A little bit sandpaper, a little bit silk. Buffalo to Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley. Old hospitality and nightlife pro. Housing and healthy community advocate.
Peekskill, NY
Joined September 2010
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Thee Brian O retweeted
Mamdani: Whenever I talk about raising taxes on the wealthiest, people will respond with what is generally a myth of capital flight. But the flight that has actually happened: 200,000 Black New Yorkers have left this city in the last few decades. There are so many people who will still tell you they’re New Yorkers, but now they live in South Carolina, they live in other parts of the country because they couldn’t afford to live in this city. And you can feel that in neighborhoods across this city, you can feel that in classrooms across the city. And so for me, it’s always ask yourself: How has this city left people behind, and how can we actually start to show up?
People really don't like when you tell them their favorite word doesn't really mean much any more, that it's used as a cudgel to stop meaning discussion and remove the possibility of positive change in peoples' minds.
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Peekskill got New Rochelle's old city manager and planner. It really looks like as soon as they left, things started to get better...
@NewRochelleNY has achieved national recognition for its innovative approach to building the housing its residents needs, all while keeping rent increases at just 1.6% since 2020.
Read more about the City's work addressing the housing shortage: tinyurl.com/nj4e7aba
via @nypost
#WestchesterHousing #NewRochelle #HousingShortage #WestchesterCounty
Thee Brian O retweeted
YIMBYism has existed for long enough that we're now seeing success stories from cities that adopted pro-housing policy.
After legalizing middle housing, Portland is seeing new construction (2024-now) townhomes & 2-6-plex units selling for $300-$400k.
The starter home is back!
Someone who I understand doesn't know what they're talking about recently said something like my "politics were well known locally and widely hated...yet likely doesn't know that my "politics" are mostly aligned with Zohran.
What's the best way to launder (drug) money?
*Real estate and restaurants.
What the best way to make sure there's little to no competition with you and your friend's real estate and restaurants?
*Take over the local party and run for office.
...encouraging nebulous, problematic ownership of a place
And b) having a small group of socially capable, locally powerful people to incessantly create distrust and resentmentas between different communities within the community (whether they know they're doing it or not)