jesse
@jesselang.bsky.social
Housing, transportation, and health policy in and around New York, working toward an equitable future of abundance for all | true progressivism means embracing change | all opinions mine | 🏳️🌈 🚰
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jesse
@jesselang.bsky.social
· Jan 5
What if you and your friends did the funniest possible thing while attempting to be the first to pay the congestion toll
Good take
MY TAKE: it’s *bad* to scrawl swastikas on temples and *good* for politicians to condemn doing so
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Good take
Fare free transit is not a given in any large European city please be so for real
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Fare free transit is not a given in any large European city please be so for real
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I can't believe according to the New York City Charter Cuomo now has to be held in a cage in the Central Park Zoo until June when he must be fed to sharks off the coast of Rockaway Beach. But them's the rules!
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I can't believe according to the New York City Charter Cuomo now has to be held in a cage in the Central Park Zoo until June when he must be fed to sharks off the coast of Rockaway Beach. But them's the rules!
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I bet rezonings along the IBX will be among the first times that the Affordable Housing Appeals Board comes into play (implicitly if not explicitly.) Queens and Brooklyn have pro-housing Borough Presidents for the next 4 years but their successors may not be - we must strike while the iron is hot.
Putting the IBX route next to the voting map also helps narrow down where the biggest rezoning fights are going to play out. Lots of resistance to greater density in the pro-Cuomo nabes in Queens
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I bet rezonings along the IBX will be among the first times that the Affordable Housing Appeals Board comes into play (implicitly if not explicitly.) Queens and Brooklyn have pro-housing Borough Presidents for the next 4 years but their successors may not be - we must strike while the iron is hot.
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An affordable housing mandate.
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An affordable housing mandate.
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If I can get a little too sincere: Tonight is the first time where I can believe with my whole heart that I can live in the place I love for the rest of my life, and live in the way I want to, and I am jubilant at the possibility. This is what politics is supposed to feel like.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
If I can get a little too sincere: Tonight is the first time where I can believe with my whole heart that I can live in the place I love for the rest of my life, and live in the way I want to, and I am jubilant at the possibility. This is what politics is supposed to feel like.
BREAKING: Cuomo spotted fleeing NYC in a white Ford Bronco
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
BREAKING: Cuomo spotted fleeing NYC in a white Ford Bronco
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I am hearing that on his deathbed Andrew Cuomo received the light of democratic socialism and unhesitatingly sang the Internationale. Even now he looks down on Bushwick from the gardens of Astoria. Truly there is no god but DSA, and Zohran is his prophet!
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I am hearing that on his deathbed Andrew Cuomo received the light of democratic socialism and unhesitatingly sang the Internationale. Even now he looks down on Bushwick from the gardens of Astoria. Truly there is no god but DSA, and Zohran is his prophet!
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Socialism is alive and Dick Cheney is dead
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Socialism is alive and Dick Cheney is dead
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has already proven that nothing changes unless we change it.
Today, by joining Zohran and voting YES on Proposals 2 through 5, New Yorkers are wielding the power of our votes to change the course of our city’s future. @opennewyork.org
Today, by joining Zohran and voting YES on Proposals 2 through 5, New Yorkers are wielding the power of our votes to change the course of our city’s future. @opennewyork.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has already proven that nothing changes unless we change it.
Today, by joining Zohran and voting YES on Proposals 2 through 5, New Yorkers are wielding the power of our votes to change the course of our city’s future. @opennewyork.org
Today, by joining Zohran and voting YES on Proposals 2 through 5, New Yorkers are wielding the power of our votes to change the course of our city’s future. @opennewyork.org
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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It’s a great day to talk to voters about affordable housing. Tomorrow, flip your ballot and vote yes on Prop 2, 3, 4 and 5!✅
Learn more: yesonaffordablehousing.com
With Gov. Kathy Hochul, @bradlander.bsky.social, @marklevinenyc.bsky.social & @keithpowersnyc.bsky.social
@opennewyork.org
Learn more: yesonaffordablehousing.com
With Gov. Kathy Hochul, @bradlander.bsky.social, @marklevinenyc.bsky.social & @keithpowersnyc.bsky.social
@opennewyork.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It’s a great day to talk to voters about affordable housing. Tomorrow, flip your ballot and vote yes on Prop 2, 3, 4 and 5!✅
Learn more: yesonaffordablehousing.com
With Gov. Kathy Hochul, @bradlander.bsky.social, @marklevinenyc.bsky.social & @keithpowersnyc.bsky.social
@opennewyork.org
Learn more: yesonaffordablehousing.com
With Gov. Kathy Hochul, @bradlander.bsky.social, @marklevinenyc.bsky.social & @keithpowersnyc.bsky.social
@opennewyork.org
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NYC is the queerest place on the planet.
From trans youth who need supportive housing to queer elders who need affordable housing, we just cannot get it built fast enough.
Keep NYC the beacon it is for our communities — vote YES on Props 2-5 for a New York we can actually afford.
From trans youth who need supportive housing to queer elders who need affordable housing, we just cannot get it built fast enough.
Keep NYC the beacon it is for our communities — vote YES on Props 2-5 for a New York we can actually afford.
October 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
NYC is the queerest place on the planet.
From trans youth who need supportive housing to queer elders who need affordable housing, we just cannot get it built fast enough.
Keep NYC the beacon it is for our communities — vote YES on Props 2-5 for a New York we can actually afford.
From trans youth who need supportive housing to queer elders who need affordable housing, we just cannot get it built fast enough.
Keep NYC the beacon it is for our communities — vote YES on Props 2-5 for a New York we can actually afford.
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Completely and utterly disqualifying to even ask for this endorsement.
www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Cuomo asked Paladino for her endorsement – but she won’t give it
The former governor rang up the Republican council member as he aims to court potential Sliwa voters.
www.cityandstateny.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Completely and utterly disqualifying to even ask for this endorsement.
www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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"do something democrats"
mr president you have a majority in the house and senate
mr president you have a majority in the house and senate
Trump trashes Obamacare in a new post. Funding under this law is the main dispute between the two parties in the ongoing government shutdown standoff.
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"do something democrats"
mr president you have a majority in the house and senate
mr president you have a majority in the house and senate
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Short explanation of what the deal is with "affordability" in the housing ballot proposals, since people have lots of questions - mainly stemming from the fact that our existing system is so complicated to begin with! (Explanation first, some personal commentary after)
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Short explanation of what the deal is with "affordability" in the housing ballot proposals, since people have lots of questions - mainly stemming from the fact that our existing system is so complicated to begin with! (Explanation first, some personal commentary after)
I think keeping local elections odd-year would be a big fuck you to New Yorkers. I have so much respect for local media but please be so for real.
I think the prop 6 to move election day is ultimately a big fuck you to local media, so I wrote about why we need to stay separate from the oxygen destroyer that is the presidential race (and talked to smarter political minds than myself about it too): read it here nygroove.nyc/proposition-...
Proposition 6: Why local media might suffer if we move election day
It's hard enough to get people to pay attention; moving election day will make it worse
nygroove.nyc
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I think keeping local elections odd-year would be a big fuck you to New Yorkers. I have so much respect for local media but please be so for real.
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This new map based on @theNYHC data makes it clear: it’s too easy to block affordable housing in wide swaths of the city.
If you agree every neighborhood needs to do its part in solving our citywide housing crisis, vote YES on Props 2-5.
If you agree every neighborhood needs to do its part in solving our citywide housing crisis, vote YES on Props 2-5.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This new map based on @theNYHC data makes it clear: it’s too easy to block affordable housing in wide swaths of the city.
If you agree every neighborhood needs to do its part in solving our citywide housing crisis, vote YES on Props 2-5.
If you agree every neighborhood needs to do its part in solving our citywide housing crisis, vote YES on Props 2-5.
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As you prepare to vote, NYC, please read my op-ed about the importance of NYC voting yes on questions 2 through 5:
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/fli...
These changes aren’t about the needs of politicians. They’re about the needs of New Yorkers. /1
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/fli...
These changes aren’t about the needs of politicians. They’re about the needs of New Yorkers. /1
Vital City | Flip the Script, and the Ballot, for Housing
City Charter changes would help produce the affordable apartments New York desperately needs.
www.vitalcitynyc.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
As you prepare to vote, NYC, please read my op-ed about the importance of NYC voting yes on questions 2 through 5:
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/fli...
These changes aren’t about the needs of politicians. They’re about the needs of New Yorkers. /1
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/fli...
These changes aren’t about the needs of politicians. They’re about the needs of New Yorkers. /1
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NYC: Vote YES on ballot props 2-4. We at DSA' Social Housing campaign @housethefuture.bsky.social support them to move affordable and social housing along at the city AND state levels.
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
NYC: Vote YES on ballot props 2-4. We at DSA' Social Housing campaign @housethefuture.bsky.social support them to move affordable and social housing along at the city AND state levels.
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It's true! Many DSA members and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social supporters *also* support questions 2-4! At the 41-minute mark in this segment, you can hear me and @aschierenbeck.bsky.social on the Brian Lehrer show on @wnyc.org discussing why these are pro-labor proposals: www.wnyc.org/story/the-ho...
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It's true! Many DSA members and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social supporters *also* support questions 2-4! At the 41-minute mark in this segment, you can hear me and @aschierenbeck.bsky.social on the Brian Lehrer show on @wnyc.org discussing why these are pro-labor proposals: www.wnyc.org/story/the-ho...
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
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Me voting against Cuomo this week for the second time in 4 months
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Me voting against Cuomo this week for the second time in 4 months
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's speech on Islamophobia today at the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx is well worth watching.
youtu.be/3P6hz5ei_Xs?...
youtu.be/3P6hz5ei_Xs?...
LIVE: NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at Bronx mosque
YouTube video by Reuters
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October 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's speech on Islamophobia today at the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx is well worth watching.
youtu.be/3P6hz5ei_Xs?...
youtu.be/3P6hz5ei_Xs?...
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my kink. getting my mouth taped shut by Vickie Paladino and Bob Holden when I try to build affordable housing in Queens
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
my kink. getting my mouth taped shut by Vickie Paladino and Bob Holden when I try to build affordable housing in Queens