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Its always amazing. To see that yes, politicians CAN get progressive things done, when they’re not lying and/or cowing down to their rich donors (owners). Its also kind of frustrating knowing that ALL the politicians that could have been helping for YEARS, just… didn’t want to, apparently?

I hope someone publishes a book detailing what he did to accomplish all this in just a few months and sends it to every government office. Government for Dummies.

Oh, honey. I'm so sorry. It's never been that they didn't know. We've been scammed for so long. It's been a constant case of them assuaging the public while they do the bare minimum

While short term reliefs are great, that's almost entirely what Mamdani achieved. The problems weren't solved, he merely kicked it down the road. Rent freeze provide short term relief to tenants, but unless coupled with major reforms that fixes the underlying supply, demand, and maintenance

With everything progressing the way it is, just sit back, shut up and enjoy the show. Your comments aren’t constructive, accurate, liked or wanted. The first thing this dude did was hire a professional team and start planning. Everything is running smoothly so far and you just pray for failure.

it's only going to make the problem worse in the future. Borrowing grants from state finance to balance the city budget is great for the short term to avoid cuts, the cost is still there and unless he raised taxes on city it's back to square one.

Plutocrats are terrified of the average American demanding true representation from their elected leaders. High on the list is returning economic and social justice to the social contract. This, a democracy needs to not only continue, but to thrive into the future.

I want this to work. I hear there is an insurance scheme to address some of the issue that follow from keeping a price artificially low. How this scheme operates is crucial to success of this policy.

I love Mamdani and everything he stands for. But, this victory rings hollow. It wasn’t new and ambitious governance. He stacked the Rent Guidelines Board with his appointees (6 of 9). My worry is that this won’t stand legal scrutiny because costs haven’t been static, a condition for a freeze.

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You can freeze rents! You can impose a wealth tax! You can grant a universal basic income! You can bring important national assets into public ownership! You just need the vision and the will.

New York might have to make him king. He's going to be/is adored. 😊 Everyone wants a leader like him now. He's showing people that changes are possible.

So much more needs to be done like this across USA. The rental market is so tight due to all the homes/condos/townhouses taken off the market by By Rent By Owner. Homes that would otherwise be monthly rentals are off that market. Tax these owners with property taxes & income taxes - do something!!

I'm amazed by how Bill De Blasio had the exact same win THREE TIMES but his record has been buried in a blizzard of "progressive" bullshit.

Trump, on the other hand, could have scored some points by signing the housing bill. I hope like hell that they don't give in to his vote-slasher. We need to be worried about his "need" being filled. No blackmailing. No bartering. Yes, on housing. No, on Save! Can he veto the housing in 10 days?

So why is est doing this? bsky.app/profile/wash...

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Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates announced their support for a centrist initiative aimed at pushing back against the party’s tilt toward democratic socialism.

I am so jealous. Ain't none of this happening in colorado. No, instead we're getting a data center, and apparently we just sold off tens of thousands of acres of land for oil drilling.

This freezes 1 million rent-stabilized units, 45% of rentals, usually subject to 2-3% annual increases. I had a rent-stabilized loft for 34 years, won 3 attempts at eviction, paying $803/mo for 1500 square feet in midtown when I left NYC. Market rate units were $8k/mo.

This guy is running circles around all of these centrists and neigh sayers. It’s gunna be tough to counter this record. He is waking the walk and delivering for the people whilst these other cats are making speeches and waiting for shit to happen

Meanwhile Trump will only sign a law doing much of the same if he can first get his way and make sure fewer people can vote. Who is making US-America great again; Trump or Mamdani?

A rent freeze doesn’t solve the problem. If left in place very long it will make things worse by also freezing or even shrinking the housing supply. This has been tried many times before and it never works. So in fact he still hasn’t accomplished anything.

Yep, just this hey. Grassroots states people, who care and are so passionate about the common good. Fuck career politians who just follow any money 🤑 for their own greed and entitlement! Mamdani is the best of us!

Tell me again how he’s running rings around the fucking pedophile in the White House! Because when you have intelligence and you know how to do things, you can get things done when you’re stupid as fuck you’re nothing but a loser and can’t do nothing right!

His tactics? Empathy. Actually f'n empathy. It's a lot easier to find in big cities where people live close together and have to make it work. When you only see your neighbors on Sunday, it's easy to be detached.

Yep, they have had us believing those lies forever, call him a commie, socialist, whatever label you put on him doesn’t matter he’s getting things done for the people of NY. Labeling is what America has been doing for more than 400 years, and we are still doing it today,we teach our children same.

Oh ho let me tell you! He’ll get it done, but not as fast. He’ll get it done, but only 95% done, He’ll get it done, but what about me? He’ll get it done, but actually someone else could do it. He’ll get it done, but he’ll raise taxes. And that’s the spin that tells progress to die.

Democrats need to wake the F up. This guy is the future America wants & needs. The American Dream has been removed from everyone’s lives except the supper rich who are getting richer. This admin, & GOP don’t care about us

This guy is just killing the 50 year GOP lie that Democratic Socialism can't work in a Capitalist system. They (GOP/Fox) don't just want him to fail, they need him to. This is the change we need. I hope this spreads like RFK's measles (freedom freckles) outbreak!

The facts that Mamdani did this and his buddy @bradlander.bsky.social took down Dan Goldman has every DNC fuckstain operative shitting themselves in fear because they haven't delivered shit except milquetoast spineless fuckweaselry, failure, and blind obedience to Israel. Game's over, assholes.

Gee, imagine that - a politician actually working to help the people. All of the people. Can we get more politicians like him, working on the federal level - passing legislation to help more of we the people, vs the rich and corporate? Even as they gaslight US or just chew @ the margins.

Now www it for the fallout from that decision and there will be that May come back to bite him … and the people he is trying to help .. But most of you have no clue and then get mad when it costs you more .. Applaud his efforts but hope he also has other plans to mitigate that fallout…

This narrative has been debunked over and over again, like the myth of the trickle down theory. No rich people are leaving New York. It's the only place with the concentration of culture, luxury, museums, business opportunities, connections, private school, and other things the ultra rich enjoy.

Sigh.. Believing rent control works is the left wing equivalent to climate change denial. We have a mountain of evidence that all it does is be economic nativism that drives down housing quality and drives up market prices, causing a drop in labor mobility which harms labors ability to negotiate.

It is progress, wouldn't be nice to have a reset and lower rents by 25% or more.Gouging is not the way to Bezosville.We must not stop innovators from making a fair profit.Who needs to have that much money and still want to keep piling it on then claim poverty for tax breaks.Stains on humanity.

Not since the 70's. That's why the GOP and Reagan needed to hose everything up. They couldn't stan regular people getting educations & having rights. The oligarchs do not want the people to be healthy & happy. They crave power, all of it. When we fight among ourselves, we won't see them hosing us!

NYC is a wealthy liberal Democratic city, including most of the City Council. Biden had a very narrow majority in Congress, governing a much more conservative country. Biden did great. Mamdani has many advantages to push through legislation. I'm glad he's using it.

I have always loved NYC. My great-grandparents settled there when their boat from Ireland landed. My grandfather was born in NYC. I love it even more with Mamdani at the helm. ❤️💙❤️💙 🗽

Because our Taxes are supposed to work for US! #WeThePeople Remember "Promote the General Welfare..." part, its healthcare, housing, education & nutrition. What kind of nation doesn't care about its Citizens well-being in a #democracy! It's right there in the name —"People Rule". #VoteAmerica 🗽

bUt SoCiAlisM dOn’T wOrk. 🙄 1. Democratic socialism is a different political breed altogether. for realz. 2. s***hole countries like- 🇳🇴 , 🇸🇪, 🇮🇸, 🇦🇹, 🇳🇿, 🇨🇦, 🇩🇪, 🇳🇱, 🇬🇧, 🇫🇷 , 🇪🇸 , 🇫🇮 , 🇵🇹 . These nations are all under a general definition of democratic socialism. but, they seem pretty happy and free. i dunno…