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Jakob Kendall Schneider
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housing researcher. planner. east new york community land trust board member. phd candidate.
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COPA, a bill that will let community land trusts have first dibs on bidding on distressed properties, is poised for a breakthrough with the city council, 5 yrs after it was first proposed. Now the city's housing agency is on board.

NYC follows SF and DC, which have similar laws.
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Social Housing Bill Poised for Breakthrough in City Council - City Limits
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) will give community land trusts and other community groups first dibs at buying distressed properties.
citylimits.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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“Mayor Adams’ Task Force has an opportunity to ease New York City’s perpetual affordable housing crisis and promote permanently affordable housing. The question is, will he choose Wall Street and real estate speculators or New Yorkers?” bit.ly/44ja9Qj
Opinion: Mayor Adams' Tax Lien Sale Task Force is Failing NYC Tenants and Homeowners - City Limits
"Mayor Adams’ Task Force has an opportunity to ease New York City’s perpetual affordable housing crisis and promote permanently affordable housing."
bit.ly
May 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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March 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Which bank would be better for 99.9% of us in New York City?

❌ A private bank owned by investment funds, controlled by billionaires

✅ A public bank owned by the NYC government, elected by the people of the City of New York

@publicbanknyc.bsky.social is working to make the right answer a reality.
Citibank handed over $80 million in city funds to the Trump Administration.

A public bank would keep NYC’s money secure—shielded from federal overreach and working for the public good.

Read our statement on the federal seizure of public funds: www.publicbanknyc.org/statement-ci...
February 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Imposter syndrome hits different when you realize many of your colleagues were literally raised for this job. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Socioeconomic roots of academic faculty - Nature Human Behaviour
Studying socioeconomic backgrounds and intergenerational transmission in the US academia, Morgan et al. find that faculty have a parent with a Ph.D. degree a striking 25 times more often than the gene...
www.nature.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM