Wages and labor practices are obviously legitimate public policy concerns. But anything that makes publicly subsidized affordable housing more expensive to build and operate means we can build and operate less of it - and in particular, less of it for people at the lowest incomes

America’s Merde

Total population mostly irrelevant here - these are the districts with the most polarized vote (i.e., largest margin for each candidate).

Mamdani top 5 have had an influx of young, educated residents. Cuomo’s include conservative southern BK Jewish communities

Quite possibly the 3rd largest (poised to pass Chicago in 2020)

As with many things Staten Island, it’s a mix of separatist spirit (endless drive to assert local control over citywide functions) and generalized grievance based on the very real problem that no one properly planned out the street network of Staten Island 60 years ago

Basically, yes

Maybe “leave the greatest city in the world for a place where school vaccination requirements are banned” isn’t a winning pitch after all for a state trying to lure affluent older adults … or parents

They’re in extra innings and haven’t even flipped the ballot yet

I grew up calling my very kind and close next-door neighbor “aunt” - shackle me now

And the fundamental goal is for New Yorkers to be better, more affordably, and more equitably housed.

So let’s look past the politics, and focus on what New Yorkers need. /x

www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/fli...

You see, politicians often benefit from heightened conflict, much as a volume trader benefits from volatility - it’s an underlying force that drives opportunity for them.

But heightened conflict slows, stops, or just adds cost to housing.

Qs 2-5 would help boost collaboration over conflict. /2

Imagine someone told you “people without health insurance don’t get regular health checkups … so those checkups aren’t so important, and neither is expanding health insurance converge”

Never mind how many people are sick, or paying too much for housing, or homeless

Specious logic like this is what has landed us in a deep affordability crisis:

80% of our (inadequate) new housing is built without going through our cumbersome, costly process. So what’s the big deal? That process isn’t so important 🤡

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