Sam Bloch
@samkbloch.bsky.social
journalist, author of SHADE: THE PROMISE OF A FORGOTTEN NATURAL RESOURCE (2025), samuel.bloch@gmail.com
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Maybe not! I think what you're saying is that people oppose these ballot measures because they want "100% affordable housing," but what they don't understand is that "100% affordable housing" means that middle-class people won't be able to live there. Right?
October 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Maybe not! I think what you're saying is that people oppose these ballot measures because they want "100% affordable housing," but what they don't understand is that "100% affordable housing" means that middle-class people won't be able to live there. Right?
I appreciate this thread, but I think the progressive NIMBY opposition to 2-4 isn't about restrictions on AMI. It's about the fear of too many unregulated apartments commanding market rate rents for people who earn way above AMI!
October 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I appreciate this thread, but I think the progressive NIMBY opposition to 2-4 isn't about restrictions on AMI. It's about the fear of too many unregulated apartments commanding market rate rents for people who earn way above AMI!
Reposted by Sam Bloch
Writeup of the housing-related ballot proposals by Christopher Robbins of Hell Gate, viz. Propositions 2, 3, and 4:
A Crash Course in the 3 Controversial Housing Ballot Proposals
Do they represent YIMBY "Abundance" magic or an anti-democratic "power grab"?
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October 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Writeup of the housing-related ballot proposals by Christopher Robbins of Hell Gate, viz. Propositions 2, 3, and 4:
Now you're talking!! Right now the only shade on the lawn comes from the blessed late afternoon shadows of the East River Coops
October 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Now you're talking!! Right now the only shade on the lawn comes from the blessed late afternoon shadows of the East River Coops
Someone should translate Go Dog Go into Dutch and Danish
October 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Someone should translate Go Dog Go into Dutch and Danish
"There was no hedonism to be found on a warm Sunday afternoon in late September, during a wholesome community event to celebrate the opening..." because everyone was huddled under the steel umbrellas near the grills! And hiding in the shadow of the boathouse!
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"There was no hedonism to be found on a warm Sunday afternoon in late September, during a wholesome community event to celebrate the opening..." because everyone was huddled under the steel umbrellas near the grills! And hiding in the shadow of the boathouse!