Give-Back-My-Ball Politics Comes to New York Courts

A pickup basketball game works until one guy starts losing, so he grabs the ball, folds his arms, and says, “Game is over unless we change the rules.” The game stops because somebody can’t stand the score.

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I used to think that blue cities outside of the left coast had a smidgeon of common sense. Operative phrase, “Used to.” Then Detroit, Chicago, and of course, New York. 

If you were to ask me when I thought common sense was, well, common, I’d have to tell you the truth: I think I was a freshman in high school. Since then, reality and I have been on a first-name basis.

New York, specifically Staten Island, is trying to remove the will