John Cardoza held at gunpoint, Michael Stuhlbarg attacked with a rock- Page 2

[kdogg36]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 5:30pm

bwaypotato said: "Y’all aren’t going to like this but whatever. You can thank the Democrats for allowing crime to grow and ruin NYC. They eliminated bail and that needs to return. The voters of NYC need to vote out the Democrats ruining the city."

And vote for whom? Aside from the fact that places run by Republicans aren't statistically safer than those run by Democrats, it's been impossible for decent people to vote for Republicans since at least 2004, when the party leveraged homophobia to ensure Bush's reelection.

[BroadwayPatriot]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 5:30pm

rattleNwoolypenguin said: "gibsons2 said: "rattleNwoolypenguin said: "It's a city of insane wealth encroaching on areas where people have lived here forever and are getting squeezed out cause it's not affordable anymore.

Gentrification doesn't happen in a vacuum.

People are getting desperate.

The response of "Somebody's gotta do something about these people" we've created an insane class divide.

I'm absolutely empathetic to people who go through a traumatic experience like this cause no one should have to. It's horrible.

But this is not a city of villains in the shadows. It's the city becoming wealthier and wealthier and this is cause and effect."

What does the gentrification have to do withsevere underfunding of mental health and homeless services and constant releasing of recidivists back into public? It's extremely difficult to be working poor and live in this city, but the absolute majority of low income people don't walk around assaulting others. Working low income and lower middle class people are the most common victims of these crimes."

Umm, it’s all of that AND gentrification.

This is Washington Heights. Pull open Street Easy and see how much an apartment is there now.

people are getting desperate"

Yeah sure high rents make people smash rocks over a random person’s head - you do realize most poor and I mean poor live in section 8 housing or low income designated housing - these things happen because city council members- state assembly members and even some state senators and judges favor criminals over victims and repeatedly let psychos out on the street - in other words pay attention to who you vote for 

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 5:37pm

Cardoza's posts are worth preserving, since they're a lot kinder and more level-headed than much of what's spread since the media and Internet posters took his initial story and began spinning it.





 

Updated On: 4/1/24 at 05:37 PM

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 5:47pm

Anyone who puts someone through an armed stick-up, no matter what they’re dealing with in their personal life, doesn’t deserve an ounce of kindness. After violent physical conduct against an innocent human you should be outraged.

I swear, some of you would take a bullet and say to your attacker “Oh it’s not your fault that you shot me, shoot me again if you need to, I don’t mind, you’d never hurt anyone I know it!”
The kindness & understanding approach IS the mental illness in this whole situation. 

Updated On: 4/1/24 at 05:47 PM

[Owen22]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 5:52pm

It's rather disappointing to read these comments from a group of people who are theatre-goers, people who post on here I would just assume are intelligent and empathetic. It's horrible to feel unsafe, I get it.  But to pooh-ppph the major reasons for this (I should say ONE reason, all the other reasons stem from the ONE--wealth inequality) is sad.  The wealthy do not care about poor, sick and desperate people.  They don't care about the middle class being robbed at gunpoint or attacked because Bellevue doesn't have the money or room for all the mentally handicapped people that pass through its doors. If foreign nationals are going to buy 40 million dollar investment penthouses across the city, tax them for keeping them empty!  If corporations are closing local businesses or tearing down local walk-ups to build towers, tax them!  We are so afraid of the rich, so afraid they'll take their money someplace else, we give them all kinds of concessions with barely a nod to the poor who need their own concessions doubled.  I know it's easy to blame crime on the "nasty people" who perpetrate it,and that wealth inequality and corporate welfare are possibly too abstract in reasoning to blame, but I would think people on these boards would get it.

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 5:52pm

To be completely accurate, the mugger indicated he had a gun but didn't display one. Cardoza was right to cooperate, but let's be clear:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/broadway-actor-robbed-in-manhattan-before-performance-in-the-notebook/5279739/

"The NYPD confirmed the robbery telling NBC New York a man was buying food at the location when he was approached and asked for a dollar. Police said when the victim refused, the suspect "simulated a firearm in his pocket" and took the victim's wallet before leaving the location."

https://nypost.com/2024/04/01/us-news/actor-john-cardoza-robbed-by-panhandler-in-nyc-shop-second-broadway-star-to-become-crime-victim-in-a-day/

"The actor, who is appearing as Young Noah in “The Notebook,” was allegedly held up by a suspect who snatched a wallet with $9 inside after the beggar pretended to have a gun in his pocket in the Hamilton Heights coffee shop at around 1:45 p.m., according to cops and sources."

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 5:59pm

I have lived here for a decade. Never had an actual problem until this year, and now I’ve had three. The first being a homeless & unwell person, with a knife, at 34th St station while on my way to a presentation two weeks ago. Luckily other passengers stepped in where the police officer moved further down the train

[BroadwayPatriot]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 6:04pm

kdogg36 said: "bwaypotato said: "Y’all aren’t going to like this but whatever. You can thank the Democrats for allowing crime to grow and ruin NYC. They eliminated bail and that needs to return. The voters of NYC need to vote out the Democrats ruining the city."

And vote for whom? Aside from the fact that places run by Republicans aren't statistically safer than those run by Democrats, it's been impossible for decent people to vote for Republicans since at least 2004, when the party leveraged homophobia to ensure Bush'sreelection."

There is no Republican Party in the 5 boroughs - it is a joke and they do not even try - the ones that exist are not going after “ gays” turn off msnbc - what is more important is for Democrats to vote in the primaries- know who is running for city council - know who is running for judges - assembly- state senate- so the far left Democratic socialist endorsed candidates who favor criminals over victims are never elected again - nobody voted in the primaries and many only vote in the general- voting straight down ticket Democrat- when the damage was done already and the Democrat socialist won the primary already - look at who you vote for 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 6:10pm

No politicians, Democrat or Republican, have an answer to the rise in homelessness and the lack of affordable housing. It'll only get worse. Shelters are maxed out and people simply have nowhere to go. Mayor Eric Adams is useless. His GOP opposition for the election would have been worse. it was a lose-lose situation for the people of NYC. The GOP, in general, is happy this is happening because it fuels the fire to get #45 reelected.

[BroadwayPatriot]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 6:14pm

Owen22 said: "It's rather disappointing to read these comments from a group of people who are theatre-goers, people who post on here I would just assume are intelligent and empathetic. It's horrible to feel unsafe, I get it. But to pooh-ppph the major reasons for this (I should say ONE reason, all the other reasons stem from the ONE--wealth inequality) is sad. The wealthy do not care about poor, sick and desperate people. They don't care about the middle class being robbed at gunpoint or attacked because Bellevue doesn't have the money or room for all the mentally handicapped people that pass through its doors. If foreign nationals are going to buy 40 million dollar investment penthouses across the city, tax them for keeping them empty! If corporations are closing local businesses or tearing down local walk-ups to build towers, tax them! We are so afraid of the rich, so afraid they'll take their money someplace else, we give them all kinds of concessions with barely a nod to the poor who need their own concessions doubled. I know it's easy to blame crime on the "nasty people" who perpetrate it,and that wealth inequality and corporate welfare are possibly too abstract in reasoning to blame, but I would think people on these boards would get it."

Huh? So real estate developers are why people join gangs and a two year old was shot in the Bronx during a gang fight on Saturday? Rich people are why a maniac pushed someone in front of a train ? Foreign investors are why a cop was murdered? Trust me as a working class  Bronx person - all the taxes in the world won’t stop these things - harsh punishment from judges will - it’s not rocket science 

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 6:19pm

Comments on the BWW Instagram post about Stuhlbarg are more outraged that the attacker was called “homeless” than the fact the attack happened in the first place.

I’m now convinced that the mentality of “care for the criminal” is the true mental illness here. 

Updated On: 4/1/24 at 06:19 PM

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 6:24pm

bwaypotato said: "Y’all aren’t going to like this but whatever. You can thank the Democrats for allowing crime to grow and ruin NYC. They eliminated bail and that needs to return. The voters of NYC need to vote out the Democrats ruining the city."

Grow a brain. It’s fun! 

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 6:29pm

BroadwayPatriot said: "kdogg36 said: "bwaypotato said: "Y’all aren’t going to like this but whatever. You can thank the Democrats for allowing crime to grow and ruin NYC. They eliminated bail and that needs to return. The voters of NYC need to vote out the Democrats ruining the city."

And vote for whom? Aside from the fact that places run by Republicans aren't statistically safer than those run by Democrats, it's been impossible for decent people to vote for Republicans since at least 2004, when the party leveraged homophobia to ensure Bush'sreelection."

There is no Republican Party in the 5 boroughs - it is a joke and they do not even try - the ones that exist are not going after “ gays” turn off msnbc - what is more important is for Democrats to vote in the primaries- know who is running for city council - know who is running for judges - assembly- state senate- so the far left Democratic socialist endorsed candidates who favor criminals over victims are never elected again - nobody voted in the primaries and many only vote in the general- voting straight down ticket Democrat- when the damage was done already and the Democrat socialist won the primary already - look at who you vote for"

Is that a sentence? You don’t believe in periods? Only dashes? 

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 6:46pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "Comments on the BWW Instagram post are more outraged that the attacker was called “homeless” than the fact the attack happened in the first place."

Do you have any specific comments you can point to? I just read the comments on the Instagram post and couldn't find many, if any, like that.

https://www.instagram.com/officialbroadwayworld/p/C5OWF1VuCKd/

 

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 6:49pm

My apologies, I should have said on the Stuhlbarg news post. Will update my post with that clarification.

[BroadwayPatriot]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 6:56pm

Matt Rogers said: "BroadwayPatriot said: "kdogg36 said: "bwaypotato said: "Y’all aren’t going to like this but whatever. You can thank the Democrats for allowing crime to grow and ruin NYC. They eliminated bail and that needs to return. The voters of NYC need to vote out the Democrats ruining the city."

And vote for whom? Aside from the fact that places run by Republicans aren't statistically safer than those run by Democrats, it's been impossible for decent people to vote for Republicans since at least 2004, when the party leveraged homophobia to ensure Bush'sreelection."

There is no Republican Party in the 5 boroughs - it is a joke and they do not even try - the ones that exist are not going after “ gays” turn off msnbc - what is more important is for Democrats to vote in the primaries- know who is running for city council - know who is running for judges - assembly- state senate- so the far left Democratic socialist endorsed candidates who favor criminals over victims are never elected again - nobody voted in the primaries and many only vote in the general- voting straight down ticket Democrat- when the damage was done already and the Democrat socialist won the primary already - look at who you vote for"

Is that a sentence? You don’t believe in periods? Only dashes?"

A natural response from someone who has nothing else to say because my points are true and accurate, if you really want to know - I’m on my smart phone and was busy doing something else when I wrote it, none the less with my distractions and all - the post is more profound than anything you have ever spoken in your entire life, because luckily I’m not you . 

[BroadwayPatriot]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 7:02pm

Matt Rogers telling one to grow a brain is so ironic , this man offers nothing but insults , a typical left wing crank 

Updated On: 4/1/24 at 07:02 PM

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 7:03pm

BroadwayPatriot said: "Matt Rogers said: "BroadwayPatriot said: "kdogg36 said: "bwaypotato said: "Y’all aren’t going to like this but whatever. You can thank the Democrats for allowing crime to grow and ruin NYC. They eliminated bail and that needs to return. The voters of NYC need to vote out the Democrats ruining the city."

And vote for whom? Aside from the fact that places run by Republicans aren't statistically safer than those run by Democrats, it's been impossible for decent people to vote for Republicans since at least 2004, when the party leveraged homophobia to ensure Bush'sreelection."

There is no Republican Party in the 5 boroughs - it is a joke and they do not even try - the ones that exist are not going after “ gays” turn off msnbc - what is more important is for Democrats to vote in the primaries- know who is running for city council - know who is running for judges - assembly- state senate- so the far left Democratic socialist endorsed candidates who favor criminals over victims are never elected again - nobody voted in the primaries and many only vote in the general- voting straight down ticket Democrat- when the damage was done already and the Democrat socialist won the primary already - look at who you vote for"

Is that a sentence? You don’t believe in periods? Only dashes?"

A natural response from someone who has nothing else to say because my points are true and accurate, if you really want to know - I’m on my smart phone and was busy doing something else when I wrote it, none the less with my distractions and all - the post is more profound than anything you have ever spoken in your entire life, because luckily I’m not you ."

Spoken like a true Broadway Patriot — I mean Right Wing Troll. 

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 7:06pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "My apologies, I should have said on the Stuhlbarg news post. Will update my post with that clarification."

Thank you for the clarification. I do see the comments on that post.

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 7:10pm

BroadwayPatriot said: "Again , the low IQ , bitter party over reality . Bitter stooge , can not refute the other persons post , so he resorts to insults, a small man , with a small mind and a myopic, like ignorant world view , who’s understanding of the world does not go beyond “ I’m a Democrat “, sad really"

Doesn’t know how to form a sentence or use proper punctuation. Doesn’t know how to quote a message. Does know how to lie. 

[Owen22]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 7:20pm

BroadwayPatriot said: "Huh? So real estate developers are why people join gangs and a two year old was shot in the Bronx during a gang fight on Saturday?Rich people are why a maniac pushed someone in front of a train ? Foreign investors are why a cop was murdered? "

In essence...YES!!!

Tax the rich and corporations!!! Put the money into helping this city take care of its sick and level the playing field!

 

Updated On: 4/1/24 at 07:20 PM

[BroadwayPatriot]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 7:21pm

Matt Rogers said: "BroadwayPatriot said: "Matt Rogers said: "BroadwayPatriot said: "kdogg36 said: "bwaypotato said: "Y’all aren’t going to like this but whatever. You can thank the Democrats for allowing crime to grow and ruin NYC. They eliminated bail and that needs to return. The voters of NYC need to vote out the Democrats ruining the city."

And vote for whom? Aside from the fact that places run by Republicans aren't statistically safer than those run by Democrats, it's been impossible for decent people to vote for Republicans since at least 2004, when the party leveraged homophobia to ensure Bush'sreelection."

There is no Republican Party in the 5 boroughs - it is a joke and they do not even try - the ones that exist are not going after “ gays” turn off msnbc - what is more important is for Democrats to vote in the primaries- know who is running for city council - know who is running for judges - assembly- state senate- so the far left Democratic socialist endorsed candidates who favor criminals over victims are never elected again - nobody voted in the primaries and many only vote in the general- voting straight down ticket Democrat- when the damage was done already and the Democrat socialist won the primary already - look at who you vote for"

Is that a sentence? You don’t believe in periods? Only dashes?"

A natural response from someone who has nothing else to say because my points are true and accurate, if you really want to know - I’m on my smart phone and was busy doing something else when I wrote it, none the less with my distractions and all - the post is more profound than anything you have ever spoken in your entire life, because luckily I’m not you ."

Spoken like a true Broadway Patriot — I mean Right Wing Troll."

Refute my post , prove that I’m wrong. Democrat socialist candidates endorse “ reformative justice “ meaning no jails, literally for anyone , example Tiffany Caban of Astoria, she holds city council position because nobody voted in the primary. Do you support her ideology ? Most people do not even know what these people support , because you want to shoot the messenger, instead of listening. , I’m not even that “ right wing” , to you right wing is anyone to the right of Chairman  Mao

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 7:27pm

BroadwayPatriot said: "Matt Rogers said: "BroadwayPatriot said: "Matt Rogers said: "BroadwayPatriot said: "kdogg36 said: "bwaypotato said: "Y’all aren’t going to like this but whatever. You can thank the Democrats for allowing crime to grow and ruin NYC. They eliminated bail and that needs to return. The voters of NYC need to vote out the Democrats ruining the city."

And vote for whom? Aside from the fact that places run by Republicans aren't statistically safer than those run by Democrats, it's been impossible for decent people to vote for Republicans since at least 2004, when the party leveraged homophobia to ensure Bush'sreelection."

There is no Republican Party in the 5 boroughs - it is a joke and they do not even try - the ones that exist are not going after “ gays” turn off msnbc - what is more important is for Democrats to vote in the primaries- know who is running for city council - know who is running for judges - assembly- state senate- so the far left Democratic socialist endorsed candidates who favor criminals over victims are never elected again - nobody voted in the primaries and many only vote in the general- voting straight down ticket Democrat- when the damage was done already and the Democrat socialist won the primary already - look at who you vote for"

Is that a sentence? You don’t believe in periods? Only dashes?"

A natural response from someone who has nothing else to say because my points are true and accurate, if you really want to know - I’m on my smart phone and was busy doing something else when I wrote it, none the less with my distractions and all - the post is more profound than anything you have ever spoken in your entire life, because luckily I’m not you ."

Spoken like a true Broadway Patriot — I mean Right Wing Troll."

Refute my post , prove that I’m wrong.Democrat socialist candidates endorse “ reformative justice “ meaning no jails, literally for anyone , example Tiffany Caban of Astoria, she holds city council position because nobody voted in the primary. Do you support her ideology ? Most people do noteven know what these people support , because you want to shoot the messenger, instead of listening. , I’m not even that “ right wing” , to you right wing is anyone to the right of ChairmanMao"

What the hell are you even talking about??? Between your right wing screen name and your incomprehensible posts, you sound completely insane. Are you sure you’re not the orange blob, moonlighting from his repulsive “Truth” social website? 

[BroadwayRox3588]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 7:37pm

Last spring when I was in the city for my pre-Tonys show lineup, I saw a 50s-60s y/o homeless(?) guy say "Hey pretty lil' thing!" to a girl who looked no older than six.

Crime is definitely up, and they're getting more brazen about it.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 4/1/24 at 7:40pm

Owen22 said: "It's rather disappointing to read these comments from a group of people who are theatre-goers, people who post on here I would just assume are intelligent and empathetic. It's horrible to feel unsafe, I get it. But to pooh-ppph the major reasons for this (I should say ONE reason, all the other reasons stem from the ONE--wealth inequality) is sad. The wealthy do not care about poor, sick and desperate people. They don't care about the middle class being robbed at gunpoint or attacked because Bellevue doesn't have the money or room for all the mentally handicapped people that pass through its doors. If foreign nationals are going to buy 40 million dollar investment penthouses across the city, tax them for keeping them empty! If corporations are closing local businesses or tearing down local walk-ups to build towers, tax them! We are so afraid of the rich, so afraid they'll take their money someplace else, we give them all kinds of concessions with barely a nod to the poor who need their own concessions doubled. I know it's easy to blame crime on the "nasty people" who perpetrate it,and that wealth inequality and corporate welfare are possibly too abstract in reasoning to blame, but I would think people on these boards would get it."

Oh dear... this board is full of people whose favorite sport is to bully if your opinion on a theater production doesn't match theirs. The number of times I and many other posters were called names here for stating an opinion.... You've seen some posts here, unless you wind up physically harmed and hospitalized, you're overreacting, you right wing troll. 

Updated On: 4/1/24 at 07:40 PM