Can't wait for the first ask the mayor at 11am with Brian. It's gonna rule for all the reasons

Memphis Milano-ass subway entrance

“The approval of 144 St. Felix signals something important: preservation and growth are not opposing forces,” writes FXCollaborative Architects' Dan Kaplan. “New York does not have to choose between protecting its past and building for its future.” citylimits.org/opinion-a-ne...

it’s 2026 and you’re still using NIMBY tropes like “Godzilla tower” to describe a literal parking lot/warehouse being turned into hundreds of mixed income homes in one of the most expensive parts of the city…. literally grow up. Hell Gate housing reporting is just awful

The whole circle of “historic preservation” in NYC is filled with people you don’t want to associate with. Forget the mission (they’re not doing it in good faith anyway) just accept these people suck and want people to live shit lives if they’re not rich

I complain a lot about left NIMBYs. I complain a lot about right NIMBYs. but do you know which NIMBYs actually frustrate me the most? boomer faux-environmentalist NIMBYs like @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social. she’s literally killing homes for over 10,000 people because apartments are scary.

A model for preserving an old house while adding the new units that is illegal in NYC because we don't allow new construction ADUs in historic districts www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/r...

Subway Takes is content for transplants who aren't comfortable in their own skin in the city. What you have to remember is that if New York isn't open for everyone it's no longer New York, it's something smaller and worse.

In 2023, I reported on a network of people exploiting weak rules in New Jersey and Georgia to illegally sell temporary license plates through sham car dealerships. Yesterday, DOJ announced federal charges against eleven people involved in some of those dealerships: www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...

Knicks forever

Let's go!!!!!! We need more housing and affordable housing here so badly! gothamist.com/news/mamdani...

Big news, a bunch of rich New York City racists got together and all they could cobble together was one million dollars www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/n...

PA only covers repainting with existing or historic color. So the PA definitely doesn't cover this.

did you design and build a confusing house for your mother today?

Calling all NYCHA residents! NYCHA in Your Neighborhood is coming soon to all five boroughs — a community forum where you can speak to NYCHA and City leadership.

It's a huge issue in historic districts in NYC. But unlike Chicago the buildings are not demo'd and rebuilt.

It's crazy that in Chicago people tear down multifamily to build single family. At least in NYC it's the same buildings!

"THE THIN MAN created a truly equal romantic partnership that was neither stumbling toward matrimony nor frustrated by its restraints, a portrait of a thoroughly modern marriage so ahead of its time you can hardly believe it's nearing its centennial anniversary."

I think it’s fine for the Justice Department to do this, under the philosophy you should be able to choose your own method of execution.

can the nimbys be normal for five minutes

1/ @yonahfreemark.com wrote an interesting piece about how to improve public engagment in the US, which he correctly notes is relevant not just to transportation projects, but also housing and climate. @thefoxandthecity.com has a good thread about it below. As a former pollster, I have thoughts!

Thinking about the 2021 BNSF train-barge collision where the post-accident interviewer was asking the train crew if they can steer the train

What kind of person who calls themselves a reporter would denigrate other reporters who covered super important issues?!? Fucking nativist pathetic shit.

And famously stonewall was landmarked months before the uprising!

This is the problem with announcing any kind of plan or proposal on April 1, is that your opponents can simply release a statement amounting to "Look at this clown in their clown shoes"

wishing a very happy opening day to people who love the endurance, whimsy, and small victories throughout a baseball season. wishing a very unhappy opening day to people who call players assets and complain about their market value.

Too bad state level VRAs likely make this impossible:(

Really great thread detailing how thousands of acres of forest can be cut down for mansions, but an afford apt building for seniors gets mired in red tape

Isaacs needs ~$250 million in investment over the next 5 years. NYCHA had a plan to invest that money all while remaining landlord. Instead ill informed cranks decided it was better to keep the status quo. Now the building will languish because shockingly no one else has a plan for $250 million

Shale gas is back on the menu boys!!

An entirely unserious position from Schlossberg: - There is no funding available to fix these complexes via Section 9, which is why they're in the state they are in. - These buildings are nearly a century old and in terrible condition. - Rebuilding is actually *cheaper* than repair

What will blow your mind is that before it was a gas station it was an 11 story building: www.oldnyc.org#720791f-a

Not the headline I would have gone with. Buildings can be safer with one stair than with two, especially if you reduce the length of the corridor and number of apartments per floor.

People should read the article! The whole point is that the fire safety rules aren't actually making anyone that much safer!

The crazy thing about this is how over the course of decades it has literally contributed to the housing crisis! All of the SROs that kept people out of homelessness were lost to this practice! www.thecity.nyc/2023/08/24/1...

Reporters building their brands does not buy a fixer, soundman, cameraman, producer, editor, flack jackets, helmets, satellite transmission, lawyers, etc. TV done right is incredibly resource intensive.

I love this article, because it's such a clear illustrations of an important point. The West Village is becoming a victim of its own strict zoning. The little details about the inhabitants show us how (thread).

Something unthinkable happened today: Vickie Paladino, a NIMBY Republican, voted to approve new housing in her district. Why now? November's @YesOnAffHousing.bsky.social ballot measures have completely changed the landscape of housing approvals in NYC.

WATCH: MAGA CM Vickie Paladino is crashing out because props 2-5 will allow affordable housing to be built in her Queens district. These changes were designed as a backstop to prevent abuse of member deference, and ensure that every neighborhood does its part. They're working!

NYC Council Member Vickie Paladino (R) crashing out over a new apartment building in her district that will likely be approved tomorrow due to the "Affordable Housing Appeals Board" adopted by voters last November. It's long, but the whole 7 minutes is worth it!

NYC's first Expedited Land Use Review Procedure (ELURP) project is underway! A @nychousing.bsky.social disposition to create 84 100% affordable homes on a city-owned lot in Mott Haven will move through the new 90-day review process created by Charter reforms voters approved last fall. 🏘️🏗️

First Super Bowl halftime performance to depict a UNESCO world heritage site?!

You know who could design a barrier-free asymmetrical portico and make it echo from eternity? That's right, Sigurd Lewerentz.

RIP to when this was a climbing gym

Folks have implored to assume good faith and engage in collegial ways. Spare me, friends. This is law office history in furtherance of stripping children who would otherwise be entitled to citizenship because the president doesn't like how they look. If this is acceptable to law profs, count me out.

Really good and nuanced piece on landmarking in NYC. Not mentioned in this piece, but particularly relevant was that for the Adams admin these districts (which were rushed through!) were explicitly part of a political trade. thebiggerapple.manhattan.institute/p/the-cost-o...

You know what’s not great? Seeing a skeet about a 5-year-old and ICE and immediately thinking “is that the child who was moved to TX without his family’s knowledge, or the one used as bait?”