truly, a modern day Khosrow

at no cost to the city

Converting office space into apartments has a cost, it will be easily recouped but there is a cost.

Seems like a good idea though.

its why most democrats are against him too.

Cause hes setting a dangerous precedent of an elected official serving people, not money.

It's why the corporate neo-libs hate him too. They truly are in the business of managing decline instead of doing their fucking jobs.

I can't remember who said it, but it's like he got in office and saw the "Get Shit Done" button an jus for the life of him couldn't understand why previous Mayors weren't usin it

Next, convert Trump Tower into affordable housing.

I live in Harlem. He really has been great! He's just a genuine and nice guy too!

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Same reason status quo democrats dont like him.

Civilization is expensive and can only be paid for on the installment plan.

When you see what good your taxes can do, it makes you question why the rich don't pay their fair share. They do not like this.

Yep.

They are going to reach into your pocket no matter what. The only question is if your money goes to a bunch of rich guys or back to people like you.

How does converting an office building have zero cost?

Converting the Oldest House into literal housing? Bold choice!

The reason the right are so anti Mamdani is obvious: they don’t want you to see what your tax dollars being put to work the right way would actually look like.

More like the left way 🥁

The answer is simple: Capitalism has outstayed it's welcome. Its time to go for Scientific Socialism. You ever watch star trek's society in tng and go "huh, that would be nice..."? Well thats Scientific Socialism.

I live in CA, and our tax dollars get squandered. Gotta be progressive and know what your doing. We have one but not the other

BUT HOW ARE THE LANDLORDS (I am not one) GONNA AFFORD TO LIVE????!! THE POOOR LANDLORDS

Office buildings are generally unfit for apartment conversions since they have so much interior space that isn't really appropriate to use as homes - there's usually a requirement that you get an actual window in your apartment, something I don't think is particularly unreasonable.

A great podcast episode on the topic: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/551-office-space/

I wish I could shake this man's hand. We need somebody to do this in Canada as well. But our politicians are equally as spineless as the rest of them, just with a fresh coat of paint covering their faces like the clowns they are.

The real solution is to have the municipality build low income housing. The people responsible for the housing crisis should not be involved at all.

When basic competent governance is seen as radical, you know how bad things have been/are. I'm so jealous of the city right now. I'm seeing videos pop up every day about some new project. Meanwhile my town wont fix potholes unless you very specifically ask them to do so, and then they will only fix THAT ONE even if there are others nearby. There are not nearly enough trees and basically no functional public transportation, so getting anywhere without a car is a pain. I can't get anyone in the town gov to answer my emails and while I haven't been to a board meeting yet, I've been told by someone else who has gone that they're so disinterested in what people have to say some of them have literally fallen asleep on the job. But we've just been stuck with them because my town are a bunch of NIMBYs who don't care as long as their taxes don't go up.

We can see how using taxes better helps people in many other countries and states, and like this where he can do good work that helps people and society, as public servants are supposed to do. People see it but don't care. Just look up how much is spent per person for healthcare in countries and their health outcomes. Basic things are getting worse in us due to unhealthy policies they chose. It's too hard to pass the big changes we want w/o supermajority and for long enough to maintain them. Even if things are passed that they want, they swing the other way a few years later due to propaganda, and it gets destroyed again. Stop doing that, support unions and the politicians that actually do too.

Corollary: where did those tax dollars go previously?