I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here

It’s been nearly a fortnight and I fear the wound from this post may never heal.

I’m sure some NIMBY in NYC is building an AI bot that generates article 78 lawsuits as we speak www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I do not believe that anti-Zionism is antisemitic, and I have consistently argued against those who say it is, but if you see the act of condemning anti-Diaspora antisemitism as inherently Zionist and pro-Israel, you are really telling on yourself.

In perhaps the best example yet of real estate brokers saying things about Mamdani’s election that are totally detached from market reality and just trying to drum up brokerage business for themselves, this guy is claiming it’s both a great buying opportunity AND a great selling opportunity.

people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up

Given how pervasive this sort of anti-Mamdani rhetoric is in NYC’s real estate industry I am honestly surprised and impressed JLL fired this lunatic therealdeal.com/new-york/202...

"'My view is, if I don't file a complaint, what will happen to other Mexican women? If they do this to the president, what will happen to all women in our country?'"

I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.

The most interesting section of the map of NYC's pro-housing ballot measure results is Southeast Queens, which has mostly NIMBY politicians but voted for all the pro-housing ballot props with pretty big margins.

lmao basically the entire SoHo/NoHo rezoning area voted against the pro-housing ballot propositions www.atlasizer.com?s=USA,New_Yo...

🎯🎯

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.

The model of downwardly mobile members of the PMC energizing/leading a detached, discontented mass to the left is fully in operation here. And it's nothing to apologize for.

Agree. Mamdani is a powerful example of this. He did not make his support for Palestine central to his campaign, but his insistence on sticking to his core beliefs when asked to repudiate them, but also reassuring those who were fearful, actually helped demonstrate his sincerity and values.

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

This is my precinct, where easily 95% of the population lives in brand-new market rate apartment buildings, i.e. “luxury housing.”

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

City of Sickos

Total YIMBY victory, the upzonings commence at once!

hey @nycplanning.bsky.social is Zola down for everyone or just me? #thanksMamdani

Oh my god this is totally going to happen, what else will Cuomo have to do?

If the ballot prop to switch NYC’s elections to even years (which I voted for) does not pass I think it will not be bc people support the local press or full employment for political consultants but bc of people’s pride in NYC exceptionalism - we love being different and the center of attention.

Since Mamdani won the primary, brokers and developers have been playing the press like a fiddle with tales of exodus in a transparent attempt to drum up business from reactionary real estate buyers/sellers. Props to the FT for deciding to call bullshit! on.ft.com/47DSu5G

And now @shaunabreu.bsky.social is the third councilmember to demonstrate their commitment to affordable housing by openly supporting ballot measures 2-5!

"You cannot turn a blind eye to conspiracies about Satanic paedophile rings and expect the base will stop at the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." My column on the suppurating neo-Nazism on America's right. on.ft.com/4oxjjQj

Just in: Zohran Mamdani says he's voting yes on ballot questions 1-5 and no on 6.

Scoop from @anniemcdonough.bsky.social: City Council Member Carmen De La Rosa is dropping her own bid to be City Council Speaker and instead backing her colleague Crystal Hudson for the position. It's a sign that progressives are consolidating behind Hudson: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

UPDATE — some political drama over the Mamdani endorsement: Three leaders from the Satmar Ahronim sect just sent out this statement endorsing Cuomo. forward.com/fast-forward...

🚨 BIG 🚨Satmar Ahronim sect is endorsing Mamdani for mayor, two sources familiar confirmed. Mamdani is expected to meet with Satmar leaders in Williamsburg this afternoon. Here is more background ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...

Four years to renovate what city records claim is a 2,916-sq. ft. structure. It's budgeted at $10.7 million, or nearly $3,700 psf. Shameful that we accept this kind of waste as a city. legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/atta...

In the eyes of the establishment, there’s literally nothing Mamdani can do to prove he’s not an antisemite, and literally nothing the openly fascist trump regime can do to prove they are, up to and including intentionally dressing like literal, historical Nazis

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

Everyday I see the same old man chillin in prospect park on a bench near the lake, smiling, and chatting people up. It’s very cute. There are cures for the male loneliness epidemic all around us.

Shocked that this pollster managed to survey 77 rent controlled tenants given that they represent just 1% of all rental units in the city. I bet many of them are in fact rent-stabilized.

I'm very glad this housing was built but I must admit that a lot of the low/mid-rise multifamily built in North Brooklyn in the 2000s continues to be quite unattractive.

Just got marketed a 20’ x 100’ site in Midtown w an FAR of 18 and every developer I know will tell me it’s practically unbuildable bc it’s too narrow. Hive mind: what needs to change to make it buildable? Land cost dropping low enough to justify it? code changes? Both?

Just saw a small child dressed as a school bus and all the passersby are going wild.

Cuomo's so close to getting it here but to do so would shatter him www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...

the NYC Council is holding a hearing today on a proposed property tax exemption for *Cold War* Veterans, which feels like the first time I've ever heard of this category of veteran. legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetai...

Delayed funding, stalled approvals, even missed rent — the real consequences of the ever-lengthening shutdown have hit the apartment industry, and they’re poised to get much worse in the coming weeks. My latest for Bisnow www.bisnow.com/national/new...

This is the way

Open New York's net approval rating being higher than Lander's is definitive proof that YIMBY > "Not NIMBY, not YIMBY, but a secret third thing" imo

The vision laid out by @caseyberk.bsky.social and @kynakwado.bsky.social in the wake of Amazon HQ2’s collapse is finally being realized nearly 7 years later! www.nydailynews.com/2019/02/17/a...

@bobbby.online you have a doppleganger in Crown Heights walking around in a fancy forest green jumpsuit.

BREAKING: Both Satmar factions decide not to endorse a candidate for mayor and decry the vicious campaign against Mamdani that paints him as hostile to Jews. In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.

lmao www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...

Tempting tbh

CBS News Special Investigation: Zohran Mamdani claims he keeps a plastic bag full of plastic bags under his sink but what is he really hiding in there?