NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Welcome to A New Era, Leila Bozorg!

This is blasphemous.

"People want to be around people." @dianabudds.bsky.social www.dwell.com/article/the-...

longstanding theory on this is that people who know the applicant that they don't want to hire has racial resentment offer "wish i could've hired you, but they made me hire a black woman instead!" as a let-them-down-easy cope rather than admit to them that they just didn't want to hire them.

A single phone call asking a city council member or state legislator to vote your way on a specific legislative proposal has *significantly* more political impact than a social media post with 1,000 shares.

Minus big-bucks lifelines, some U.S. transit systems are facing disaster. 🚇 🚍 But the MTA is *adding* subway and bus service, not cutting it — and has dodged layoffs. 💰 💰 “This is a remarkable turnaround just from a few years ago.” NEW STORY in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/12/m...

Well would you look at that.

Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.

This is the way

It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.

Would you look at that: when you legalize housing, people build housing! www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/...

Shot / chaser from Great Kills, Staten Island abc7ny.com/post/staten-...

You're hearing it more and more

One of the many reasons that the urban left should embrace growth-machine politics is that they are structurally good for the left.

Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu. Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.

This paper provides strong evidence that downzoning is associated with reduced construction and increased spatialized segregation. Don’t do it if you want a more equitable city! Read the whole thing: findingspress.org/article/1474...

What happens when you downzone? Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago. Findings: —Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas; —Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.

Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.* The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.

Majority support in 42 of 51 districts. An affordable housing mandate.

Trump is cutting funding that helps end homelessness. And now, over 170,000 people are at risk of being pushed out of homes and back onto the streets. We’re in a housing crisis. The solution isn’t kicking people out of their homes – it’s building more housing.

"After all, housing is a public good, and where it’s located is everyone’s business."

One cool thing happening in NY climate world: NYCHA and state partners have announced a $32 million deal with the company Copper to bring battery-equipped induction stoves to 10,000 public housing apartments. They plug into a regular outlet. www.nyserda.ny.gov/About/Newsro...

"Under the plan, developers could build nearly 15,000 apartments within 54 blocks of Long Island City that are currently filled with warehouses and parking lots." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/n...

every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation

"If the city is to remain open and functional, it has to keep welcoming both the family that’s been in the Bronx for 50 years and the couple that moved to Bed-Stuy last spring. New York works because both kinds of people keep showing up — not because we decide whose presence counts."

I was kind of 50/50 on whether or not Ds should make a deal - blocking SNAP payments isn't just a political tactic... it actively hurts people - just one month of missed $ is enough to plunge 23k NYers into poverty. But then you see this kind of thinking and you get radicalized all over again.

Spokane has been killing it with housing reforms: eliminating parking minimums near transit increasing height maximums Reducing lot minimums THE RESULTS? The proof is in the puddin':

New Yorkers are sick and tired of the housing crisis. Thanks to our new mayor and big wins to expand affordable housing across New York City, we finally have the chance to start building homes for every New Yorker.

With the passage of the housing ballot initiatives, Mamdani won a second victory—one he didn’t even campaign for. These laws will make at least some of his housing policy goals meaningfully easier to achieve. www.fastcompany.com/91436060/zoh...

An incomplete list of cities where housing abundance was a major campaign issue & pro-housing candidates held or expanded majorities: - Bozeman, MT - Cambridge, MA - Durham, NC - Kalispell, MT - Littleton, CO - Manchester, NH - Missoula, MT - Salt Lake City, UT - Seattle, WA - Wilmington, NC 💪

An affordable housing mandate.

As the sun sets on election day, a few more councilmembers have come out in support of the ballot measures (or some of them), even as council leadership is united in opposition. Eric Bottcher and Shaun Abreu were public "Yes" on all, Pierina Sanchez was Y on 2 and Lincoln Restler was Y on 2,3

Zohran’s voting yes on them too!

Take it from the Municipal Art Society: Voting YES on ballot proposals 2-5 is a vote for affordability and a stronger city Unpaywalled link: archive.is/t72uF paywalled link: www.crainsnewyork.com/op-ed/op-ed-...

Well fam, lets get it. Vote 🗳️ yes ✅ 2-5 on the housing 🏘️ ballots

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

Polls open in 8 hours. In 8 hours, New Yorkers can choose a more affordable future — on the front of the ballot with @ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social and the back of the ballot with @YesOnAffHousing.bsky.social props 2-5.

Still undecided about ballot props 2-5? Read this op-ed from @michelle_delauz, ED of @FACbrooklyn. Fifth Avenue Committee is deeply committed to community voice & vision — and to communities with enough affordable housing that voice & vision are shared. brooklyneagle.com/articles/202...

Tomorrow is Election Day. I hope you'll vote for proposals 2-6. If you'll indulge me, a quick run-down of the remarkable coalition of supporters: Starting with the editorial boards of the Daily News, Post, and Crain's, and though the Times has declined to weigh in, Mara Gay.

Marathon day vibes are immaculate

Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto

yamamoto unquestionably the mvp

LFG Dodgers!!!!! Rojas, Max, Will, YAMA

"Every delay has a cost. Every stalled project is a family left waiting, another family priced out, another neighborhood losing the diversity that defines New York. We can’t build an equitable city if only a few communities carry the weight of its affordable housing needs."

City officials are not supposed to use city funds to battle ballot proposals. But that is exactly what the City Council is doing, records obtained by @marinasam.bsky.social now confirm.

really good thread on the NYC ballot questions and why you should vote yes (I did!)