Yorkers, fifty-three percent said rat control in their neighborhood is "fair" or "poor," 66 percent said the same thing about noise control, and 52 percent said subway service in their neighborhood was "excellent" or "good."
Michael Bloomberg and Betsy Gotbaum are announcing the results of the mail-in survey at a press conference that's about to begin in Queens.
Some reporters noted that the surveys were mailed in June, before the current economic crisis was so widespread--circumstances which could change respondents' perceptions and priorities.
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Funny how NYers say how much
Funny how NYers say how much they love NYC out of one side of their mouths and from the other side they complain about everything. Let's just face the facts, New York has a lot of improving to do.
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