Michael Kaess
michaelkaess.bsky.social
Michael Kaess
@michaelkaess.bsky.social
East Bronx urbanist
The Just Home hearing at the City Council is starting now! Sign up now to testify virtually to support this critical project, which will create housing in a vacant building for the formerly incarcerated with complex medical needs: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
All my NIMBY friends are here at City Hall today.
September 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Me, showing up and quietly documenting everything NIMBYs have said or done to try to stop Just Home for three years.
September 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The City of New York needs Just Home, and it is already far behind schedule. We cannot afford to restart the process at another site when there are folks right now who have no other options.
September 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Three years since Just Home was announced, NIMBYs are still coming up with new distractions to stop or delay the project. We must not let these cynical attempts to stop desperately needed housing work.
September 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Just Home has faced opposition by NIMBYs who have attempted to pit the housing needs of vulnerable New Yorkers against each other - even as they opposed or downsized other housing proposals in our district.
September 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings & Dispositions is holding the Just Home hearing on September 18, starting at 10 AM, in the main City Council chambers. Please join me in support.

Folks can testify in person, or sign up virtually here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
September 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Can you believe it’s been three years since this wild community board hearing on Just Home?

On September 18, the NYC Council will finally hold a hearing on this project, which will provide permanent, supportive housing for the formerly incarcerated with complex medical needs.
September 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The game is getting rained out but I can still enjoy Yankee Stadium sushi.
July 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The certified mayoral primary results show that Zohran won Council District 13 in the final round by 8 votes. This is the one Bronx council district held by a Republican.
July 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My literal reaction watching a Dexter: Resurrection ad. Moving from Miami to New York is a huge upgrade.
July 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Chair of the New York Young Republican Club Bronx Caucus, "was given the opportunity by BronxNet to air the grievances of the ignored side of the political spectrum," so we can watch a man project his own insecurities and lament declining testosterone levels.
July 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Trump supporters will just straight up lie about ≤$2 gas in New York City of all places.
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Awful how many Bronxites are going to lose health coverage because of the Big BS Bill. It's years away, but I'm also concerned about the impact these cuts may have on Montefiore's plans to build the Advanced Care Pavillion - our community needs the full facility to be built.
July 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Perhaps some of the signage still needs to be updated, however, to reduce possible driver confusion.
July 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This intersection on Pierce and Bogart was nonsense, so I appreciate NYC DOT taking the initiative to closing the center as a traffic calming measure (while maintaining FDNY access) and creating new and shorter crosswalks.
July 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Now that Overwatch has map voting, it's another way to confirm that New York City is the best.
July 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Joel R Rivera ran a relatively well-funded NIMBY campaign, including placing full page ads touting opposition to everything from rezonings to bike lanes, only to get an abysmal 5th place in the Council District 13 Democratic primary.
July 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Congratulations to Shirley Aldebol for winning the Democratic Primary in Council District 13! She will take on the Republican incumbent in November.
July 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Zohran's best performance in the Bronx was in Council District 13 - the one Bronx council district currently represented by a Republican. He came within two points of Cuomo.
June 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Shirley is the favorite for CD13, but Jackie Torres placing 2nd in round 1 is fascinating - she was absent for 2 months and missed the candidate forums. I even thought her campaign was dead when I voted on Father's day, but there was a big last minute push, including TV ads.
June 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Some folks may recall the famed "Trump - AOC" voter - Yahay endorsed Trump at this same press conference in 2024, and then recently expressed dismay when Trump reimposed travel restrictions on Yemen. Trump said he was going to do this before his reelection.
June 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
In light of recent events, I'm just thinking back to this Trump endorsement press conference in Little Yemen in the Bronx, where "peace" was a major theme. I think it may have aged a little poorly.
June 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Council District 13 candidate Joel R. Rivera wrote that he expected State Senator Nathalia Fernandez's endorsement (despite, by his own admission, not speaking with her). As soon as she endorsed his more qualified primary opponent, he now says, "She's got to go." Dude's ego is that fragile.
June 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
For Bronx Borough President, Rafael Salamanca Jr. is my first choice on the ballot.
June 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM