"I think George Santos is a Sith Lord"

Oh wow I just got done watching this after it popped up in my recommended. Wild how this happened

Not really it works out for the major voting blocs who can carve out favorable politicians and kickbacks. If you saw the quote I included just one NYC union I've never heard of out of hundreds, had over 160k members. Adams had the popular support of the majority of unions. A normal NYC middle class voter can't muster a voting bloc large enough to overcome established interests and party interests (which also get national backing and support). That's why independents can't gain any ground in NYC

They should build on that land to proper code, transfer all of the current tenants into the new buildings and then demolish every single old project before building again

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Yeah and in the process they'll get rid of historic buildings and old school neighborhood bars. It would be a net negative to the already soulless neighborhood.

Has less to do with rent stabilization and more to do with what the rate is. Many of the high rises are under rent stabilization programs and don't have the issues in this article.

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Again the number of special interest voter are vastly outnumbered by the total number of voters. As Carlin said “selfish ignorant people, selfish ignorant leaders”

You can't maintain apartments with feelings. Eventually, budgetary reality kicks in.

Or really run anything in the city, as NYC is finding out with the migrant situation.

So who in this case pays the funds to maintain the apartment? The owners have abandoned it. So I am fine if it gets sold to the current tenants for free. You think the tenants have the money to maintain it? Because I sure as hell am not using city funds to maintain private housing.

The money has to come from somewhere. So where does it come from here?

This is a good idea, I'd add that repeat offenders should have their properties expropriated and either made public housing or given to the tenants in a TOPA situation.

What I'm saying is a housing system driven by the pursuit of profit would rather abandon apartments than maintain them. If we had a more humane economic system that prioritized the human need for housing above profit those properties would not be left in disrepair.

Great article. Like a nano Power Broker with lower stakes and extra snark.

Overcrowding our schools and the constant emails asking for monetary support…..fix this please

Ya think?!? 🤦🏼‍♂️

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You have it backwards. The fact this has 4 upvotes as of this writing shows how fucked our education is.

Properties making money don't get abandoned. It got abandoned because writing it off is a win compared to operating it.

he literally said there shouldn’t be separation between church and state a week ago.

hes a conservative

None of this matters if people won't buy / use trash barrels. None of it.

There are streets with piles beyond 10 square feet...

>the same people doubled down on their sanctuary city, kumbaya bullshit and anyone who disagreed with them was a racist and bigot

Oh please, if you would spend a minute to read the article you would see that the problem isn't about the migrants; the problem is the city's lack of leadership and unfocused, shortsighted approach to the issue. Migrants can become an asset to the city, but only if there is a sustainable, long-term plan to get them on their feet.

This is why you do not have open borders…

This is the way.

Yeah but factor in how many self righteous tweets and Facebook rants were sent during that time period. Can we quantify how much each one of those was worth? Maybe about $500 to $1000 each, perhaps next time we can just give the cash straight to them and they don’t have to pretend on the internet to be a better person than everyone else