Brooklyn Queens

A text from my friend Lee 🤔

LOL—ABNY & RPA DGAF

A staggering statistic from Michael Gartland: One homeless person accepted help for every 15 encampments the Adams administration has removed. nydailynews.com/news/politics/…

I already knew how smart and insightful Jimmy Vielkind was but was still so impressed with how great he was on FAQNYC, talking about the gov race: bit.ly/3sg4HJv

If this isn’t a rallying cry for get out the vote, I don’t know what is!

Find it amusing that an organization of all the huge corporate interests controlling NYC can’t make a web site that hides their citizen manipulation copy prompts. All the authenticity RE and climate destroying financial institutions $ can buy…

What a bad headline

The ratio of people talking about things to people talking about how other people are talking about things is badly out of whack.

JOB ALERT: Newmark J-School is looking for a data journalism prof — apply now!
journalism.cuny.edu/2022/10/job-op…

'It was the second time in two days that cops found a gun on someone trying to skirt the fare at the Stillwell Ave. station' nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-c…

And on rent laws — to address landlords who've tweeted me in the last day — we sure do need to look at the economic impact on the viability of renting out apartments that need renovation. Honestly. Open your books. Sweeping claims do not suffice.

BIG, BAD UPDATE: There are nearly 90,000 vacant rent stabilized apartments, according to new figures New York City shared with sam rabiyah—way more than the 61,000 the state counted. thecity.nyc/housing/2022/1…

“The mantra that the city remains safe by almost any reasonable comparison is now tired and false.” nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edi…

Quite the one-two punch of housing hustle stories leading THE CITY this afternoon

This guy selling mace canisters in bedazzled holsters on a midtown corner is watching Val Demings / Rubio debate highlights